The
poetry and life of Emily Dickinson is the
subject of a new play to be staged at the
bookstore in downtown Bonners Ferry. Well known
local thespians Rhea Verbanic, Vicki Thompson,
and Barb Nelson star in what director Paul
Rawlings describes as an intimate examination of
the famous American poet’s struggle for
spiritual maturity. “Dickinson rarely left her New England home in later years, and yet she produced work that is at one and the same time deeply personal and universal,” Rawlings said recently during a break in rehearsal, adding that, “It is interesting to note that this doyen of belle letters is considered one of the past masters of great literature even as she occupies, well over one hundred years later, a special place in the hearts of America’s popular imagination.”
John O’Connor and Bonners Books will host the play’s four performances. Vicki Thompson, who takes the role of The Muse, suggested that the bookstore, which seats only 35 people at a time in tight quarters, is the perfect venue for a play of this kind. “Emily is beautifully personal,” she said, “and really benefits from such a knee to knee relationship between actors and audience.”
Emily will be presented on the evenings of November 4, 11, and 12 at 7 p.m. and on the afternoon of Sunday, November 6, at 2 p.m. All performances will take place at Bonners Books. Tickets are available at the bookstore, $10 in advance and $12 at the door.
“Only 140 lucky people will have the chance to see this beautiful play,” Rawlings said,“so get your tickets early.”The poetry and life of Emily Dickinson is the subject of a new play to be staged at the bookstore in downtown Bonners Ferry.
Well known local thespians Rhea Verbanic, Vicki Thompson, and Barb Nelson star in what director Paul Rawlings describes as an intimate examination of the famous American poet’s struggle for spiritual maturity.
“Dickinson rarely left her New England home in later years, and yet she produced work that is at one and the same time deeply personal and universal,” Rawlings said recently during a break in rehearsal, adding that, “It is interesting to note that this doyen of belle letters is considered one of the past masters of great literature even as she occupies, well over one hundred years later, a special place in the hearts of America’s popular imagination.”
John O’Connor and Bonners Books will host the play’s four performances. Vicki Thompson, who takes the role of The Muse, suggested that the bookstore, which seats only 35 people at a time in tight quarters, is the perfect venue for a play of this kind. “Emily is beautifully personal,” she said, “and really benefits from such a knee to knee relationship between actors and audience.”
Emily will be presented on the evenings of November 4, 11, and 12 at 7 p.m. and on the afternoon of Sunday, November 6, at 2 p.m. All performances will take place at Bonners Books, 7195 Main Street, Bonners Ferry. Tickets are available at the bookstore, $10 in advance and $12 at the door.
“Only 140 lucky people will have the chance to see this beautiful play,” Rawlings said,“so get your tickets early.”