Saturday, July 11, 2009

Good Boys by Jane Martin

Bill Gorman and Eric Wood in Good Boys
(Other players are Nick James, Pedro Juan Fonseca, and Anthony Galloway)

Good Boys centers around the patriarchs of two families--one white, one African-American-- suffering eight years after a Columbine-like school massacre. Both lost sons, one of whom was the killer.


Good Boys was written by the mysterious Jane Martin, of whom little is known except her plays. It is speculated that she is Jon Jory, who directed every Jane Martin premiere, including the Good Boys Premiere at the Guthrie Theatre.

The play concerns forgiveness. In the face of terrible guilt under terrible circumstances, a father seeks another father. One is a minister who has lost his vocation in the aftermath of his son's murder. The other father tries living a life after his son killed 8 students, and himself. It is a raw, tragic story, with Hope at play's end, appearing as a nuanced possibility.

Venue: THE LOWRY LAB, 360 St. Peter St., St Paul, MN, 55199--In the Lowry Building.

Dates: Friday, August 21 Sat, Aug 22 Sun, Aug 23 Fri, Aug 28 Sat, Aug 29 Sun, Aug 30 Fri, Sept 4 Sat, Sept 5 Sun, Sept 6 and Labor Day.

Show times: Fri, Sat eves at 7:30 PM; Sundays & Labor Day at 6:30 PM
Ticket prices: $20.00, with two for the price of one Saturday, August 22, and a Pay-what-you-can performance Labor Day.

Ticket phone: 651-786-9102
Ticket email: minnesotashakes@gmail.com. Please include your telephone number, your preferred date and number of tickets.
Website: minnesotashakes.blogspot.com

Nick James plays Ethan Erskine, killer of eight of his peers.


1 comment:

  1. Correction to the above ticket pricing
    Two-for-one tickets are for the Sunday 8/23 show, not the Saturday 8/22 show.

    Janell S-Stage Manger for Good Boys

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