Saturday, October 17 8 PM EDT ZOOM link will be provided to registrants the day before the performance Doctor, caterer, therapist, lover. It’s been 217 days since the virus changed their lives. At 6 PM (Hawaii time), they’ll meet on ZOOM to discuss a tragic event that connects them all. But will this call tear […]
RiverArts presents Kindness Committee, a new play written and directed by Melanie Hoopes.
Set at a concert on a cold winter night, Kindness Committee sneaks us into the minds of seven audience members connected by varying degrees to one another. As the musician performs, each character’s inner world ignites. Some desire, others despise. One mourns, another commits to a life of living without a past. One warns of the limits of “kindness” while another embodies the act of forgiving. All of them peel away layers of their past as they reach for a sustainable present.
RiverArts presents Kindness Committee, a new play written and directed by Melanie Hoopes. Set at a concert on a cold winter night, Kindness Committee sneaks us into the minds of seven audience members connected by varying degrees to one another. As the musician performs, each character’s inner world ignites. Some desire, others despise. One mourns, another commits to a life of living without a past. One warns of the limits of “kindness” while another embodies the act of forgiving. All of them peel away layers of their past as they reach for a sustainable present.
Three contemporary playwrights share selected scenes from plays in progress. Experience new scripts on their journey of development read by talented actors, with a discussion to follow with playwrights Amina Henry, Peggy Stafford, and Melisa Tien.