Superb performances and great audience at performance of The Last Days of King Solomon at Villa Rosa Center Stage last night.

Villa Rosa Center Stage

Presents

THE LAST DAYS OF KING SOLOMON

A black comedy with more than a touch of slap-stick

 

As performed at the Kennedy Center, National Press Club, and Dramatists Guild of America

Monday, November 24, 2014    7:00 PM

3800 LOTTSFORD VISTA ROAD, MITCHELLVILLE, MD, 

by

Anthony E. Gallo

This two-act “black comedy with a little slapstick” is about doubt and faith during the latter days of King Solomon, long-time ruler of militarily and economically powerful Israel. The legendary monarch, who holds together a diverse Nation by shrewd domestic and foreign marriages, has lost God’s favor. He is the laughing stock of the nation because he supposedly can not even see the temple he built. Foreign countries wait to attack the borders, and the twelve tribes of Israel are at odds.  Division and conflict everywhere! What will become of this world?   Lust, greed, pomposity, seduction, perversion, revenge, betrayal, insanity, deception, horses, lies, murder, drink, theft, cannabis, idolatry, political instability, and excess wives play a role.    One character thinks all this might be troublesome. Many suggest that The Last Days of King Solomon makes for a good Midrash.

CAST

KING SOLOMON                                         James McDaniel

QUEEN MOTHER BATHSHEBA              Bunty Ketcham

HIGH PRIEST ZADOCK                             Tim Wolf

QUEEN OF SHEBA                                                Kacie Greenwood

ABSALOM                                                     David Weaver

PRINCESS TAMAR                                     Shirl Weaver

SOUND DIRECTOR                                                Trix Whitehall

NARRATION                                                            Trix Whitehall

 

The Last Days of King Solomon:  http://solomon.aegallo.com

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