UPCOMING READINGS

WILLA CATHER IS DYING

A New Play by

KIRA OBOLENSKY

Directed by

HALLEY FINN

Edith Lewis summons the ghost of Willa Cather, as she was on the last day of her life, to reckon with their 40-year relationship. Their story takes place in the crucible of memory and imagination —in New York City, in Nebraska, at a table, in a room, in the desert—always in a space that exists in both the physical world and the mind. Fictional characters become real, artistic colleagues appear in the form of various objects, and the past continually reasserts itself, as Edith tries to understand her role in her partner’s life and career. This is a play about creative partnership, about ghosts, rituals, love, and the questions every artist faces: what was sacrificed along the way?