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New Play Half Life Runs at Fringe Festival from Aug 13-27
By: BWW News Desk Jul. 25, 2005
Directed by Theresa K. Pond, "the two-act drama examines the fallout from a devastating classroom incident that explodes a family and a community. Husband, wife, daughter and best friends come to terms with the aftermath of the devastation. 'He's a good teacher; he's served his prison time for touching that girl; I just want everything to be the same,' says his wife," according to production notes. Anna Chlumsky (My Girl, My Girl 2) will be featured in the play along with Cynthia Foster,* Michele Fulves,* Cameron Hughes and Mark Lynch.*
"At my worst moments, my bad internal voices intoned, 'Who will want to see a play about a pedophile?' I'm glad I persevered, because ultimately, the play is about relationships – about love, forgiveness and the potent effect of denial," stated Moulthrop, whose other plays include Who Cares and T.L.C. "The play is about marriage, about husbands and wives, about fathers and mothers and daughters, about the true meaning of friendship, about secrets. But it is also, of course, about a pedophile – charming, engaging and, because of that, doubly dangerous."
Half Life's performance schedule is Saturday, August 13th at 8pm, Tuesday, August 16th at 5pm, Friday, August 19th at 7:15pm, Sunday August 21st at 2:45pm, Thursday, August 25th at 4:45pm, and Saturday August 27th at 12:15pm.
Tickets, which are $15, are available by calling (212)279-4488 (in NY) or (888) FringeNYC (outside NY). For more information, visit www.FringeNYC.org or www.robertmoulthrop.com.
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