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Limboland: A One-Act Play About Death, For Kids, Megan Huggins
Limboland: A One-Act Play About Death, For Kids, Megan Huggins
Honors Scholars Collaborative Projects
LimboLand: A One-Act Play about Death, for kids
Megan Huggins
Thesis Director: James Al-Shamma, Ph.D
Thesis Committee: Shawn Knight, Jessica Mueller
A loose adaptation of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem Inferno, LimboLand uses Alighieri’s model of the nine circles of Hell to illustrate the five stages of grief. In a script designed for theatre for young audiences, Dante, a young child, travels through different rooms as he attempts to cope with and understand his sister’s death. Dante follows Virgil, an older child, who knows a lot about the afterlife system without understanding any of it. The play includes an appendix …
The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, The University Of Maine School Of Performing Arts
The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, The University Of Maine School Of Performing Arts
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a 45 min touring version of the classic short story by Washington Irving. The play will bring to life the tale of Ichabod Crane through a company of 13 actors and 5 technicians.