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Moondancing
A one-act play by Wayne Crome

May 20-22, 26-28 2005
Directed by Chris Gibson
Original Music by Chris Gibson

Moondancing, tells the story of an aging homosexual couple facing the inevitability of death. After Whitney convinces his partner Leo to look into their burial arrangements, the men go from a funeral home to an expensive dinner to their future gravesite, trying to come to terms with the unavoidable certainty of dying.

“… the play is believable, uplifting and poignant without resorting to sentimentalism.” -  James Malone KDHX

“Crome’s work is a soft and gentle paean to the inevitability of death and to the grace and charm of life itself.”  - Mark Bretz Ladue News

CAST

WHITNEY
LEO
Keven Beyer
Jim Meady

Moondancing: Leo and Whitney at breakfast
"Must I endure this flaming faggot show every day?." Says Leo (Jim Meady) to his life time partner Whitney (Kevin Beyer) one morning at breakfast.

Moondancing: Leo and Whitney at resturant
"TIA is often an early warning of things to come" says Whitney as he reveals he has had a mild stroke and the reasons why he wants to make cemetery arrangements.

 

 

 

Moondancing: Leo and Whitney in park
"No fags in his cemetery is what he was saying!", Exclaims Leo as Whitney sulks about his behavior at the cemetery directors office.

Moondancing: Leo and Whitney at cemetery
Leo and Whitney drunkenly toast their new cemetery "neighbors" in an improvised Day of the Dead.

 

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