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From the writer of FringeNYC 2007's hit "Thunder: A Musical Memoir" comes a haunting
drama.
It's 1850 on a plantation in Alabama and
Ruth desperately loves her
Jacob as they dream of a wedding.
A rape
A secret
A birth
A mystery
A murder
Sweeping
tale of obsession, possession, and the freedom to love.
"Ascension is an absorbing story of a rapturous
Romeo & Juliet romance in which the condition of slavery makes the
tragic impact rather than warring families…a good
180 degrees away from Gone With The Wind.”
- Kay Bourne, Bay State
Banner, 1/27/05
"Robinson's achievement is the immediacy she brings to her characters...the tensions
inherent in the slave-master relationship are wound so tight that
irreparable damage is done when it snaps."
- Liza Weisstuch,
The Boston Phoenix, 1/28/05 **** 2004 Selected project
of Tribeca All Access Open Stage, Tribeca Film Institute ****2006 Best New Play nomination by Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE)
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Ascension
Written by Cynthia
G. Robinson
Directed
by Petronia Paley
Featuring Richarda Abrams*, Greg Homison, Annie Lee Moffett*, and Cezar Williams*
*These actors appear courtesy of Actors' Equity Association
Sirlouis Jones*, Stage Manager
Mutiyat Ade-Salu, Ass't. Stage Manager Set
Design by Pavlo Bosy Lighting
Design by Cletus Karamon
Sound Design by Gilbert Glenn Brown*
Cherry Lane
Theatre (venue #8) 38
Commerce Street (between 7th Avenue
and Hudson)
Sat, August 9 @ 2:30pm
Wed, August 13 @ 8:45pm
Fri, August 15 @ 2:00pm
Sat, August 16 @6:45pm
Thurs,
August 21 @ 6:45pm
Tickets $15
For Information/Tickets visit:
www.FringeNYC.org
or call 866-468-7619
**For Industry Comps send email to RobinsonWilliamsProductions@gmail.com
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