Cast
Alicia-----------Wema Harris
Sam--------------Gemar Gardner
Blind Old Woman--Muriel Anne Dean Ashby

Ken Gaertner (Playwright) is a member of The Dramatists Guild.  His New York City productions include The Moon On Snow at the Theatre Of The Open Eye, White Stones at The Vital Theatre, The Gallantry Of Laundry, at the Brooklyn One Theatre, Seventeen Hoofbeats, at the Actors Institute, A Flowery Relationship at The Samuel French One Act Festival 2004 and Dominica's Smile at The Mystic Theatre.  Breath Of The Spirit, seven dramatic poems performed by an actor and actress with original music for organ and flute, composed by Greg Hamilton, premiered in New York City, followed by productions in Paris, Lisbon, Prague, Budapest and Madrid.  Directing poetry that engages and moves the audience is not easy but Mark Bloom has directed Ken's poetic drama before and Ken is confident of the coming quality of Bright Images.  Ken is a past Professor of Drama at Ave Maria University in Florida.

Mark bloom (Director) A member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, he has directed Off Broadway, Off Off, and Regional. Mark is thrilled to be working with Ken Gaertner again, having directed several of his plays with Mystic Theatre. This summer Mark participated in the Directors Lab at Lincoln Center Theatre where he presented a seminar on Joseph Campbell s and Jean Erdman s work with Theatre of the Open Eye. Recently Mark directed the premier of Pedro Rivera s FIREHOUSE at the Puerto Rican Travelling Theatre, Among his New York directing credits are THE TRIALS OF MARTIN GUERRE; EMBERS with Salome Jens; TORTOISE SHOUT; YEATS: PLAYS OF PASSION at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and ken Gaertner's DOMINICA'S SMILE. Mark teaches theatre at Raritan Valley Community College in New Jersey.