Heaven Sent, winner of the Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights, comes to Barter Theatre beginning October 8.
When a young, abandoned girl in need of care appears at recluse Samuel Langley's door in the middle of the night, he is revived and begins to find the beauty in life. Be captivated by the story of how a troubled man finds redemption through the simple needs of an innocent child.
"It is a universal story of rejection, isolation, acceptance, love, redemption and the importance of human relationships for any one in any time," stated Mary Lucy Bivins, director of Heaven Sent. Known to Barter audiences for her amazing portrayals in Showtime at First Baptist, Driving Miss Daisy, Lying in State and Death of a Salesman, Bivins has directed Barter's productions of Jimmie Rodgers: America's Blue Yodeler, Miracle on 34th Street, Tradin' Paint and the mini-production of Heaven Sent last summer.Written by Rick Whelan, author of Barter's Hunchback of Notre Dame, Heaven Sent is a resetting of George Eliot's timeless novel Silas Marner to the Great Depression in Raveloe County, Kentucky. Whelan's Heaven Sent was a winner of the 2007 Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights, Barter Theatre's playwriting festival that celebrates Appalachian writers and the stories of our region. It received a mini-production during the festival in 2008 and was greeted with praise from the audience and reviewers. His most recent play, Kindred Spirits, was read as part of the 2009 festival.
The greatest gifts do come in small packages and are often Heaven Sent. Eugene Wolf and Halle Harrison in HEAVEN SENT
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