Last night, I had the pleasure of seeing another performance of my drama “A Flower of the Field” performed at Tyler Civic Theatre Center.

I also had the pleasure of conducting another talkback with the audience following the performance and hearing their very valuable feedback.

During this experience, I confess I had an experience I have not had previously in theater, sitting in the audience as the play was concluding and the very last line was spoken and the lights fell – and somewhere in the darkness, though I don’t know where, I heard a woman say under her breath… “AWESOME.”

I must say, this is also my view of the great work done by Tyler Civic Theatre Center and the wonderful cast and crew who made my play come to life.

There are so many people to thank…

• David Dickerson – for his marvelous directing and deft use of the stage
• Kevin Willis – for playing the lead role of John Clyn with so much inner strength and humanity
• Aletha Nelligran – for playing the nefarious Alice Kyteler with such understated evilness
• Bryan Michels – for changing type to play a villain with such priestly, well-adorned aplomb
• Heather Hufterson – for playing Mathias O’More with such sing-song Irish smarminess
• Georgi Dumas – for learning her role in a little under two weeks (!) and yet acting her part with such fervor and feeling
• Kevin Phillips – for bring a shadow to life! (you have to read the play to understand this)

Again, I can’t begin to express how impressed I have been with the work by David and the cast, for a piece that is rather difficult to perform.

I have left the experience with awareness of where I need to tweak the play, but also confidence that this is a piece that truly has wings.