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Characters Emily Dickinson, 30s, the poet Austin Dickinson, 30s, her brother Edward Dickinson, 50s, her father Emma Dickinson, 50s, her mother Judge Lord, 50s, her lover Lavinia Dickinson, 30s, her sister Sue Dickinson, 30s, her sister-in-law The Playwright, 30s, Thomas Higginson, 40s, a preacher The play is written to optionally be performed by four actors as follows:
Set Bedroom, late 1800s Special Requirements Operable door and window. Production History Long Beach Playhouse, table reading 440 Studios in NYC, six performances North Park Vaudeville, San Diego, one month The Grand Theatre, NYC, 8 performances scheduled for 06/10 |
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| Synopsis
“They shut me up in prose, as when a little girl they put me in the closet, because they liked me ‘Still.’ Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson remains one of America’s most beloved, and most enigmatic, poets. Audiences and the media alike are fascinated by the mystery of Dickinson, and eager to gain insight into her life and personality. This carefully researched play uses her own words to reveal her issues with mental illness, abuse, and confusion about her sexual identity. What we discover is a cauldron of repressed sexuality barely beneath the cool Victorian surface.
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Reviews and Comments
…manages to achieve moments of absolute breathtaking magic. …shouldn’t be missed.—nytheatre.com The Emily Dickinson presented in William Roetzheim’s Dickinson is nothing like the woman they teach about in school, and thank goodness for that. …Part of the beauty of Roetzheim’s play is that it spins out Emily’s secrets bit by bit, and always with pieces of her work backing up the hypotheses. He does so in a very theatrical style that keeps the audience interested in the way that a lecture never would. —Stagebuzz.com Must See. You may not be lucky enough to see the enigmatic Dickinson [because all] performances are sold out. However, I would still call the Theatre to see if you can get in!— San Diego Theatre Scene …the play offer[s] a characterization of the poet as a fully dimensional woman, not just the ethereal, troubled spirit most often described in history books. She’s intellectual and dreamy, sure, but she’s also flirtatious, romantic and childlike as well as sad, angry and fatalistic. —San Diego Magazine What patrons witness is a play as puzzling, frustrating and fragmented, and every bit as fascinating as the poet, her life and her poetry. It’s an unsettling evening and that is the point. —San Diego Uptown News …It’s a highly recommended outing. —Gay and Lesbian Times |