Edge Performed at Gallery 51 January 27
Marcy J. Savastano Stars as Sylvia Plath
By: Bob Fowler - Jan 13, 2010
Under the direction of David Henderson, Edge features Marcy J. Savastano in the role of Sylvia Plath, the poet and author most famous for the novel The Bell Jar.
Paul Alexander's critically-acclaimed play is set on the last day of the poet's life as she reflects on childhood, her husband poet Ted Hughes, and her work. Plath takes account of her actions as well as the actions of others and uses them to fuel a tragic flaw, passion.
The prolific writer took her life on a cold February day in 1963, after being abandoned by the greatest and worst thing that ever happened to her husband. The play examines the events that led up to turning on the gas stove that took her life.
The Los Angeles Times calls Edge "boldly dramatic and entertaining," and a New York Times reviewer said the play offers a "resurrected Plath" and "the showcase of a lifetime."
Alexander has authored several books, including Rough Magic: A Biography of Sylvia Plath, Salinger: A Biography, and Boulevard of Broken Dreams: The Life, Times, and Legend of James Dean. His Strangers in the Land of Canaan, directed by Rip Torn, had a successful run Off-Broadway.
Alexander is currently working on a Twentieth Century Fox script called Good Night, Dorothy Kilgallen, a political thriller about Dorothy
Kilgallen's investigation of the Kennedy assassination.
Method Machine's production of the play stars company founder Marcy J. Savastano and is directed by Artistic Director David Henderson. He worked as Alexander's assistant director on the original production of Edge, which premiered in New York City at the Actor's Studio in 2003.
Admission is $12 general admission, $8 for MCLA alumni, $5 for MCLA faculty and staff and non-MCLA students, and free for MCLA students and children under 12. Space is limited. To reserve tickets call (413) 662-5204.