THE SUN IS IN THE WEST
A New Play by Damon Falke
Spring Tour 2010
Durango, CO | Pagosa Springs, CO | Santa Fe, NM
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“Who can state so clearly the difference between exact memory and some story that we tell?”
The Sun is in the West is a thought provoking new play by Southern writer, Damon Falke, exploring the power of place and story in the span of each human life. The production blends Old World story-telling while exploring the boundaries of modern theatricality. Situated in a graveyard on the storm ravaged Gulf Coast of Texas, the characters grapple with their connection to the land, with family myths, and with their own histories. The play features Live Roots music written for the piece. This show is suitable for all ages.
“All my life, I think. All my life. Over the grounds here whole worlds are buried. Gone like they are.”
During the Fall of 2008, we sent word out far and wide regarding the 2009 New Works Festival and invited playwrights to send us their scripts regardless of topic or style. The response was amazing, and by December, we were receiving new plays every week from as far away as Nova Scotia, Washington D.C, Los Angeles, Seattle, and all points in between.
After an exhilarating and thorough review process, we are honored to host playwrights Joseph Frost of Jackson, MS; Joan Dunayer of Champaign, IL; and John Philpit of New York City, NY, as playwrights-in-residence in Pagosa Springs, CO.
In addition to the week’s staged readings, the playwrights and their directors gathered for a conversation about the new play development process at the Ruby Sisson Public Library as a part of the Library’s Lifelong Learning Series.
The staged readings were directed by Shane Fuller, Felicia Meyer, and Charles M Pepiton.
