By Holly Tishfield<\/p>\n
Community members gathered at Alhambra Theatre & Dining last Friday night, April 10, to witness the opening of \u201cMorning After Grace,\u201d a heart-wrenching comedy by local playwright Carey Crim that tackles love and loss in the later stages of life.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an exploration of grief, but it\u2019s also using humor to get through grief,\u201d Crim said when we spoke to her earlier in the month. \u201cThis play is my heart \u2026 it feels like one of my most personal plays.\u201d<\/p>\n
The show opens with main characters Abigail and Angus finding themselves in a rather compromising position, and later introduces Ollie, Angus\u2019s neighbor. The trio are the only actors to grace the stage during its run, spotlighting the importance of their complex relationships and the underlying message of the show.<\/p>\n
Through the highs and lows of each character\u2019s journey, Crim\u2019s themes of love and community ring true every step of the way.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s never too late for a second chance, or a third chance even,\u201d Crim said of her hopes on audience reactions. \u201cIt\u2019s never too late to find love. People can change, and it\u2019s in community that we do the most healing. I hope people laugh a lot and maybe shed a few cathartic tears.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though the role was originally written for famed TV and Broadway actor Randolph Mantooth, Angus is brought to life at Alhambra by Kevin Anderson, who is also well known for starring in countless films, TV and stage productions on Broadway.<\/p>\n
Abigail is portrayed by Hillary Hickam, an Alhambra veteran, and Ollie is portrayed by Eugene Lindsey, who brings a stacked resume of former stage experience.<\/p>\n
Crim herself was in attendance at the opening night of \u201cMorning After Grace,\u201d a rare occurrence for Alhambra Theatre & Dining. Attendees gave both the actors and the playwright a standing ovation at the end of the show.<\/p>\n
Chef DeJuan Roy prepared an exciting dinner menu with appetizer options of curry chicken soup or antipasti salad, and entree options that included braised lamb shanks, chicken carbonara and more. Dessert options included a slice of double fudge chocolate cake or peach crumb cake.<\/p>\n
\u201cMorning After Grace\u201d is playing at Alhambra Theatre & Dining now through May 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Holly Tishfield Community members gathered at Alhambra Theatre & Dining last Friday night, April 10, to witness…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-239245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}