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Germinous Seeds

Part of the New American Playwrights Project
By David Rush
Directed by Michael Harding

August 21, 22, 29, 2008 • 10 a.m.

In the Auditorium Theatre

Germinous Seeds uses Herman Melville’s life and work as a point of departure for three inter-related stories: an aging professor of Melville studies being destroyed by a deceitful graduate student; Melville and Hawthorne each remembering their past as they prepare for their last ever meeting; and an adaptation of Melville’’s disturbing work, Bartleby the Scrivener. Together they weave an intriguing exploration of the mystery of human identities and the inability to connect. As a tour de force, two actors perform three roles each.

About the Playwright

David Rush’s work has been seen at Mark Taper Forum, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights’ Horizons, Stage Left, Chicago Dramatists, Orlando Shakespeare Festival, Odyssey Theater, and others. His scripts have won a variety of awards, including several Chicago Jeffs, a Los Angeles Drama-Logue award for Excellence in Writing, several Illinois Arts Council grants, and several national play contests including the Dayton Playhouse FutureFest, the Fremont Center New Play Contest, the Firehouse Theater Prize and runner-up honors at the Ojai Playwrights Conference. He is currently head of playwriting at Southern Illinois University and an ensemble member of Chicago’s Stage Left Theatre Company.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The plays in this series are written for contemporary adult audiences and may occasionally contain themes and language not appropriate for children and that some may find offensive.