APT’s PIERCE TO THE SOUL on Tour

PIERCE TO THE SOUL at Fort Hayes High School

Chiquita Mullins Lee’s play Pierce to the Soul, which received its world premiere in 2010 at CATCO under Artistic Director Geoffrey Nelson (see earlier post), is now touring Ohio in a new production by A Portable Theatre.

This one-man play is based on the life  of internationally-renowned folk artist Elijah Pierce, who for many decades was a barber and lay preacher in Columbus.

Directed by Nelson and featuring Equity actor Alan Bomar Jones, the play has been revised by the author to make it suitable for touring. “The original was a two-act play,” said Nelson. The revised version is in one act and the running time has been reduced by ten minutes.  “All-in-all,” said Nelson, “it is now a tighter and even more dramatic play than it was originally.”

Pierce is one of many world premieres produced by Nelson, who has a strong interest in the development of New Works.