Visiting Van Gogh

The Dramatist Guild Spotlight Series Continues With:

Visiting Van Gogh, by Marguerite Scott
The Tragedy of King Robert The First, by Kenneth Robbins

Sunday September 13 at 5:00 p.m.

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THE TRAGEDY OF KING ROBERT THE FIRST

 A FARCE

By Kenneth Robbins

Robert Devereaux, the Earl of Essex, returns from Ireland with his army in tow and with the sole purpose in mind of deposing Queen Elizabeth I, but finds that he needs help in achieving his coup. He turns to Will Shakespeare and requests a special one-and-done performance of RICHARD II, thinking that the play, with its subject being the overthrow of a sitting monarch, will serve him well. Of course, nothing serves poor Robert, not even his unflagging ego. After all, he is fond of saying: “Boasting is what I do best!”

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Marguerite Louise Scott performs 

VISITING VAN GOGH: a Philadelphia story 

A 30-minute section from her new solo-work-in-progress: Me, My Mother and I.  She began creating this piece several years ago in an ongoing writing group led by Willa Taylor (through Goodman Theatre’s GENERATIONS program). She then revisited the material this past Spring in a workshop with PLAY PENN Theatre’s Artistic Director Che’ Rae Adams. Ten minutes of the work was presented in July at Play Penn Theatre’s SOLO FEST. Marguerite continues to develop and shape this work,  excavating scenes from her childhood in an attempt to understand and reconcile her relationship with her complicated mother. "I'm not the daughter my mother wanted, but I'm the one she raised."