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Emily Dickinson coming to town |
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October 31, 2016 |
 The
poetry and life of Emily Dickinson is the
subject of a new play to be staged at the
bookstore in downtown Bonners Ferry. Well known
local thespians Rhea Verbanic, Vicki Thompson,
and Barb Nelson star in what director Paul
Rawlings describes as an intimate examination of
the famous American poet’s struggle for
spiritual maturity.
“Dickinson rarely left her New England home in
later years, and yet she produced work that is
at one and the same time deeply personal and
universal,” Rawlings said recently during a
break in rehearsal, adding that, “It is
interesting to note that this doyen of belle
letters is considered one of the past masters of
great literature even as she occupies, well over
one hundred years later, a special place in the
hearts of America’s popular imagination.”
John O’Connor and Bonners Books will host the
play’s four performances. Vicki Thompson, who
takes the role of The Muse, suggested that the
bookstore, which seats only 35 people at a time
in tight quarters, is the perfect venue for a
play of this kind. “Emily is beautifully
personal,” she said, “and really benefits from
such a knee to knee relationship between actors
and audience.”
Emily will be presented on the evenings of
November 4, 11, and 12 at 7 p.m. and on the
afternoon of Sunday, November 6, at 2 p.m. All
performances will take place at Bonners Books.
Tickets are available at the bookstore, $10 in
advance and $12 at the door.
“Only 140 lucky people will have the chance to
see this beautiful play,” Rawlings said,“so get
your tickets early.”The poetry and life of Emily
Dickinson is the subject of a new play to be
staged at the bookstore in downtown Bonners
Ferry.
Well known local thespians Rhea Verbanic, Vicki
Thompson, and Barb Nelson star in what director
Paul Rawlings describes as an intimate
examination of the famous American poet’s
struggle for spiritual maturity.
“Dickinson rarely left her New England home in
later years, and yet she produced work that is
at one and the same time deeply personal and
universal,” Rawlings said recently during a
break in rehearsal, adding that, “It is
interesting to note that this doyen of belle
letters is considered one of the past masters of
great literature even as she occupies, well over
one hundred years later, a special place in the
hearts of America’s popular imagination.”
John O’Connor and Bonners Books will host the
play’s four performances. Vicki Thompson, who
takes the role of The Muse, suggested that the
bookstore, which seats only 35 people at a time
in tight quarters, is the perfect venue for a
play of this kind. “Emily is beautifully
personal,” she said, “and really benefits from
such a knee to knee relationship between actors
and audience.”
Emily will be presented on the evenings of
November 4, 11, and 12 at 7 p.m. and on the
afternoon of Sunday, November 6, at 2 p.m. All
performances will take place at Bonners Books,
7195 Main Street, Bonners Ferry. Tickets are
available at the bookstore, $10 in advance and
$12 at the door.
“Only 140 lucky people will have the chance to
see this beautiful play,” Rawlings said,“so get
your tickets early.” |
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