Keeping Vigil

How do you cope with loss? Do you wear black and cover the mirrors? Do you sit shivah? Do you trap your husband's soul in a box after he dies trying to save a baby from a burning building? Yeah, that does seem rare. But in Noah Haidle's Vigils, that's...

By Merritt Martin

September 10, 2009

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How do you cope with loss? Do you wear black and cover the mirrors? Do you sit shivah? Do you trap your husband's soul in a box after he dies trying to save a baby from a burning building? Yeah, that does seem rare. But in Noah Haidle's Vigils, that's exactly what one wife does. Meanwhile, her beloved fireman's body is wandering around with no direction--because, well, his soul is trapped in a box. The issue is not only the soul torture, but what the wife will do when another man enters her troubled life. Find out when Kitchen Dog Theater presents Vigils 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays (with 2 p.m. performances Sundays, September 20 and October 4, and 8 p.m. performances Wednesdays, September 23 and October 7) at McKinney Avenue Contemporary, 3120 McKinney Ave. Tickets are $30 for Friday's opening night performance and $15 to $25 otherwise. Call 214-953-1055 or visit kitchendogtheater.org.
Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sun., Sept. 20, 2 p.m.; Wed., Sept. 23, 8 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 4, 2 p.m.; Wed., Oct. 7, 8 p.m. Starts: Sept. 11. Continues through Oct. 10, 2009

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Merritt Martin has written for the Dallas Observer for over two decades. She has also contributed to Eater, DMN and USA Today. In addition to arts and culture writing, she spends entirely too much time extolling the virtues of pears, black clothing, and her cat Kenneth.

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