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November 01, 2005
In The Family
So last night we went to a reading of a play. At first I was thinking "how good can it be?" since it was a reading, no major props, scripts in hand, and actors without the time to rehearse. I was wrong.
The story about a preachers son, who is now in line to become a preacher himself, is faced with issues, after realizing two things. His now dead great great grandfather, who founded the church, and was his dads icon, was now gay. He discovers after he and his sister go into the attack (which is off limits), to raid an old locked box of their ancestor. While his sister is gone, the son finds a diary written by his great great grandfather.
The son is now also faced with the fact that he too is gay and now has to decide if he wants to walk down the same path, become a minister, and hide the truth about his great great grandfather as well as himself.
I really enjoyed it for the most part but the one thing it did seem to be lacking was history for the dead decendent. I was a bit confused too at the beginning (perhaps still am) as to the relationship between the family. For some weird reason I thought at the beginning that perhaps they were step siblings but after a while, that thought just died and was forgotten.
Anyway, it was a great show overall and I really hope it does well. If you ever get a chance to see it, please do. The play is by Brian J. Tognotti and he did a fantastic job.
Posted by Des at November 1, 2005 03:57 AM
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