Though new to the Salon, Andrea Barnes, also known as Red, is an accomplished actor and street poet, who told her story “The Rabbit Debacle” with great style.
Seeking recognition and attention from her hometown peers, she commits an evil act that haunts her heart and conscience throughout her life. In the final moment, they beautifully portray, Nancy in dance, Dolores in song, the combining of Celtic myth with Christianity.ĭan Brown presented another of the night’s dramatic moments in his new original monologue titled “The Garfield Horizons.” New York actress Jamie Lee Kearns convincingly relives her character’s campaign to be homecoming queen in Garfield High School’s Class of 2003. As the goddess, Nancy Oda enters with a lighted candle, a symbol of renewal and promise, which she passes to the saint, Dolores Nolan who welcomes their mutual ties. One Brigid is the pre-Christian goddess, a herald of spring the other is a beloved saint honored in Ireland on Feb. “Brigid,” a short play written and directed by memoirist and dance teacher Maura Mulligan to capture the essence of the two Brigids, fascinated salongoers. Mary Deady, accompanied by the excellent pianist Aya Kato illuminated the stories with songs ranging from “Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?” to “The Spinning Wheel,” a 19 th-century song that was popularized in the 1950s by singer Delia Murphy, who appears in the book. In “ Irish Above All,” Nora plays a role in the rise of her cousin Ed Kelly in becoming a powerful mayor of Chicago (1933-1946). In “ Of Irish Blood,” a character based on her great aunt Nora visits Paris in the early 20th century, meeting literary greats and Irish nationalist figures.
In the first book, “ Galway Bay,” Mary Pat’s great-great grandmother Honora saved the family during The Great Starvation.
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