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From left, Brad Ruder, as Mark, Brad Knowles, as Brian, and Audrey Colton Smith, as Beverly, rehearse a scene from "The Shadow Box" last week at Greenwood Playhouse in Bend.
• 'TheShadowBox,' playing at GreenwoodPlayhouse,is anunflinching look at mortality
If yougo What: "The Shadow Box"
By David Jasper
or long sleeves. Under the direction of Jill Stinson-Littlejohn, the cast of this richly rama, love and death collide in human play may well reduce even the "The Shadow Box," a m o v i ng most dry-eyed,seasoned theatergoer to a d ramatic t r iptych a bout t h r ee puddle of tears — the better to reflect upon terminally ill people bidding farewell to our own mortality. life and loved ones. Cascades Theatrical You may not even notice it happening, Company's production of the play opens but asort of pre-griefforthese cancer patonight with a champagne reception at tients and their hold on life — and their Greenwood Playhouse in Bend (see "If family's hold on them — will find a way you go"). past your emotional armor. Do not forget your hankies, Kleenex In 1977, "The Shadow Box" earned playThe Bulletin
wright Michael Christofer a Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a Tony Award for Best Play; in 1980, it was adapted into a Golden Globe-winning TV movie directed by Paul Newman, according to Wikipedia. Set over the length of a day on the grounds of a hospital offering cabins for the dying, the play concerns three families with distinct stories, but overlapping themes colored by a visceral sense of the finality that lies ahead.
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When:Openswith champagne reception at 7:30 tonight; additional performances 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday throughSaturday,2 p.m.Sunday, through March 24. Where: GreenwoodPlayhouse,148N.W . Greenwood Ave., Bend Cost:$24, $18 seniors, $12 students Contact:www.cascadestheatrical.org or 541389-0803