COMMUNION
by Tim Klein
Communion centers around Jane, a professional Chicago actress, and her acting friends, sister, and mother. The five women treat themselves to monthly wine and pairings parties to discuss the trials and adventures of their journeys through divorce, love, descent into middle age, and fears of the unknown future. Jane’s recent diagnosis of stage four cancer forces the group to confront their fears of death and their beliefs in the afterlife. A touching story of the way women sustain each other through bold criticism, bawdy laughter, and steadfast support … and the way friends, family, and even former lovers can help us live life with love and light.
- Cast Size: 1M 6W
- Running Time: 90+ minutes
- Royalty Rate: $75 per performance
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About the Playwright
Associate Professor Tim Klein received an MFA in Dramatic Art in 1998 from the Professional Actor Training Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tim is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild and has appeared on stage in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Past roles include the following: Mr. Gilmer/Boo Radley in To Kill A Mockingbird at Studio Arena Theatre; Joseph Surface in School for Scandal at Irish Classical Theatre Company; Tom in The Glass Menagerie, Hal in Proof; Victor in House; Vegas in Dark Rapture; Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing; Prince Hal in 1Henry IV; Leonard Ganz in Rumors; Rob Stein in Twilight of the Golds; Barnett Lloyd in Crimes of the Heart; John Barrymore in I Hate Hamlet; and,The Inquisitor in Evidence. He has also appeared as a serial killer in both Roger Corman’s A&E mini-series The Phantom Eye and in the Lifetime movie The Only Witness. Tim toured Montana with Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, and starred in the independent feature film The Wild Card. Tim’s favorite directing credits include Humpty Dumpty by Eric Bogosian; God of Carnage; Macbeth; Proof; Measure for Measure; Witness for the Prosecution; Lips Together, Teeth Apart; Dinner with Friends; Fuddy Meers; and Eleemosynary. Most recently at Missouri Southern State University, he has taught acting and directing at the University of North Carolina, the University of Illinois, SUNY Fredonia, the University at Buffalo, the College of DuPage, Triton College, the Chicago Actor’s Studio, and Act One Studios in Chicago.
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