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Furman Theatre presents “The Shadow Box.”<\/p><\/div>\n
Directed by guest artist Kent Brown, the play is open to the public. Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and $10 for students.<\/p>\n
In this 1977 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play, three terminally ill patients, along with family members and friends, have assembled at a hospital facility where they have agreed to participate in a psychological protocol. In exchange for sharing their intimate thoughts with a resident psychiatrist, the patients are allowed to live out their days at the hospital.<\/p>\n
Joe is the hard-working family man who seeks the strength to help his wife and teenage son accept that he may never again return home. There is the extended family supporting Brian, a compulsive writer who uses his words like swords to fend off the mounting terror he is experiencing. Finally, there is Felicity, an elderly woman who grapples with her fading memories; while Agnes, her care-giving daughter, silently struggles to come to terms with the limits of their love for each other.<\/p>\n
Although discussions of death inform much of \u201cThe Shadow Box,\u201d it is far from being a clinical appraisal of the act of dying. Instead, it is a compelling and compassionate play about the empowering act of self-realization \u2013 about the act of living one\u2019s last days with courage, love and dignity.<\/p>\n
Cast members for \u201cThe Shadow Box\u201d are:<\/p>\n
Beverly: Karsen Green
\nMark: Patrick Fretwell
\nBrian: Derek Leonard
\nJoe: Chris Sessoms
\nSteve: Andy Golla
\nMaggie: Tess Kamody
\nFelicity: Beth Fraser
\nAgnes: Emily Matthews
\nVoice: Courtney Dorn<\/p>\n