The Lewes Public Library's Spoken Work Society presents the premiere public reading of a brand new work, An Angel with Flowers; Broadway Bound in 2017 BC [Before Covid-19] by local playwright Jeffrey Dailey. This is a workshop performance, meaning Mr. Dailey is seeking commentary on the piece as he develops it for professional production. Following the reading, Mr. Dailey will be on hand to hear your commentary, speak on the creative process, to answer questions.

Set in Lewes, the play is a two-act tragicomedy following the lives of a couple enjoying retirement in their lovely home located in the beach environs, contending with a pervasive loneliness and, yes, the suppressed consideration of losing life, one before the other. In other words, whose death will then end their longstanding relationship? It is that loneliness that stirs Donald Angel and John Flowers to seemingly pluck a nice young fellow – an artist, to boot -- out of life’s hustle and bustle and into by contrast, their provincial lives. And, never mind the young gent having appeared to them in a dream – a ruse, perhaps? This is the foundation from which the play launches into broader and more abstract themes. Art and Nature and the creative process are pitted against lies and concealments both small and ‘huge’ and certainly they are consequential; consequential indeed, to the point of propelling the play well beyond its limited, local geography and on to realms of national and international security concerns.

Playwright Jeffrey Dailey’s pieces have garnered attention both in D.C. and in NYC. His piece Winter and Summer in May was given a reading and a workshop with “New Playwrights of D.C.” and was held under contract at NYC’s Circle in the Square. His one-act plays Pola and Max, Bus 2021, and Barnaby & Newnipurr have been used many times for acting workshops at the Herbert Berghof studio in Greenwich Village in NYC.

Seating is limited and registration is required.

The Lewes Spoken Word Society (LSWS) celebrates the tradition and artistry of oral storytelling through lectures, performances, discussions, demonstrations, and other publicly-shared experiences.