Sensitively directed by artistic associate Heather Chrisler, the show examines the deep hurt that family members can inflict upon each other but also offers glimmers of hope and healing.Īlthough he described it as “a very sad show about a troubled family,” David Rice noted that such a story can be cathartic to watch - even joyful, if not in the usual sense. After nursing her sick mother for three years, the long-suffering Eveline feels torn between familial duty and her dream of studying literature. Metadata Management, Cornell / Assistant Director, Metadata Production. David Rice plays the widowed father, Peter, and Hayley Rice is the older daughter, Eveline. The play takes place in the Donnelly home during the week between the mother’s funeral and the wedding of the younger daughter, Kathleen (Jennifer Mohr). As Hayley summed it up during our conversation, the show is about “transition and change and the end of an era.”įirst Folio Theatre actors Michael Dias, from left, Jennifer Mohr, Hayley Rice, David Rice, David Gordon-Johnson and Andrew Behling perform in "And Neither Have I Wings to Fly" at the Mayslake Peabody Estate, Feb. You get all the magic of working with real ink, but can then edit, share and organize your handiwork with digital ink. A fitting swan song, “And Neither Have I Wings to Fly” is a melancholy family drama set in rural Ireland during the 1950s. The loyalty of First Folio patrons was evident when I saw the production last Saturday I heard one person remark that she had been attending for 20 years and was sad to see the company close. “So, I think having that kind of family experience is a really nice capstone to the experience our audiences have had over the years.” “Our family has been so transparent in so much of the First Folio experience that a lot of our regulars knew my mother, know my father, know me - not just onstage, but being out in the lobby, greeting them,” she said. Learn more about the three on-demand videos, and what’s next in the series.
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Having acted in many First Folio productions since then, Hayley shared how meaningful it is to appear with her father in the theater’s final show - not only for them but for their longtime audience members. 13 October 2021 FOLIO on Demand is a video series created to provide information about the features and functionality of the FOLIO open-source library services platform (LSP). “A lot of my favorite memories of my teenage years were actually those summers there, where these 20-somethings (actors) from the city were nice enough to take me under their wing and not just boot me to the curb,” she said. … I don’t think a lot of 13-year-olds are seeing Pinter on a Wednesday night.”Īt 15 years old when First Folio’s first production opened, Hayley quickly found that the theater was a great place to spend her summers. “That wasn’t a common experience for a lot of kids. “Before First Folio, I’d go home after school, do my homework and then go see a show with my parents,” she recalled. Growing up in a theatrical family exposed Hayley to the art form even before her parents founded their own company.
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