"The Lace" is now a monologue in ten scenes with a prologue and epilogue as well. The play originally written in 2018 was workshopped and revised in early 2019. It's first performance was at the Dickinson Island Summer Theaatre near Parry Sound in Ontario in August 2019. It was well received. As of September 2019, the play is scheduled for a benefit performance in Liverpool, Nova Scotia on October 27 and for another benefit performance in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia on November 8. Another performance has just been booked for October 24 in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia.
As the venues tend to be very different, so must the staging adapt. For example, the prologue and epilogue were both originally written as audio visual pieces. However, many venues do not have that capability and so an alternative prologue and epilogue have been written to accommodate the more limited capabilities of those spaces. On large stages, the set for various scenes can be pre-set. Smaller spaces require a little more adaptation and audience imagination. To date I have performed my monologues in grand theatres, small theatres, warehouse spaces, community halls and churches. An audience of thirty was even treated to a performance in a home.
The play unfolds over an eight month period. The character is an ageing professional feeling threatened by younger employees. Although the character is meticulous and accomplished in his professional life, his personal life is essentially a mess. The play deals with office conflict, intergenerational conflict, ambition and relationships.
The play makes no judgment on the various characters that impact this play. Is anyone the good guy or the bad guy? Are things what they appear to be? What are the motives? This is all left to the audience's imagination.
As the venues tend to be very different, so must the staging adapt. For example, the prologue and epilogue were both originally written as audio visual pieces. However, many venues do not have that capability and so an alternative prologue and epilogue have been written to accommodate the more limited capabilities of those spaces. On large stages, the set for various scenes can be pre-set. Smaller spaces require a little more adaptation and audience imagination. To date I have performed my monologues in grand theatres, small theatres, warehouse spaces, community halls and churches. An audience of thirty was even treated to a performance in a home.
The play unfolds over an eight month period. The character is an ageing professional feeling threatened by younger employees. Although the character is meticulous and accomplished in his professional life, his personal life is essentially a mess. The play deals with office conflict, intergenerational conflict, ambition and relationships.
The play makes no judgment on the various characters that impact this play. Is anyone the good guy or the bad guy? Are things what they appear to be? What are the motives? This is all left to the audience's imagination.
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