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and the natural world it is a part of.
Projected slides of Marshall’s oil paintings, which were often portraits of the people whose memories were being honored, also augmented the play’s emotional range. Of particular note was Marshall’s haunting multipanel work featuring portraits of Amira Skaljic, her husband Avdo, and her two children Aida and Edin arranged around a view down the ruins of “sniper alley” in Sarajevo.
The technical crew, anchored by Carl Aplin and featuring lighting by Kathleen Galevin, costume work by Margaret Dunn, slide projection by Michael Deluise, and soundwork by Deuce Shotton, are to be commended for their professionalism.
The ensemble of elements — dance, music, recitation, slides, sound effects — provided a moving experience to most who attended. “I feel like it was speaking right to me — the dust, the sweeping, women, the death,” said Susan Hazel.
Reminding us of the rich artistic offering of our county, Marshall credited many members of the audience of Saturday night’s performance with collaborative support: Sally Nash, Julie Portman, Sharon Wyrrick, Nan Reddick, Tutt Harris, Diane Wood, Robin Purnell and Joy Luke.
Concluding that our lives are “part will, part chance, part destiny,” Stories from the Dust in the Corner end with the memorable words of Melanie Moffett’s song “We Are One Tribe” that remind us of our mutual responsibilities to one another in the web of life:
We are one people who worked the earth
And lived and died and loved and gave birth
And conquered our memories and cherished our fate
And learned to forgive before it’s too late.
Upcoming performances will be at Airlee at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 23 and at the Loft Theater in Warrenton at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 3.
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