"Dead Man Walking" Actors in "The Story of Rachel Corrie"

Marc Nicholson, who played the leading role of Matt Poncelet in Pisces Moon's Dead Man Walking, has been cast as an international solidarity worker in a dramatic reading of The Story of Rachel Corrie, performing at Actors' Theatre on May 31 at 2 pm and 8 pm. April Bennett (pictured below), also from Dead Man Walking, has the title role in this contemplative drama of a young woman whose courage and sense of justice led to her death in the Gaza Strip. Based on her correspondence with family and fellow solidarity workers, The Story of Rachel Corrie is produced by the Santa Cruz Branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom as the third in their series: “In Celebration of Courageous Women”. Brian Heath directs, Suzanne Schrag plays Rachel's mother and Nabil Ghachem is an Israeli soldier. For tickets and more information, please visit the WILPF website calendar and scroll down to May 31, or call Roz at 459-8078.

Rave Reviews for Kristen Vaughan in New York

Critics are raving about Kristen Vaughan's portrayal of "Sunny" in Retro Productions' Mill Fire, playing through May 24 at the Spoon Theater, 38 West 38th Street in New York City. Backstage wrote: "Vaughan's Sunny is particularly strong (and most convincingly Southern) as she alternates between tipsy anger and pleading wifeliness". NewYorkTheatre.com praised her "standout performance" among a "solid cast". Pictured at right in a scene from the play, Kristen graced Pisces Moon stages in The Food Chain, The Altruists, The Laramie Project (2002 & 2003) and Five Flights.