The Beacon From Belle Isle

by J. Merrill Motz

The Beacon From Belle Isle illustrates a unique time in Michigan’s history, as the great city of Detroit files for bankruptcy and its most precious memories and iconic landmarks (including, perhaps, Belle Isle) are in danger of being stripped away and sold to the highest bidder.
Flavored with magical realism and framed in vignettes that range from unflinching candor to whimsical history, The Beacon From Belle...

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The vignettes that make up the bulk of this play hold with them a kind of poignant nostalgia, leaving a kind of wistful sadness in their wake, while never wallowing in it. The framing plotline is humorous, touching, and tinged with the fantastical. The way the vignettes break up the main story add so much to it, placing it in the context of history, while also filling it with a peculiar and enchanting atmosphere.

The vignettes that make up the bulk of this play hold with them a kind of poignant nostalgia, leaving a kind of wistful sadness in their wake, while never wallowing in it. The framing plotline is humorous, touching, and tinged with the fantastical. The way the vignettes break up the main story add so much to it, placing it in the context of history, while also filling it with a peculiar and enchanting atmosphere.

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Development History

Type Commission, Organization Freshwater Theatre, Year 2012

Production History

Type Professional, Organization Freshwater Theatre, Year 2013

Genre

comedy,

drama,

fable/folktale,

fantasy

Subject Matter Keywords

Detroit,

Michigan,

pure michigan

Length

90 minutes to two hours

Cast Size

8—11

Age of Intended Audience

all ages

Supporting Materials

Script Sample

The Beacon From Belle Isle_Sample.pdf