24 Apr Vesta: A Family’s Story at End of Life

Friday April 27, 7:00 pm

Brattleboro Museum and Arts Center

This event is free and open to the public.

Following the play, the audience and actors will participate in a facilitated discussion. Light refreshments served.

Join us for a staged reading of end of life drama Vesta which often evokes a strong emotional response from audiences, yet deals with the issues of aging and dying in a thoughtful, sometimes humorous manner. Raved about last time it was here in 2014; VESTA returns with Producer Burt Tepfer plus many of the same actors for another season.

Vesta offers a warm and often funny exploration of a family’s struggle with a variety of end-of-life issues as they come to terms with the illness and death of Vesta Pierson, their matriarch. Vesta is a 90-minute, seven-character play about the last five years of the title character’s life.

The play provides a rich opportunity for self-examination and community dialogue on fundamental questions surrounding death and dying. Told with humor and a keen understanding of the human condition, the play is a compelling drama about families struggling to deal honestly with the everyday problems and mysteries of mortality.

Vesta’s author, playwright Bryan Harnetiaux, has said, “The theatre provides a safe harbor, a climate where you can look at these issues honestly, without fear of judgment.  I have seen a willingness, almost a need, for people to tell their own stories.    For instance, in Vesta, the audience members often identify with one of the three women—the aging Vesta, her adult daughter Carol, or the granddaughter.”

For more information about this event, call 257-0775, x105.