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Brevoort has chosen to view the Lockerbie disaster in December 1988 as a modern-day Greek Tragedy. A Libyan-initiated bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, the plane exploded in the sky and crashed into Lockerbie, a small Scottish village, leaving hundreds dead from both the plane and the ground.
Seven years after the crash, Bill Livingston, played by Evan Smith, class of 2009 from Bloomfield Hills, Mich., has brought his wife Madeline, played by Brittanie Daugherty, class of 2007 from London, Ohio, to a memorial service for the victims. He hopes this will help his grieving wife, who mourns her 20-year-old son Adam, to move on as he has tried to do.
Other members of the cast include Olive Allison, played by Kristina L. Tannenbaum, class of 2007 from Lake Jackson, Texas, Woman 1, played by Hollie Hongosh, class of 2010 from Olmsted Falls, Ohio, Woman 2, played by Kat Kalinoski, class of 2008 from Granville, Ohio, George Jones, played by Nick Arsena, class of 2007 from Hudson, Ohio, and Hattie, played by Kari Strife, class of 2007 from Cincinnati, Ohio.
According to Curtain Up, an Internet theatre magazine, “The story focuses on the Livingston’s odyssey towards inevitable catharsis that is achieved through their meeting with the Lockerbie women (the Greek chorus) who seek their own closure from grief by saving the victim’s clothing from the U.S. State Department’s plan to burn them.” Women in Lockerbie set up a laundry project to wash the victims’ clothing found in the plane’s wreckage and shipped them to the families.
The play is directed by Corwin Georges, professor of theatre and dance and department chair, with sets by Jimmy Humphries, associate professor, and costumes by Debbie Henderson, technical assistant.
Written in 1998, The Women of Lockerbie won the silver medal in the Onassis International Playwriting Competition and was awarded the Kennedy Center Fund for new American Plays Award.
Tickets are $4 each and may be purchased at the Benham-Pence Student Center service desk. For more information, call the Department of Theatre and Dance at (937) 327-7464.
- Written By:Marj Newman
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