AN ALMOST

HOLY PICTURE

by Heather McDonald

 

at the Bath House Cultural Center

August 30 -  September 15, 2001

 

Directed by

Rene Moreno

 

Featuring:

Raphael Parry

 

 

 Stage Manager: Andrew Messer

Sound Design: Bruce Richardson

Set and Video Design: Robert Winn

Lighting Design: Robert McVay

Costume Design: Mandy Embry

Props Coordinator: Tish Mussey-Hitt

"A father's love can be a fairly spectacular thing"

So says Samuel Gentle in Heather McDonald's An Almost Holy Picture, a solo drama by the author of Dream of a Common Language, produced by Echo Theatre in 1998.

The play takes us into the tormented mind of Samuel Gentle, a former priest, avid gardener, and father of a girl with a rare medical condition.  In a work of eloquence, wry wit, and rare beauty, McDonald invites the audience to join Samuel on a journey through darkness and into the light as he struggles with his faith and wrestles with both his angels and his demons.

For his performance in this production,

Raphael Parry received a 2001 Dallas Morning News Critics Forum Award.

In response to the events of September 11, 2001,

all proceeds from the September 12, 2001 performance of An Almost Holy Picture

were donated to the Red Cross Liberty Fund.