The United Solo Theatre Festival Presents I AM, TO YOU, A STRANGER
By: Liz Cearns Sep. 12, 2016
Following a successful workshop production through Manhattan Rep's Premiere Play Development Program this past January, I am, to you, A Stranger, written and performed by Teresa Catherine, will be presented for a one-night engagement at NYC's Theatre Row, on Thursday, September 29th, 7:30pm.
"What does it say about me, that you can betray me and everything I hold dear... and yet I still love you? Defend you and your memory in the face of such horror?" It is this question Lucy must face, caught between her love for John Wilkes Booth and her disgust at his actions against her closest family friends, the Lincolns.
Originally developed as Catherine's MFA acting thesis at the Catholic University of America, I am, to you, A Stranger is the nearly unbelievable, yet entirely true, story of Lucy Hale - daughter of an Abolitionist senator, best friend of Robert Lincoln, and secret fiancé of John Wilkes Booth. Her tale, inspired and informed by letters of the time and first-hand accounts of the aftermath of President Lincoln's assassination, is a classic example of truth truly being stranger than fiction. "Nearly every time I discuss my show, the first question I get is 'Is that a true story?'" explains Catherine. "I want Lucy to be known. It's striking to me that this girl was at the epicenter of one our country's most impactful historical events, and we have no idea who she was."
"Additionally, Lucy's struggle is at once so specific and so universal," continues Catherine. "We always think of love and heartbreak as being polar opposite emotions, that they are wholly separate. But the truth is, quite often, we feel them simultaneously. It is a paradox the mind cannot fully understand, but a state of being and feeling that is all to real for the heart."
2016 United Solo, the world's largest solo theatre festival, currently in its 7th year, will present 120 shows from six continents at Theatre Row: 410 West 42nd Street, New York City. TICKETS, with a price of $20.25 (which includes a $2.25 theatre restoration charge) are available at Theatre Row box office, 410 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036, as well as over the phone at 212.239.6200 and online at telecharge.com. More details can be found at www.unitedsolo.org I am, to you, A Stranger Written and Performed by Teresa Catherine Directed by Lacy Reily Thursday, September 29th, 7:30pm Performance time: 45 minutes.
Teresa Catherine - Lucy Hale in I am, to you, A Stranger, part of the United Solo Theatre Festival. Sep 29th, 7:30pm. Studio Theatre at Theatre Row. Sicinius in Coriolanus: From Man to Dragon, with Combative Theatre Co. Nov. 4-20, 2016. Italy Time Theatre. Mrs. AnDrew Murphy in The Calling, a new feature length from The Polk Entertainment Group.
Photo Credit: Michael Levy
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