Projects Unfolding:
3D Gathering Place
We are transforming Studio B into an eclectic hang-out with heathy juices, wheat grass and barley grass shots, music, poetry etc..... our project consists of the walls and the floor being painted with a 3D perspective. Any interested young artist can participate. Please call Enthios Art Venue 479-253-6830 for the times and days we are painting. What an adventure!!!!!
Upcoming TBA:
Art Gallery
Art Installations
Dance Productions
Live Music
Senior Citizen Casual Afternoon
RENAISSANCE 1 PRODUCTIONS
Presents
“THE BELLE OF AMHERST” The biographical drama of America’s greatest
women poet, Emily Dickinson, exploring her experiences from age 15 until her death at 56. Her life is recreated with excerpts from her poetry and letters woven into a one-woman play by William Luce. It was the winner of
the Tony Award for Best Actress in 1977. The production directed by Marvin Jonason, features actress Laurel Owen-Scutari as Emily.
Emily Dickinson’s invitation:
“Pardon my sanity. Pardon my jubilation in Nature, my terror of midnight, my childlike wonder at love, my white renunciation. Nothing more do I ask than to share with you the ecstasy and sacrament of my Life.”
Performances at Enthios Art Venue; Studio A
Ticket: $12.00
Ehthios Art Venue 215 CR 301 Greenwood Hollow Road,
Eureka Springs, Arkansas, 72632 Reservations: 475-253-6830
Recently, I had the pleasure of visiting with Laurel Owen and Marvin Jonason, the star and director of the play “The Belle of Amherst” based on the life of Emily Dickenson, written by William Luce.
Upon first impression, I was intrigued by the excitement that came from Laurel, who plays Emily and her director Marvin about putting the play together which has taken the biggest part of a year. When asking Ms. Owen what the biggest challenge had been she said with a grin, “Memorizing the large amount of dialogue!”
I also asked the two about what inspired them to do this particular play and the answer was “the challenge”, and the wish to honor one of America’s most talented, yet little known poet.
Emily Dickenson was called a recluse, crazy, odd, and more, which would have been a normal thing to assume in her time…Indeed, it is now widely believed that she was spiritually evolved far past the time she lived in. What greater place to show this than Eureka Springs, Arkansas!?
Laurel Owen and Marvin Jonason did the writer and the subject of the Belle of Amherst much honor, as they truly showed a side to Miss Dickenson that few know about and far exceeds anything written in books.
I actually intended to simply do the interview and take pictures but at some point, my camera was completely forgotten as I took a seat and was swept up and away to a simpler time, into the life of a very misunderstood, very talented and amazing woman. Ms. Owen and her brilliant depiction of Emily Dickenson was nothing short of brilliant as she captivated her audience with ease from her very first words, to her last, performance after performance. The audience walked away feeling as if they had been in the presence of the woman, the poet Emily Dickenson.
I laughed, I giggle, and I felt sorrow, happiness, incredible loss, her sadness and pain. In the end, unexpected tears fell silently down my face and the faces of those around me.
In conclusion, I came away from the Belle of Amherst and my talk with Laurel and Marvin with an entirely new view of a great lady. Emily Dickenson lived again that night. Ms. Owen and Mr. Jonason are truly two of Eureka Springs most talented! The ability of Ms. Owen to step into the life of another, coupled with the talent of a director to guide her in that transformation, brought Emily Dickenson from the page of a script and made her breathe…….
Pamela K. Palasty
