June 13-23, 2024
(7 pm June 13,14,15, & 20, 21, 22,
and at 4 pm June 16 & 23)
The Amherst Glebe
156 Patrick Henry Highway, Amherst, VA 24521
(Reservations highly recommended as seating is limited to 25)
A one-woman show based on the life and work of 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson. Throughout the play the actress portraying Dickinson, Sally Parish Southall, shares Dickinson’s poems, diary entries, and letters with the audience showing snippets of joy and creation while portraying her isolated Life.
Directed by William Kershner.
(7 pm June 13,14,15, & 20, 21, 22,
and at 4 pm June 16 & 23)
The Amherst Glebe
156 Patrick Henry Highway, Amherst, VA 24521
(Reservations highly recommended as seating is limited to 25)
A one-woman show based on the life and work of 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson. Throughout the play the actress portraying Dickinson, Sally Parish Southall, shares Dickinson’s poems, diary entries, and letters with the audience showing snippets of joy and creation while portraying her isolated Life.
Directed by William Kershner.
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Actress Sally Parish Southall has performed leading roles with Endstation Theatre Company (The Bluest Water, Alice in Wonderland), the Theatre of War Workshop (Hecuba), the Renaissance Theatre (Much Ado About Nothing, Grease Postmortem), as well as in many musicals at the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center. The play spans the years 1845 to 1886 and is directed by William Kershner, PhD. Professor Emeritus of Theatre at Sweet Briar College.
The play spans the years 1845 to 1886, sharing stories from Dickinson’s teenage years to her death. AGAR first produced this play in 2013, then directed by Bonnie Sue Stein of New York and starring Sally Southall, at that time a Richmond actress and teacher. The performances all take place in the Amherst Glebe, Performance will be site specific, with settings and properties appropriate to the time and place of Dickinson’s life. The Amherst Glebe is on the National Register of Historic Places, and the Virginia Landmarks Register. AGAR is now reviving the play ten years later, directed by William Kershner, PhD Professor Emeritus of Theatre at Sweet Briar College where he served from 1987 to 2022. Dr. Kershner is a popular director in the Greater Lynchburg Area, having directed for Endstation, Renaissance, Academy Center of the Arts, Lynchburg College, and Commerce Street theatres. He directed for the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. Since retiring from Sweet Briar he has acted in the role of The Narrator of Into The Woods at Sweet Briar, and serves as archivist at Academy Center of the Arts in Lynchburg. |
She has performed leading roles with Endstation Theatre Company (The Bluest Water, Alice in Wonderland), the Theatre of War Workshop (Hecuba), the Renaissance Theatre (Much Ado About Nothing, Grease Postmortem), as well as in many musicals at the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center (Hello Dolly!, The Music Man, Annie, Singin’ in the Rain, and Kiss Me, Kate). She originated the role of Emily Dickinson in The Belle of Amherst by William Luce for AGAR in 2013. She has been Blue Ridge Theatre Company productions. She was Costume Designer and Costume Studio Supervisor for seven years at Lynchburg College’s Theatre Department, and also designed costume for Renaissance Theatre Company in Lynchburg. As a teacher of English and Drama, she has taught English Language Arts and has directed, choreographed, and costumed theatre productions. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Pedagogy, Dramatic Literature from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature and Writing from Lynchburg College.
Educational components of this production will take place in the Amherst County Public Schools English classes, conducted by retired Associate professor of English at Sweet Briar College, Marcia Robertson, Ph.D. and Sally Southall. |
