Compagnia De'Colombari to Present EVERYTHING THAT RISES MUST CONVERGE, 3/28

Compagnia de'Colombari has announced their 2015 presentation of Flannery O'Connor's Everything That Rises Must Converge presented at Loyola University Chicago (The Joan and Bill Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage), Yale University (Institute of Sacred Music) and Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in NYC. This season is a celebration of Flannery O'Connor's induction into Saint John the Divine's American Poets Corner in November 2014, the occasion of Flannery O'Connor's 80th Birthday and the 50th Anniversary of ETRMC's first publication.

EverythingThatRisesMustConverge by Flannery O'Connor and created for the stage by Karin Coonrod is a tragic-comic interracial seat shifting dance set on a moving bus in America's deep south, in the turbulent, early days of the Civil Rights Movement. Playing and speaking out the story verbatim, eight Colombari actors with razor sharp precision create all the characters and all the narration. Georgia's red earth is slammed up against the eternal. O'Connor's voice spread out across the company of actors carries the power of the apocalyptic comedy right into the audience.

The ensemble cast features: D'Ambrose Boyd, Ayeja Feamster, Christopher Mclinden (Outstanding Performance, After Dark Award for Vincent in Brixton), Mary Mobley Randolph, Curtis Rand (Obie Award Winner for Painted Snake in a Painted Chair), Gordana Rashovich, Carlton Taylor (performed Best Original Song, "Raise It Up", at the 80th Annual Academy Awards), and Jessica Wagner.

The production features costume design by Oana Botez (Drammy Award, Princess Grace Award, Barrymore Award, NEA/TCG Career Development Program, Henry Hewes Design Award Nomination, Barrymore Award Nomination) and lighting design by Christopher Akerlind (Obie Award 2000 for King John, Tony Award for Light in the Piazza)