Shining City
Posted November 4, 2015 at 5:47 am by Tim Dustrude
“A triumph of the human spirit”
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Do not miss this haunting and finely honed piece of contemporary theatrical magic. It is truly exceptional.
John, a recently bereaved sales rep, is haunted by the presence of his dead wife. In a series of confessional encounters with his Dublin therapist, Ian, a former priest, reveals the hoarded guilt that rationally explains an irrational phenomenon. But, as we learn in two complementary scenes, Ian has his own demons and ghosts to lay.
The dead continue to haunt the living in the very particular cosmos of Conor McPherson, but anyone expecting his new play, “Shining City,” to be a gloomy downer is in for a surprise.
The play comes laced with a compassion that makes the moment-by-moment experience of it a near-constant delight.
Be forewarned, though. you are likely to be haunted by the final coup de theatre!
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Looking forward to this, as with everything Stage Left does. Sounds like a perfect play for a chilly November night.
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