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Halo
Halo
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Author: Josh MacDonald Publisher: Talonbooks (cover image may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 127 Pub. Date: 2002 ISBN-10: 0889224692 ISBN-13: 9780889224698 Cast Size: 3 female, 4 male
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About the Play:
Halo is a full-length comedic drama by Josh MacDonald.
When an image of Jesus appears on the wall of a local coffee shop,
life is forever changed. Familiar characters are challenged to ask
difficult questions about faith, life and love with sometimes moving,
sometimes hilarious results. But could this modern miracle be real?
Halo is a brilliant examination of the need to believe and
the power of forgiveness. When an image of Jesus Christ appears on the
side of a Tim Hortons coffee shop in the fictional town of Nately,
Nova Scotia, life is forever changed. The town's inhabitants are
challenged to ask difficult questions about faith, life and love with
sometimes moving, sometimes hilarious results. Complicating the
matter, of course, are the more mundane questions of whether this
appearance is a miracle, an accident, or quite possibly even a hoax.
At the centre of this wickedly entertaining play resides the more
existential and personal question of what has happened to our notion
of meaning and ethics in the strip-mall culture of concrete and crass
competition which has replaced a more pastoral and rural life of care
for the earth, the cycle of the seasons and its festivals, and the
blessings of renewal in the family. Has religion lost the ability to
mediate these two conditions, or did it ever really have that power?
Halo premiered in 2000 by Two Planks and a Passion Theatre
at Ross Creek Centre for the Arts in Canning, Nova Scotia and played
across the Province, and has been produced successfully by theatre
companies across North America, from Nova Scotia to British Columbia,
California to New York State. Halo is a curriculum title in
various high schools and universities in Canada.
Cast: 3 female, 4 male
What people say:
"Halo
successfully melds faith, drama and honour...very funny and quite
moving." — Halifax Daily News
"Halo is theatre
at its very best. There is not a false note in this high-wire act of
comedy and tragedy with beautifully-written, believable characters
who never lose their balance in script or performance." —
The Chronicle Herald
"Brimming with humour and
humanity, Halo retains a serious, poignant core
that resonates deeply in a post 9/11 world. Beautifully constructed,
it's a homegrown work that's slowly but surely establishing a North
American-wide reputation." — HFX Entertainment Guide
About the Playwright:
Josh MacDonald is an award-winning Canadian playwright,
screenwriter, and teacher. He graduated from Concordia University in
Montréal where he specialized in theatre performance. He has written
for CBC Television and Radio, the National Film Board, the
Smithsonian Channel, Reelz, Blue Ant, and others. He has taught
creative writing at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD)
and the Fountain School of Performing Arts at Dalhousie University.
Also a professional actor for stage and screen, he is based in
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
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