Plays

 

Allison Plourde playing Octavia in
Rachael Bail's "Thousands of Years Rome"
at the Alden Theatre in McLean, Virginia

 

Alex Bastani as Marius and Allison Plourde playing
Octavia in Rachael Bail's "Thousands of Years Rome"
at the Alden Theatre in McLean, Virginia

 

Maureen Kerrigan, Director of the Alden Theatre
Production, "Thousands of Years -- Rome" and
Rachael Bail, Playwright, President and Founder
of the McLean Drama Company

Above Photo Credits: Inbal More Photography, Inc.

 

“Thousands of Years -- Rome”, a play by Rachael
Bail, was presented by the McLean Drama Company at the
Alden Theatre June 27-29, 2008.

“Thousands of Years -- Rome” takes a young Roman couple from their parting in the Roman Forum in the 1st Century AD through various vicissitudes to their reunion and marriage in the Forum in the 21st Century. It covers the Roman battles in Britain, the Roman conquest of Spain, the Renaissance, the unification of Italy, the Nazi occupation of Rome, and the Iraq war. Following the final performance, the McLean Drama Company presented the winner of its 10-minute play contest, "Open Communication", a comedy by Katie and Alex Lewis
Robert Griffin won second and third prizes for
"Irish-American Misunderstanding" and "You Can Bank On It".

“Thousands of Years -- Rome” was also presented at the
Capital Fringe Festival at Flashpoint's Mead Theatre in
Washington, D. C.'s theatre district. Jamie Roberts
directed the Capital Fringe Festival's presentation
on July 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 2008.

Earlier original works staged in full productions by the McLean
Drama Company at the Alden Theatre include: “Tales of the Decameron”, a dramatization of famed Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio’s masterpiece; “Lady MacBeth Revealed”, a new look at Shakespeare’s famous character where she is portrayed not as the villainess he presented, but as a loyal Scotswoman; and “Return to Vietnam”, a look at that war through the eyes and hearts of a Vietnamese woman and an American serviceman.

The McLean Drama Company has also produced "Emily and I”, which explores domestic violence in the context of a CIA officer and his wife in McLean, and staged dramatic readings of winners of the high school students’ 10-Minute Play Contest.

Professionally staged dramatic readings of those productions, and others, have been presented for over a decade at the
National Press Club in Washington, D.C.