– World Premiere
Written by Ashley Christopher Leach.
Directed by J. Andrew McNeal. |
Seymour: The Last Fallen Angel is a dynamic character study in which a young man desperately tries to rationalize his feelings of doubt and guilt brought on by the unbending nature of religion. With the imagination of a child and the reading of a scholar, Seymour plays multiple characters as he acts out the fallacies and paradoxes of the world’s three major religions, especially Christianity, with his only friend, a battered sofa name Melba.
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Showtimes:
Johnson Theater
Monday - August 16 - 9:00 PM
Tuesday - August 17 - 9:00 PM
Showtimes: Cino Theater
Saturday - August 28 - 7:00 PM
Saturday - September 4 - 2pm
Sunday - September 5 - 5pm
Running time: 60 minutes. $12.
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Artist website: www.lambsgroveproductions.com
Cast
Ashley Christopher Leach-Seymour,
Melba-Herself.
Writer and Performer: Ashley Christopher Leach Originally from the Piedmont of North Carolina, Ashley Christopher Leach is a writer living in Norfolk, Virginia. Ashley holds a BA in American and Black Studies from the College of William & Mary, as well as an MA in Performance from Queen Mary University of London, and his work has debuted in both New York and London. His performance piece An American Gospel was selected for the 2006 New York International Fringe Festival, and his short story Arthur's Secret Show was a finalist for the 2009 Faulkner-Wisdom Creative Writing Short Story Competition. In January 2010 his short film Sandhill Boys premiered at the Slamdance International Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Besides writing professionally, Ashley has been a secondary school English teacher for six years. He is a founding member of Lambs Grove Productions
Director: J. Andrew McNeal By the time Andrew was 18 years old, he had been through 10 schools, lived in 6 different states and resided in 8 separate homes. Having a father in the Marine Corps meant seeing the United States from the back of a station wagon, and learning early the values of family and sacrifice. The gypsy life, however, suited him and in 2002 he earned his BFA in Professional Acting, including a two-year Meisner Technique Training, from East Carolina University. He immediately began working with the prestigious Virginia Stage Company for their 2002-2003 Season and by the following summer had moved to NYC where he began his work as a founding member of Lambs Grove Productions. Additionally, Andrew has continued his training with the SITI Company, learning both Suzuki and Viewpoints Techniques, and with Maggie Flanigan of Maggie Flanigan Studios. He produced and co-starred in Lambs Grove Productions’ short film Sandhill Boys, which premiered at the 2010 Slamdance International Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Having produced new works for both stage and film with Lambs Grove Productions, he continues his acting work both regionally and in New York. Seymour: The Last Fallen Angel is his directorial debut.
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