‘The Messenger’ at Chance Theater

OC Theatre Guild
8 hours ago
1 min read

Four women. One truth. And the dangerous cost of carrying it.

From left, Rori Flynn, Kallie Pong and Megan Sigler. Photo courtesy of Timothy Huynh.

by MaryAnn DiPietro

At Chance Theater, the stage becomes a crossroads of memory and consequence. In “The Messenger,” written by Jenny Connell Davis and directed by Katie Chidester, a nonlinear drama unfolds as the stories of four women, decades apart, speak into the same restless space.

“Four interwoven monologues that echo and collide with one another,” reads Chidester’s synopsis.

“Each voice offers a different lens on violence, silence and the impossible decision of whether to speak out or stay quiet, and what each of those choices costs.”

Inspired in part by the real story of Hungarian Holocaust survivor Georgia Gabor, the play braids historical testimony with the journey of a young American woman confronting racial discrimination in the present day. The result is a work that reminds us the past is never truly behind.... [ Read the full article here ]