2010.10.18
From Sunday’s column: Painting the stations
Studio Roanoke owner and artistic director Kenley Smith’s new play “12 Stations of the Cross” involves a troubled young man who takes a small role in a passion play and ends up being confronted by the sins of his past.
The new production, which opens Oct. 27, is a sequel to Smith’s “Devil Sedan,” an award-winning play about a crime that fatally ties together the lives of two brothers and two young women. Though the two plays share the character of Bobby Pence, you don’t have to have seen the first one to understand “12 Stations,” Smith said.
Smith decided to use the play as a chance to start a collaborative art project, and asked regional artists to create works that will be used as the classic Stations of the Cross in the course of the play. The artists involved include Roanoke sculptor John Wilson, artist and musician Evan “Dickie Eikcid” Niemann and Vinton portrait artist Patsy Arrington Dorsett.
Smith said the artwork will be on display at Studio Roanoke through Nov. 7.
Performances are 8 p.m. Oct. 27-29; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Oct. 30; 2 p.m., Oct. 31; 8 p.m., Nov. 3-5; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Nov. 6; 2 p.m., Nov. 7. Tickets are $15, $20 at the door, seniors, students and active military $12.
For more information call 343-3054 or visit studioroanoke.org.
