Book of the Dead Highlights Readers Theatre Series
Posted May 12, 2013 at 8:00 pm by Tim Dustrude
Famed playwright Jean Claude Van Itallie’s poetic adaptation of traditional Tibetan passages used to aid and comfort at the time of death will keep islanders thinking long after the next On Book! Readers Theatre at San Juan Community Theatre.
Seven island actresses will present The Tibetan Book of the Dead or (How Not To Do it Again) in the Gubelman Theatre on Monday and Tuesday, May 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. Envisioned as taking place within a human skull, the drama depicts the soul re-experiencing the life cycle as, momentarily, it floats free from the trials of earthly existence while striving to overcome the ambitions, wants, jealousies and fears that can obscure the crucial turning.
Directed by Gretchen Gubelman, the cast features Claire Glasgow, Rosa Blair, Yvonne Mancuso, Tori Zehner, Roberta Leed, Therese Finn, CenYing Miles and Maureen See.
Doors open at 7:00 p.m. with festival seating. Admission is FREE!
For more information on the series and other Theatre events, visit www.sjctheatre.org
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