By Bo List
Directed by Abe Reybold
Scenic + Sound Design - Daniel Bennett
Costume Design -Melissa Leigh Gilbert
Lighting Design -Tom Wills
Costume Design -Melissa Leigh Gilbert
Lighting Design -Tom Wills
Photo Credit Joseph Rey Au
It’s only been a month since Dawn’s musician husband, Clark, suddenly died. When his former student shows up with missing pages from Clark’s unfinished book, voices from the pages are reawakened. A portal from the past cracks open, transporting us back to German Romanticism and renowned pianist Clara Schumann. As she desperately tries to preserve the dignity of her husband, the brilliant composer Robert Schumann, he descends further and further into madness. Separated by a gulf of both time and space, Dawn and Clara grapple with grief and lunacy, and the hope that long-ago melodies can heal their broken hearts.
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This production was sponsored in part by the AthensWest Emerging Play Grant awarded to the theater program and sabbatical funding from Transylvania University for
both Dr. Greg Partain and Professor Tosha Fowler.
both Dr. Greg Partain and Professor Tosha Fowler.
LOCATION AND TIME
In the present, Dawn and Clark’s house, in the country.
In the present, Dawn and Clark’s house, in the country.
In the past, the home and parlor of Robert and Clara Schumann in Düsseldorf, Germany, and the Endenich asylum in Bonn, 1853-1856
CHARACTERS, NOW
DAWN - Marianne Miller*
JOSH - Forrest Loeffler
GARY - Joe Gatton
CLARK - Derrick Ledbetter
JOSH - Forrest Loeffler
GARY - Joe Gatton
CLARK - Derrick Ledbetter
CHARACTERS, THEN
CLARA SCHUMANN - Tosha Fowler
ROBERT SCHUMANN - Derrick Ledbetter
JOHANNES BRAHMS - Forrest Loeffler
RICHARD HASNENCLEVER - Joe Gatton
SCHUMANN’S MAID - Katelynn Humphries
ROBERT SCHUMANN - Derrick Ledbetter
JOHANNES BRAHMS - Forrest Loeffler
RICHARD HASNENCLEVER - Joe Gatton
SCHUMANN’S MAID - Katelynn Humphries
*The Actor appears through the courtesy of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.