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Review:
Kenley Smith's DEVIL SEDAN is Superb
Devil Sedan
Written by Kenley S. Smith
Directed by Lorie Obradovich
June 22-27, 2010
Credits
Paul Stober
Harleigh Pence
Austin Alderman
Bobby Pence
Caitlin Morgan
Maggie Thaxton
Elizabeth Gwen Edwards
Elea Whelan
Barry Bedwell
Delmar
Patrick Kennerly
Preacher Graves
Stevie Holcomb
Mrs. Thaxton
Miriam Frazier
Mrs. Whelan
Steve Glassbrenner
Lester Atkinson
Martha Boswell
Lillian
Charles Boswell
Detective
Shay Mullins
Officer
Meghan Kelleher
Nurse
Alina Herron
Technician #1
Rachel Linkous
Technician #2
1966 Cadillac
The Car
Technical Director: Jason "Blue" Herbert
Scenic, Lighting and Sound Design: Jason "Blue" Herbert Stage Manager:
Rachel Linkous
Assistant Stage Manager: Alina Herron
Fight Choreography: Melora Kordos
Fight Captain: Elizabeth Gwen Edwards
Box Office and House Manager: Shay Mullins
Dramaturg: Maryke Barber
Play Sponsor: Euro Specialty
Special Thanks to: Jon Griesenbeck, Euro Specialty; John Forsman, Hollins
University Theatre Department; Tom Anderton, Sam's On the Market; Melora Kordos;
Dr. Catherine Leonard; Norman C. Washer, Jr.; Maryke Barber; Phils Towing; Mark
Perry and Heevahava; SunTrust; Veterinarians to Cats; our Board of Directors,
and all of our wonderful volunteers.
Our Community Partners: Playwright's Lab at Hollins University,
Roanoke Times/Roanoke.com, City Magazine, 101.5 The Music Place and New City
Media
About the Play
One shotgun blast. Two young women. Two brothers. Four lives fatally intertwined.
Devil Sedan unfolds as a tale of defied expectation, a journey into the
deepest mysteries of faith and duty. The play took top honors at Barter
Theatres 2008 Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights, won the 2009 Joe
McCabe Memorial Playwriting Award (sponsored by WV Writers, Inc.) and was featured at the 2008 Great Plains
Theatre Festival.
Devil Sedan is the first of Kenley's "Famous Bobby Pence" trilogy.
The other two plays, Twelve Stations of the Cross and The New
Testament, will be produced at Studio Roanoke in October and February,
respectively.
About the Playwright and Director
Kenley Smith is a distinguished graduate of the Playwright's Lab at Hollins University,
where he also earned an M.A. in Creative Writing in 1982. He served as
the first President of the Studio Roanoke Board of Directors, and is now the
acting Artistic Director.
Lorie Obradovich is a respected director from Omaha, NE, where she
directed the first workshop production of Devil Sedan in 2009. She is the
founder and Artistic Director of Baby D, Inc. In 2005 she won the T.A.G. awards
for Director of a Comedy/Drama and Properties Design for her work on Killer
Joe. Other recent credits include directing Over The River And Through
The Woods at the Bellevue Little Theatre and the debut of The Wind
Cries Verona at the Shelterbelt Theatre. Due to Lorie's continuing concern
for animals, Baby D has worked since 2008 to raise awareness for Nebraska
Wildlife Rehab, Inc., whose mission is to rehabilitate and release orphaned and
injured wildlife, and through education, preserve and protect the natural
habitat and species indigenous to Nebraska and the Great Plains.
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