Share The Hayes Project celebrates 20 years of writing and producing with a year-long presentation of new work funded in part by a Specific Cultural Project grant from the Florida DOS Division of Arts & Culture
Description
"A fascinating mix of contemporary issues about class, race, circumstance and relationships against a uniquely Florida historical background." ~ Matt Palm, Orlando Sentinel
Family relationships, laughter, tears, pride and fear; strength in the face of racial inequities; strong women and willful men; longing and unrequited desires; family and home; Florida's past and future, and the magic of citrus blossoms. If I Had My Way, a play by Joseph Reed Hayes, looks at relationships formed by the rational and irrational tides of war, the deep-seated racial tension of the Old South, the loneliness of young souls isolated by culture and time, and hope following darkness like a dream amid the scent of citrus blossoms.
Florida, 1945. A young woman, Margaret Perry, educated in the North, reluctantly returns to her childhood home to care for her ailing mother. Finding herself in the same ranch kitchen where her mother and grandmother toiled all their lives, she resents every aspect of her situation, rejecting friendship and suitors, until her abrasive and bitter attitude is broken by a person she considered invisible: the Italian POW, Piero Alloca, brought to the ranch as replacement help.
All shows 7PM doors; 7:30 showtime
THURSDAY JUNE 16, PREVIEW PERFORMANCE: $10; $20 FRONT ROWS VIP (supersupporter)
FRI-SUN JUNE 17-19: $15; $30 FRONT ROWS VIP (supersupporter)
MONDAY JUNE 20, INDUSTRY NIGHT for Restaurant and Theater folks: ALL SEATS $15
Ticket purchase includes free parking.
Eileen Antonescu
Holland Hayes
Jesus Kahwati
Benjamin Mainville
Iris Lynne Sherman
Stelson Telfort
Marian Tuck
Avis-Marie Barnes, director
Joseph Reed Hayes celebrates 20 years of writing and producing plays with this Project and this play. His 2022 Orlando Fringe production, The Mockingbird News, won Critics' Choice awards for Best Individual Performance-Drama, and Best Director.
Please note: The June 17 performance will be recorded for promotional use. Entering the theater for that performance only constitutes your consent to be part of the recording. You understand that all photography, filming and/or recording will be done in reliance on this consent. If you do not agree to the foregoing, please choose another date.
Please visit thehayesproject.com for more details.
The Hayes Project is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts & Culture and the Florida Council on Arts & Culture; and the Orange County Government, Arts & Cultural Affairs Program, through United Arts of Central Florida.
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Date & Time
Jun 16 - 20, 2022
Venue Details
Orlando Science Center Digital Adventure Theater
777 East Princeton StreetOrlando, Florida 32803
