The Drawer Boy by Michael Healey
Delaware Theatre Company
February 23 - March 13, 2005
Sets: Eric Schaeffer
Costumes: Mattie Ullrich
Lights: Rebecca G. Frederick
Sound: Shannon Zura
Stage Manager: Sara J. Tantillo
Cast: Richard M. Davidson, Richard Fromm, and John Grassilli,
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General Beauty
Miles: We’re here to get your history and give it back to you.
Miles: No, Angus. Next is the air raid. The front door flying. Remember?
Angus: Uh huh. But I don’t want to.
Ultimately, once you get past the specifics about farming and the theatre and memory loss, what this play asks the audience to take a look at is stories. It says that the stories we tell mould us and make us who we are - they help us go through our lives but also have the capability to warp and harm, particularly when dealing with traumatic events. Telling our stories is the first step towards getting over our past and dealing with our future. This play gives an audience courage to face the deepest truths about ourselves when it would be easier to hide from it. It lets us know that we have that within us to face our deepest secrets, our truest lies, and come out on the other side okay. It says change is possible - no matter how bad the event, how awful the transgression, no truth is unfaceable.
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