Nasty News 2023 Issue #5: ‘Ducky & Murdock’ emerge from The Shadows
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‘Ducky & Murdock’ emerge from The Shadows
Nasty Shadows Theatre Company presents CAST/CREW
Written/Directed by Scott Shannon A seemingly simple story about a young woman and young man in love during wartime, but with a Nasty touch from the Shadows. ~ SAINT JOHN ~ ~ FREDERICTON ~ Ducky & Murdock find themselves happily together, with you, the audience. This reunion finds the couple embracing old memories of life in Saint John, NB, contemplating their past, their present, and how the future could work. They had come together at a time of war, with the world on the verge of life-changing events, yet it is the details and emotions of their life together, happy and sad, that they share with you, the audience, as a way of being together yet again. The play sprouts from the lives of Scott’s paternal grandparents and their relationship before, during, and after World War II. The first scene written was created for the purpose of sharing and performing at a Remembrance Day event hosted by Theatre New Brunswick in 2012, and the play has been in on/off development with various Shadows since that time. Taking details of his grandparents’ lives and the setting of wartime, Scott’s story becomes a fiction within the ongoing context of ‘The Great Seclusion’ Myth, a world he continues to explore through his original work, this time telling the tale of a young couple’s love in an uncertain world. This is not a history; this is a fantasy story memorial.
‘Ducky & Murdock’ rehearsals 2023
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 Scott Shannon as ‘Jones’; Annick Blizzard as ‘Vic’; Michael Holmes-Lauder as ‘Chael’ in A STORY JONES |
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