Art Will Endure
While our stages were closed for our 2020-21 season, we commissioned 10 local playwrights to write monologues on the theme of hope. Each of these monologues was performed by a local actor and shared on our Facebook and Instagram accounts, as well as on this page. Scroll down for more
detailed artist information and to watch the complete series.
Hope
Written by Jennifer Joplin*
Performed by Annie Fitzpatrick*
Fifty-Eight Cents
Written by Trey Tatum
Performed by Jordan Trovillion
Bella Ciao
Written by Joseph McDonough
Performed by Kevin Crowley*
Hope Deconstructed
Written by Torie Wiggins
Performed by Ernaisja Curry*
Our Diner
Written by Paul Strickland
Performed by Justin Baldwin
The Imitation Challenge
Written by Darnell Pierre Benjamin*
Performed by Caitlin McWethy*
Play for Our Time
Written by Brant Russell
Performed by Barry Mulholland*
Love Gives
Written by Paul Shortt
Performed by Burgess Byrd*
Jellybean
Written by Sakinah Hofler
Performed by Candice Handy
An Ancient Prayer
Written by Caroline Stine
Performed by Maggie Lou Rader*
Burgess Byrd*
Apr 22, 2020, 10:47 AM
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Burgess is delighted to be a part of this monologue project at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Raised in Louisville, Kentucky, she is proud to call Cincinnati her theatre home. Recently, she was seen in Gloria: A Life at Human Race Theatre. Some favorite credits are Skeleton Crew and Detroit '67 (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati ); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and A Raisin in the Sun (Cincinnati Shakespeare Company); Guest Artist at University of Texas Austin as Shylock in a contemporary update of The Merchant of Venice; Harry and The Thief and solo shows Pretty Fire and Neat (Know Theatre of Cincinnati); Silence! The Musical (Falcon Theatre); and Avenue Q (Showbiz Players). She is grateful to be a part of and to thrive in this nurturing and supportive community especially at this time.
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*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in
the United States.
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