In Vestments
By Sara Fellini
Four priests and sacristan are living and working in a church that is falling apart around them. Haunted by the ghosts and demons of their pasts, they fight each other and their own destructive natures as they struggle to rebuild the church. After a chalice of sanctified communion wine is poisoned by a piece of asbestos falling from the ceiling, the ensuing argument over what do with the now poisoned holy wine sets off a chain reaction of destructive events, tearing at the fragile balance holding the church together and revealing the terrible secrets holding each of the priests and the sacristan to the church.
Directed by Isaac Byrne
Cast:
Sara Fellini, Adam Belvo, Samuel Adams, Pierre Marais, Ted Wold, Peter Oliver, Eric Soto, Cait Murphy, Amy Higgs, and Erika Phoebus
Scenic and Lighting Design—Joshua Rose, Costume Design—Tricia Bastian, Music and Sound Design—Andy Evan Cohen
New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Premier of a New Play
and
Outstanding Direction
Press Quotes
“Isaac Byrne’s high-energy production is by turns earnest and campy, wrenching and visually eloquent...dramaturgical jambalaya, flavored with the full-throated music of Jacques Brel”
— NY TIMES
“intense, sometimes volatile, occasionally challenging in-your-face play... Byrne has set this show comes as close as any production to fly-on-the-wall observation... all-encompassing theatre: old-fashioned stakes paired with contemporary storytelling savvy.”
— Garden State Journal
“A thrilling and dangerous ride...Byrne's ability to stage the absurd keeps the play buoyant even while it descends into its feverish finale...this is a company that knows how to use their resources. This is a piece of theatre that represents intelligent and focused artists whose work is as good as any off-broadway house, and is really a gift to the community, done for love of the art”
— NY Theatre Review
“Sure-handed writing and direction...Director Isaac Byrne carefully maneuvers all of the characters in and out of the small space allowing for a manic but controlled atmosphere”
— Theatre Pizzaz