Prana Productions presents ...
Agnes of God
by John Pielmeyer

The thought-provoking drama examining the nature of faith,
told through the eyes of three very different and complex women.

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Agnes (Erin Anderson), a young novitiate, is accused of strangling her newborn child and discarding it into the wastebasket in her convent room. Her pregnancy and the birth of the child were kept secret, until Agnes is discovered unconscious and bleeding profusely outside her room. Sister Agnes professes no knowledge of the baby’s birth or death, offers no reason for the presence of the body in her room, and, until she is hypnotized, claims to have no recollection of ever conceiving. Mother Miriam (Kelly Grill) believes Agnes exists on a different plane than "normal" people and it's up the psychiatrist (Dawn Anderson) to determine if she can stand trial. 

Show dates: April 23 and 24, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
At the Prana Center, 21 Charles St., Holliston
Tickets (available at the door) $15 for adults/$10 for children under age 15.
Produced by Special Arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Directed by Roberta Weiner
Costumes: Dawn Anderson
Lighting: Beth Hobbs
 

Starring Dawn Anderson, Erin Anderson & Kelly Grill


Dawn Anderson (Dr. Martha Livingtone) is a well-known face at Prana, having co-directed last spring's Reviving Ophelia with her daughter Erin. She has also served as Costume Director for a variety of shows and videographer for many productions and years of Summer Acting. As an actor, Dawn has played many roles, both comedic and dramatic, including Thelma in Prana's production of  'Night, Mother in 2008. Other roles are as Christine in Bad Seed and Rita in Educating Rita for Enter Stage Left Theater, Melissa in Love Letters, which she has played twice at Prana and often elsewhere over the past several years, and Ida in Cemetery Club for Algonkuin Theatre. She has performed in The Vagina Monologues and Stepping Out for the Washington Street Players, Selections from Spoon River Anthology, All My Sons for Enter Stage Left Theater, and Too Soon for Daisies for Millis Theater Group. She has done voice and acting work for private companies and television commercials. Dawn is a co-founder and current theater consultant of Enter Stage Left Theater. Dawn has taught many classes to school aged children and teens through ESL, Washington Street Players, The Prana Center, and Sunrise Actors' Studio, and has directed for ESL and Millis Theater Group, and currently WSP. She specializes in improvisational acting, scene study, Shakespeare and acting for the camera. 

Erin Anderson (Agnes) has been on, behind, and above the stage since the tender age of five. Among her recent roles are Billie from The Sting, Dorine from Tartuffe, and several roles in The Sneeze with Enter Stage Left Theater. She had her directorial debut with her mother, Dawn Anderson, for Prana's Reviving Ophelia. She has also worked behind the stage with costumes, set design, and lighting design for numerous productions with ESL, Prana, and the Uxbridge High School. She will be attending college in the fall with a minor in theater.

 

 

 

Kelly Grill (Mother Miriam Ruth) is an original founder of Enter Stage Left Theater, and serves as the Executive Director as well as a teacher and director for several of their shows. Most recent performances include M'Lynn in "Steel Magnolias" and "Miss Hannigan" in Broadway to Hollywood. She is currently having fun in the chorus for "Hello Dolly." Kelly has a bachelor's degree in theater from Providence College and has performed both locally and in California. As of late she has fulfilled her life long dream of becoming "Joyce Kulhawic" as the Arts and Entertainment reporter for HCAM TV in Hopkinton.