Old Courthouse Presents Living Room Reading Series 'Mrs. Murphy's Porch', 1/23
The Old Courthouse Theatre (49 Spring Street NW, Concord, NC 28025) presents:
LIVING ROOM READING SERIES"Mrs. Murphy's Porch"
By Wysteria Edwards
World Premiere Reading
DATE: January 23, 2011
TIME: 4:00 pm
WHERE: OCT Main Stage
COST: Free Admission
For More INFO: www.oldcourthousetheatre.org
Tel: 704-788-2405
A memory play, Mrs. Murphy's Porch is set in 1986 and the present. Penny (a girl in her late- twenties) recalls the year "her eyes were opened" by personal tragedy, and those who participated in her imaginary adventures. The play begins with the words of Ronald Reagan as he speaks to the nation in the wake of the NASA Challenger Disaster. Penny's best-friend, Henry is devastated by the loss. While the town discusses the tragedy with sadness, Penny's mother and father consult the family doctor and neighborhood matriarch, Mrs. Murphy, about the impending loss overshadowing Penny. Should they force her to stop pretending and face the truth? Does imagination help a child come to terms with grief in their own way? Through imaginative play, Mrs. Murphy guides Penny to a place where she can finally face the tragedy behind the door. Note: Mrs. Murphy's Porch coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Challenger Disaster.
Photo Credit: oldcourthousetheatre.org
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