Painting Churches A Play in Two Acts Tina Howe 9780573619397 Books
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Comic drama
Characters 1 male, 2 female
Interior Set
Gardner and Fanny Church are preparing to move out of their Beacon Hill house to their summer cottage on Cape Cod. Gardner, once a famous poet, now is retired. He slips in and out of senility as his wife Fanny valiantly tries to keep them both afloat. They have asked their daughter, Mags, to come home and help them move. Mags agrees, for she hopes as well to finally paint their portrait. She is now on the verge of artistic celebrity herself and hopes, by painting her parents, to come to terms with them and they with her. Mags triumphs in the end as Fanny and Gardner actually step through the frame and become a work of art ineffable and timeless.
"Beautifully written. . . . A theatrical family portrait that has the shimmer and depth of Renoir portraits." N.Y. Times
"A radiant, loving and zestfully humorous play . . . distinctly Chekhovian. Howe captures the same edgy surface of false hilarity, the same unutterable sadness beneath it, and the indomitable valor beneath both." Time
Painting Churches A Play in Two Acts Tina Howe 9780573619397 Books
If you have an advanced community theater looking for a small cast, single set show utilizing older actors, this is an excellent choice. Fanny and Gardner Church are an elderly couple about to move from their Beacon Hill home to Cape Cod. Gardner and Fanny are both from well to do high society families. They ask their daughter Mags to help them move, Gardner is a retired Pulitzer prize winning poet who is slipping onto senility and has a problem with incontinence. Fanny fights to keep them afloat and deals with Gardner's problem with humor which offends Mags who mistakes it for cruelty. A talented artist on the brink of fame herself, Mags has always believed her parents never saw the talents she has. She hopes to confront these feelings by painting their portrait. Similar in theme to ON GOLDEN POND this play is wonderfully warm as it explores family relationships. Poignant and funny, PAINTING CHURCHES provides three wonderful roles for three experienced actorsProduct details
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Painting Churches A Play in Two Acts Tina Howe 9780573619397 Books Reviews
I'm considering auditioning for a local rendition of this play, so was a bit concerned when I read a previous very negative review. I just want to point out that this play was nominated for a Pulitzer prize and was an Off-Broadway hit. Search the web for the reviews of it in the New York Times and the Washington Post. It sounds as if it's an extraordinary play and I'm just going to discount the words of the person who read it and disliked it in 2003.
Update after reading the play this is one of the most touching portrayals of family dynamics I've ever read. I had tears in my eyes in the final scene. The characters are all likable and interesting, from the artist daughter come home to help her parents move out of their lifelong home, to the loving intellectual dad who's beginning to lose his grip, to the flamboyant yet grounded mom who wants daughter to understand that life with daddy ain't all roses these days. Loved this play from page 1 to the end. Touching without being cloyingly sweet.
Got this for a monologue I had to do for an acting class and absolutely loved the play!!! Would love to see it performed one day, or even be in the play.
If you have an advanced community theater looking for a small cast, single set show utilizing older actors, this is an excellent choice. Fanny and Gardner Church are an elderly couple about to move from their Beacon Hill home to Cape Cod. Gardner and Fanny are both from well to do high society families. They ask their daughter Mags to help them move, Gardner is a retired Pulitzer prize winning poet who is slipping onto senility and has a problem with incontinence. Fanny fights to keep them afloat and deals with Gardner's problem with humor which offends Mags who mistakes it for cruelty. A talented artist on the brink of fame herself, Mags has always believed her parents never saw the talents she has. She hopes to confront these feelings by painting their portrait. Similar in theme to ON GOLDEN POND this play is wonderfully warm as it explores family relationships. Poignant and funny, PAINTING CHURCHES provides three wonderful roles for three experienced actors
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