tcrow@taylorisd.org
The Taylor High School theater department has started rehearsals
for their spring play, Defying Gravity, by Jane Anderson.
This free structured look at the 1986
Challenger disaster places the teacher, who died with six others as they hurtled
into space, at the center of an exploration of our need to reach beyond
ourselves and dare the universe.
Defying Gravity artfully interweaves the past with the present and the
lives of participants and bystanders, the zest of the teacher selected as the
first civilian astronaut, the perspectives of her grieving daughter, the
aspirations of elderly tourists who drive their Winnebago to Florida to watch
the space launch, the guilt felt by a NASA mechanic and a bartender's fear of
heights.
The play is scheduled for a March 5th
performance at the Main Street Event Center Auditorium. Ticket information will
be available soon.
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Ed (Chase Luna) consoles
his wife Betty (Tracey Lucas) while on a long road trip to watch the launch of
space shuttle Challenger. |
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The Teacher (Makayla
McGlon) & Monet (Caleb Nunamaker) speak aboard the Challenger before the
fateful shuttle launch. |
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Donna (Viannah Gomes) comforts
the Teacher (Makayla McGlon) about her fears of going up into space. |
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Elizabeth (Latavia
Anderson) sits with her mother, the Teacher (Makayla McGlon), during a
rehearsal for Defying Gravity. |
