BALDWIN PLAYERS TO PERFORM NOVEMBER 6 - 8

The Baldwin Players of Abraham Baldwin College will present six monologue plays by playwright Don Nigro on Nov. 6 - 8 in Room 319 in Conger Hall on the ABAC campus. The show consists of six miniature one-person plays, celebrating the monologue as a dramatic form.

Showtime is at 7:30 p.m. each night. Latecomers cannot be seated. General admission is $5. There is no charge for ABAC faculty, staff, and students. The show is intended for mature audiences. There will be a brief intermission after the first three monologues.

Michelle Farrar of Arabi, an adjunct professor of biology at ABAC, plays Eve, who shares her thoughts with the audience as a 30-year-old mother and exile from the Garden of Eden. Her perspectives on original sin and the fall from grace are both thought-provoking and touching.

David Charles Thompson of Winder plays Diogenes the Dog, founder of the School of Cynicism in ancient Greece who is in essence a Philosopher Bum. He accosts the audience with wit, wisdom, and deranged double-speak at every turn.

Victoria Ledbetter of Tifton plays Meredith in a sketch called “Frankenstein.”  Pausing on the threshold of her apartment door after a seemingly normal date, she informs the hapless fellow that, before inviting him in, she has to tell him about her compulsion, which has to do with Mary Shelley’s Victorian monster legend, Frankenstein.

Doug Waid, associate professor of wildlife science at ABAC, portrays LaRue, an old vaudevillian actor who “charms” the audience with memories of his past theatrical conquests--if only he could remember them correctly.

In “Boneyard,” Mitch Tillman of Tifton plays Ben, a man who turns 40 the morning the audience sees him. He recounts his years on earth and reflects on turning 40 only to become lost in a series of observations derived from childhood television programs.

Tara Dunn of Tifton portrays Dulcy, a young, childlike prostitute who studies and adores the birds that congregate outside her window. She relates to their vulnerabilities, their personalities, and their singing. Amidst great cruelty and exposure to the seamiest side of humanity, this young creature sees wonder and beauty in the world.

Dr. John G. Galyean, ABAC’s Director of Theatre and the Baldwin Players, said monologue is unique in today’s theatre.

“In modern plays, characters’ emotions are usually dealt with in dialogue with other characters,” Galyean said. “Seldom are there occasions for a character to launch into a prolonged speech. Of course, in earlier times, the monologue was a normal part of the drama, even a convention of the time, like a messenger’s speech in ancient Greek plays or Shakespeare’s soliloquies.”

For additional information, contact Galyean at (229) 386 - 3099.

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