{"id":2121,"date":"2014-10-24T18:05:06","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T18:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=2121"},"modified":"2025-01-14T00:07:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T00:07:01","slug":"tangents-a-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=2121","title":{"rendered":"Tangents — A Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Elizabeth Hansen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A taut and edgy psycho-drama that leaves a searing imprint on the heart and mind!<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

(For performance by Professionals, Community Theatres, Colleges & Universities)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Nancy Ellis, a gifted professor of clinical psychology, leads us on a journey into the troubled mind of Sandy Garrison, a young brilliant student with Multiple Personality Disorder. In a uniquely theatrical way, the personalities are portrayed by five different actresses, who battle, not only for control of \u201cSandy,\u201d but the doctor as well. Nancy finds herself intrigued with \u201cSandy\u2019s\u201d different \u201cselves:\u201d Beth, quiet, kind-hearted, yet confused; Kirsten, filled with wisdom and compassion; Kelly, a bright and brave tomboy of 10; Lara, the 4-year-old, gentle and trusting, but full of pain and fear; and Trevin, Nancy\u2019s nemesis, with a genius intellect and a rapid-fire wit, but who has never experienced a moment of joy. Nancy and \u201cSandy\u201d parallel each other as they struggle with the demons from their troubled pasts as Nancy finds herself battling \u201cSandy,\u201d the university, and herself, desperately trying to cope with \u201cSandy\u2019s\u201d descent into chaos. Nancy\u2019s obsession to find the key that will free her bright prot\u00e9g\u00e9 from the tangents locked within, forces the doctor to face and reconcile a recent tragic loss. At the same time, \u201cSandy\u201d battles her own internal confusion as she tries to embrace the fragments of her \u201cselves.\u201d At the dramatic conclusion, both Nancy and \u201cSandy\u201d complete their journeys as they come to an understanding and acceptance of themselves and more importantly, their humanness. …A footnote. W.H. Auden states, \u201cThe image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order that I may love myself is very different from the image which I try to create in the minds of others in order that they may love me.\u201d Perhaps what Auden summarized for us is the poignant struggle we all engage in as our private and public selves contend for control. The possibility of humans splitting the self into several parts or \u201cpersonalities\u201d is not really the surprise in our development. The truly remarkable surprise accomplished by humans, is that most of us do have only one. These SEVEN women create a tour-de-force powerhouse of an evening in the theatre. VARIETY raved: \u201c”Tangents” is a compelling and provocative psychodrama, pairing a spunky college shrink with a troubled student governed by multiple personalities. Playwright Elizabeth Hansen has devised a clever theatrical twist by creating roles for five actresses in the varied identities of the girl, each investing her side of the character with different mannerisms and speech patterns.\u201d<\/em> Mature themes and language<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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