Fault Lines by Kim Brundidge
August 11, 2007 at 8.00pm, August 12, 2007 at 3.00pm
fault lines: Breaks in the Earth's crust where pressure is created as the two sides of the break rub against each other. This pressure is sometimes released in an earthquake. -- weathereye.kgan.com
A family deals with the mother's terminal condition as they continue to struggle with the after affects of an earlier tragedy.
Directed by Laurence Ruth
Cast:
Tony Vaughn
Brenda Porter
Cedric Pendleton
Minka Wiltz
from the playwright...
This play started out being a story about a man who continues to take care of his wife even though she's basically already gone--she's brain dead, but he holds on. A member of my family was doing that, and I wanted to know why. What was driving it? Was it guilt? Fear of being alone? Or was it this extra special supernatural kind of love?
So I starting writing that play. But it turned out that wasn't the story that was trying to be told.
I've heard writers say "characters talk to me and I just take notes". Well, I've never had that experience. But I have realized something similar to that: And that is that some stories want to be told. They're floating around in the air, searching for the right mind in which to root, the right story teller to nurture them along their way. Fault Lines found me.
from the director...
The most satisfying part of working with Kim on Fault Lines over the past year has been watching the remarkable way she incorporates new ideas into the voices of the characters, and into their actions. To her credit, she is fearless in allowing her character creations to speak the lines they would naturally speak--allowing the play to become what it is meant to be without standing in her own way.
Working with new scripts is exciting because of the opportunity to watch a play develop from sheer ideas, conflict, characterizations from the playwright's head. Then, to watch the entity become what it is because of the input from the director, the dramaturg, and the actors when they work on putting it on its feet.
I love working on new materials for this reason, but specifically Fault Lines because I believe it has potential to tell us pretty cool things!
Venue:
Academy Theatre119 Center Street
Avondale Estates, GA
www.academytheatre.org
Cost:
For WTP Affiliates: $10For General Public: $10
Contact:
Jill PatrickWorking Title Playwrights
managing@workingtitleplaywrights.com