Snow in Midsummer

This afternoon I attended a matinee in the Bowmer Theatre of the next play in my OSF visit, Snow in Midsummer. This was a modern play, based on an old Chinese story, that dealt with injustice and vengeance, and it was a bit of a ghost story. It dealt with a woman who was unjustly executed for a murder that was caused by a family drama in a powerful family in the town. I brought in a lot of ideas and imagery from Buddhist spirituality and superstitions. The ending was quite powerful with the heart of the wronged woman being buried under a newly planted tree which would be the first to grow after the drought caused by her execution. Another interesting play from the Asian stream that’s been presented the last few years at OSF.
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