Directed by Dennis Zacek, the Victory Gardens production reveals a complicated woman, prickly, outspoken, long past child-bearing years, and still reeling with inconsolable grief and rage over the death of her beloved son. All that changes in The Testament of Mary. Look at any artist's rendering of her and you'll see a wondrous example of youth, innocence, (literally) glowing maternity, and unquestioning obedience. It is also a gripping piece of storytelling.Īs brands go, the Virgin Mary is one of the world's most ancient and powerful: A serene, saintly Madonna, a luminous and beatific presence draped in baby blue and surrounded by a gently golden aura. The Midwest premiere of Tóibín's riveting 90-minute drama offers a crucially important counterbalance to millennia of patriarchal dominance and male perspective. ![]() ![]() ![]() Deeply subversive and wholly intriguing, playwright Colm Tóibín's solo play The Testament of Mary is a tour de force for actor Linda Reiter and a radical, welcome rethinking of one of the planet's most iconic figures and the world's most historically influential books.
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