A Hidden Life
written & directed
by Randy Neale*
Cannon Street Arts Center
World Premiere
August 18 – September 10, 2022
“My parents were part of what has been called the Greatest Generation, those who grew up in the Depression and fought through World War II and Korea. There is no question in my mind that they were stronger and more resilient than the people of my generation, the Boomers that followed them. However, as a grandfather now myself, I look more and more at the parents who came before them…one in particular shaped what we were to become.”
– Randy Neale*
playwright & director
FEATURING
LeeAnne Hutchison+
Camille Lowman*
Emily Wilhoit*
Alexa Kennedy Smith
* Actors’ Equity Association
* PURE Core Ensemble
Production Sponsors
Buxton Books
AnnieLu Antiques
Individual Show Sponsors
Lee Bell & Fotios Pantazis
The Chalmers Fund
Design & Crew
Scenic Designer – Randy Neale*
Lighting Designer – Garrett Bell
Sound Designer – Miles Boinest*
Stage Manager – Miles Boinest*
Asst. Stage Mgr. & Props Master – Rebecca McLeod
Costume Designer/Wardrobe Crew – Ambernice Tolliver
Her name is Adrienne (Audrey) Laframboise Filion Lavoie. She has lived a life. Four actors share the remarkable and quiet brilliance of one woman’s life from her impoverished birth on a dirt farm in Canada, through her life as a young widow and mother in Detroit during the Depression, to the satisfaction of her matriarchy of a huge extended family. A Hidden Life, lyrically written and directed by PURE Core Ensemble member Randy Neale (Last Rites), is a joyful and celebratory exploration of the triumphs and trials that hold equal sway in a simple life well lived.
Thank You
The Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Nancye Starnes
Melody & Jerry Sharpe, AnnieLu Antiques
Terry Fox, Charleston Arts Festival
Scott Watson, City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs
Polly & Julian Buxton, Buxton Books
Ellen Swick, College of Charleston Department of Theatre & Dance
Tom Lucas
Tripp Hamilton
Brendon Overstreet
LeVan Rogers
Sugar Bakeshop
Lowcountry Local First
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Funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Additional ongoing financial support provided by Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Coastal Community Foundation, The John & Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund, The Joanna Foundation, The Yaschik Foundation, and The Boeing Company.