Upcoming: Joan of Arc - The Night Before by Daniella Paluselli, Ad Astera Productions at Boyd Vance Theatre, June 9 and 10

“…riveting, suspenseful, shockingly real.”

Ad Astera

presents

Joan of Arc - The Night Before

by Daniela Paluselli

CANCELLED - Rescheduled for January 2013

BOYD VANCE THEATRE, George Washington CarverMuseum & Cultural Center
1165 Angelina St, Austin, TX 78702 (click for map)$20 ($15 for students and military)   CASH ONLY

www.joanofarcthenightbefore.com
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Through the powerful and moving one-act monologue by Daniela Paluselli, Joan of Arc is portrayed the night before she gets burned at the stake. Prevailing over despair, terror and doubt, Joan's sublime heroism uplifts the audience to a higher level of consciousness and life involvement.

"Being of Irish descent, I am rarely at a loss for words. But afterseeing Daniela Paluselli’s Joan of Arc, The Night Before, I was overwhelmed into silence. I sat in the theater after the performance unable to move, unable to speak. I felt stunned by the power and the raw beauty of this new drama about St. Joan.  Historically, psychologically, and spiritually this play hits the mark… Be warned: this play gets into your blood; it stays with you; it makes you really feel; it makes you really think; it can make you speechless."  -- Sarah Jane O’Shea, Ph.D., M.S.O.M.

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Upcoming: Joan of Arc, The Night Before with Daniela Paluselli, Ad Astera Productions at the Boyd Vance Theatre, November 5-7

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Joan of Arc, The Night Before, with Daniela Paluselli, September 19 - October 11

Imprisoned by the English, unransomed by Charles VII who owed his coronation to her, the 19-year-old Jeanne d'Arc was convicted of heresy by an ecclesiastical court and burned at the stake in Rouen in 1431.

From the age of 12, this illiterate girl from a peasant family had had visions of saints urging the expulsion of the English armies from France. Through force of personality she managed to reach the court of the despairing Dauphin Charles, who agreed to incorporate her as a standard bearer and leader in his army. Twenty-four years after her execution, an inquiry authorized by Pope Callixtus III declared her a martyr, unjustly convicted.

That convenient finding, at the end of the Hundred Years' War, meant that the kingship of Charles VII was freed of any taint of heresy. Jeanne has been a powerful symbol for the French people since then. The church beatified her in 1909 and in 1920 declared her a saint.

Daniella Paluselli takes for this one-woman presentation the dark despair of Jeanne's last night in prison. On a bare stage strewn with straw and furnished with only a bench, some blankets and a couple of buckets, Jeanne appears just as the order of condemnation has fallen. She has collapsed, overcome, rejecting the verdict and seized with fear. Over the course of the following 50 minutes Paluselli explores Jeanne and her dialogue with the mute voice of God.

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Ongoing: Joan of Arc, The Night Before by Daniela Paluselli, Boyd Vance Theatre, October 9 - 11

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Joan of Arc, The Night Before . . .

Boyd Vance Theatre, George Washington Carver Museum,
1155 Angelina St.

Friday, October 9, 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 10, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Sunday, October 11, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Tickets $18 at the door, $15 for students and military
Box office open 90 minutes before performance

Joan of Arc, The Night Before . . .is a monologue in one act, written and interpreted by Daniela Paluselli and directed by Marno Enidos, about Joan's last night before she was burned at the stake.

The monologue gives voice to the Joan of Arc that is deep within every human being, the indomitable soul that is capable of believing to the point of accomplishing the impossible, and of dying for her belief in a supreme truth.

There are times when we all feel trapped, abandoned, alone, betrayed, dejected and scared of the future. Joan of Arc, The Night Before . . . portrays the journey of a soul from despair, fear and doubt, to faith, hope and courage through the appreciation of the miracle of life and the perception of an absolute truth that is indisputably real.

The production crew of Joan of Arc, The Night Before... made two trips from Hawai’i to France, traveling more than 30,000 miles to visit the places where Joan of Arc lived, fought and died. To capture a glimmer of her undying spirit, Daniela reverently retraced the steps of the great heroine. In Orleans she stood at the point where Joan crossed the Loire river with her armies. In Rouen, she touched the walls of the tower where Joan was held captive and then knelt at the site where Joan’s sublime courage met with her cruel executioners. Daniela incorporated the experiences of her journey into her interpretation of Joan of Arc, The Night Before...

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