In a limited four-city tour, Compagnia De'Colombari presents a story based on “Everything That Rises Must Converge,” the name of the final book of short stories written by Flannery O'Connor.

This free show will be on stage at Bowdoin College's Visual Arts Center/Kresge Auditorium on Tuesday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. The play version was developed at the University of Iowa, Sundance Theatre Lab and premiered at New York Theatre Workshop in 2001.

The story was created for the stage by Karin Coonrod. It is a tragic-comic inter-racial seat shifting dance by whites and blacks on a moving bus in America's deep south. Playing and speaking out the story verbatim, eight Colombari actors with razor sharp precision create all the characters and all the narration. Georgia's red earth is slammed up against the eternal. O'Connor's voice spread out across the company of actors carries the power of the apocalyptic comedy right into the audience.

The production features costume design by Oana Botez (Drammy Award, Princess Grace Award, Barrymore Award, NEA/TCG Career Development Program, Henry Hewes Design Award Nomination, Barrymore Award Nomination) and lighting design by Chris Akerlind (Obie Award 2000 for King John, Tony Award for Light in the Piazza).

Starring in “Everything That Rises Must Converge,” are Actors Equity Assoication members: Jacquie Antaramian (Best Leading Actress, Barrymore Award for Nine Parts of Desire), D’Ambrose Boyd, Ayeje Feamster, Abigail Killeen (Best Actress, PEER Award for Macbeth), Julienne Kim (Broadway: Metamorphoses, Golden Child), Christopher McLinden (Outstanding Performance, After Dark Award for Vincent in Brixton), Randolph Curtis Rand (Obie Award Winner for Painted Snake in a Painted Chair) and Carlton Taylor (performed Best Original Song, “Raise It Up” at the 80th Annual Academy Awards).

To reserve your tickets, click here, the theater group's website. This show has a run time of 55 minutes.

The Kresge Auditorium is in the basement of the Visual Arts Center on campus.

Flannery O'Connor, one of the most admired writers of the 20th century, O'Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1925. Her Southern Gothic style is known for catching the language and social behaviours of the rural life that surrounded her with a dark, violent sense of humor weighted in spiritual mystery. She wrote two novels and 32 short stories, as well as many reviews and commentaries. She died at the age of 39 in 1964.