Anna Kay France’s Penumbra is a powerful play looking at the bond between two sisters and the complexity of their relationship—the intimate connection of loyalty with rivalry, love with manipulation and betrayal. It looks at the mysterious way family tragedies repeat themselves in subsequent generations—and the tension between the desire to obscure family secrets and the compulsion to bring them to light.
Directed by Kristen Tripp Kelley
Featuring: Christine Turturro as Nora, Carolyn Freeman as Emily and Patrick Cameron as Shaun
A Buffalo Writers’ Theater event in collaboration with the Buffalo and Erie County Libraries
The reading event will be held October 7th, 2023 at 2 pm at the Ring of Knowledge. It is open to the general public and all are welcome!
I’ve very much enjoyed revisiting Anna Kay’s beautiful play. I first came to it as an actor as part of ICTC’s Sunday Series with Derek Campbell at the helm and Kristen Kos and Brian Riggs as my cast mates( early 2000s?). Now Patrick Cameron, Carolyn Freeman and Christine Turturro bring these well-drawn characters to life. Thanks to Anna Kay France for the invitation to direct this staged reading, and to Matt Doyle for his support through Buffalo Writers’ Theater. Hope you can join us!
Kristen Tripp Kelley 