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CTC Lab Series: Eleemosynary
A Calvin Theatre Company Lab Series production
ELEEMOSYNARY
by Lee Blessing
Directed by Skye Herlien, senior theatre minor
Drama
Approximate run time of 95 minutes with no intermission
Sensitive and probing, this masterful play examines the subtle and often perilous relationship of three singular women: the grandmother, Dorothea, who has sought to assert her independence through strong-willed eccentricity; her brilliant daughter, Artie (Artemis), who has fled the stifling domination of her mother; and Artie's daughter, Echo, a child of exceptional intellect--and sensitivity--whom Artie has abandoned to an upbringing by Dorothea. As the play begins, Dorothea has suffered a stroke, and while Echo is in contact with her mother, it is only through extended telephone conversations, during which real issues are skirted, and their talk is mostly about the precocious Echo's single-minded domination of a national spelling contest. But, in the end, they come to accept their mutual need and summon the courage to try, at last, to build a life together--despite the risks and terrors it holds for them after so many years of alienation and estrangement.
ELEEMOSYNARY is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)