Agnes of God, City Theatre, April 29 - May 23

Agnes of God is a dark piece, in a dark place in the soul and in the universe. The three gifted actresses in this cast are glittering points of an enigmatic constellation in that darkness.

A crime has been committed in a convent. Jennifer Underwood, admant and authoritative as the mother superior, clashes with Dawn Erin's Dr. Livingston, the skeptical, chain-smoking psychiatrist appointed by the court. Laura Ray's performance as a stressed and confused young novice demonstrates impressive intensity and maturity. Taken together, these three actresses embody for us the ages and the fragilities of women in our time.

Partly a crime investigation and partly an examination of troubled souls, Pielmeier's play is a mystery in two senses. The first, almost banal, is the puzzling out of the facts of a murder, through interrogation, speculation, and, finally repeated sessions of hypnosis. The second sense of mystery in this piece is that of human motivation.

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Upcoming: Agnes of God, City Theatre, April 29 - May 23

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Update: Review by Ryan E. Johnson at examiner.com, May 6

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Three Women In Need of a Miracle

City Theatre Presents John Pielmeier’s Hit Stage Drama

Agnes

of

God

April 29 – May 23
Thursday – Saturday 8:00 p.m. Sunday 5:30 p.m.
The City Theatre. 3823 Airport Blvd. – east corner of Airport Blvd. and 38 ½ Street.
Reservations 512-524-2870 or info@citytheatreaustin.org
Tickets $15 - $20. Front/2nd Row Center Reserved $25. Students $12. Thursday all seats $10.
Group discounts are available. Visit our website www.citytheatreaustin.org

Actors Jennifer Underwood, Dawn Erin, and Laura Ray will take the stage in May for John Pielmeier’s highly acclaimed play Agnes of God. Under the direction of Artistic Director Andy Berkovsky, the show opens April 29 and plays through May 23 at City Theatre.

“Riveting, powerful, electrifying drama…the dialogue crackles.” – N.Y. Daily News

“Unquestionably theatrical…cleverly executed evening in the theatre.” – N.Y. Post

Agnes of God is the tale of three women, all in need of a miracle, who are drawn together by the death of a child. When Dr. Martha Livingstone (Dawn Erin), a disillusioned ex-Catholic psychiatrist, is summoned to a convent and meets Sister Agnes (Laura Ray), a young novitiate accused of murdering her newborn, she is deeply moved by the young nun’s spiritual purity. Determined to circumvent the over-protective Mother Superior (Jennifer Underwood), Dr. Livingstone struggles to unearth the truth about the conception, birth and death of Agnes’s child. Both fight desperately to save Agnes forcing all three women to re-examine the meaning of faith, identity, and the power of love and to find the miracle each one of them needs.

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