Power of Sail
by Paul Grellong
Directed by Alex Torra
July 5, 6, 7, 8, 28 at 8 PM and July 29 at 1 PM
Publish or perish, or just fade from view? Desperate to retain his professional clout, a professor at a major American university takes the ultimate risk and invites a Holocaust denier to speak on campus. Retribution is swift and the university explodes in controversy. With his academic reputation under attack, Charles Lyden takes the ultimate risk.
Time: The present.
Place: Most of the scenes occur on the campus of a major American university. Other scenes take place, variously, in a home office in Québec City, Canada, and the side of a road in Northern Vermont.
Cast
Charles Lyden ...................................................................................................Darius Pierce
Michelle Katz .......................................................................................................Crystal Finn
Robert Luften ........................................................................................................Paul Coffey
Lucas D’Avella ............................................................................................Steven Levenson
Ben Ross .....................................................................................................Justin Blanchard
Maggie Grozier ..................................................................................................Katie Meister
Baxter Forrest ................................................................................................Abraham Smith
Frank ....................................................................................................................Paul Coffey
Director ..................................................................................................................Alex Torra
Assistant Director ......................................................................................Charlotte Graham
Stage Manager ............................................................................................Lori Erin Douglas
Running Cre....................Michael Dean, Tim Pracher-Dix, Margaret Perkins, Alice Winslow
A note on the structure of the play: Act One moves through the odd-numbered scenes (1, 3, 5, 7). After turning around at the act break, the story continues in Act Two with the even-numbered scenes taking place -- in essence, coming home -- in reverse order (8, 6, 4, 2). The effect should be that of a round-trip journey that begins and ends at Point A.
Special thanks to to Oskar Eustis, Trinity Repertory Company, Lynx Theatre Ensemble, Kathleen Powers, Mike Sablone, Pannill Camp, Tina Chillip, and Paige McGinley.
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