The Theatre Department at Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock, North Carolina presents AUDITIONS for the world premiere of English faculty member Katie Winkler’s drama BATTERED: A Play about Domestic Violence Inspired by Robert Browning’s The Ring and the Book. Auditions will be held Monday, January 28th and Tuesday, January 29th @ 7 pm (weather permitting) in the Patton Auditorium. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. If you have any questions about auditions, contact Jennifer Treadway via email at [email protected] or call 828/694-1849.
BATTERED is a story within a story within a story, the play takes place in a small theater during the read-through of a new play by a young woman, Julia, who has escaped from a violent relationship with her intimate partner.
Julia has chosen to write an adaptation of the Victorian poet Robert Browning’s masterpiece, The Ring and the Book, drawn not only to the long narrative poem’s subject of the real-life murder of Pompilia Comparini by her husband Guido Franchescini, but also to the story of the great love between Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett. As the main character in this play within a play endures the increasing violence of her tyrannical husband’s abuse, Julia begins to relive her own nightmare.
As in past productions, including last season’s Stories from the Table by communications instructor Joshua Bledsoe, Battered is a collaborative effort involving Director Jennifer Treadway and the author, as well as BRCC students and community members. The desire is to raise awareness about the ongoing issue of domestic violence and also celebrate the enduring work of one of the greatest English poets of all time.
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