A Reading of “The Gallows”

Suppose that someone says his lust is irresistible when the desired object and opportunity are present. Ask him whether he would not control his passion if, in front of the house where he has this opportunity, a gallows were erected on which he would be hanged immediately after gratifying his lust. We do not have to guess very long what his answer would be

Immanuel Kant, Critique of Practical Reason

At the Wild Goose Festival next week we will be having the first public reading of a play I wrote a few months ago called The Gallows. I am hoping that the play will be published and performed later in 2013. The play itself seeks to flesh out and traverse the central struggle/theme of my theological work. Because the script is still in draft form we are keeping the audience to a small and intimate size. I am very fortunate to be working with two great actors for this script reading who I would like to introduce.

Lynn Witty is a singer, actress, and artist.  She studied musical theater at Walnut Hill School of the Performing Arts, earned a Bachelor’s Degree from The University of Arizona and a Master’s Degree from Sacred Heart University. Lynn has performed on national television with George Clooney and James Earl Jones.  Her stage performances include: Carnegie Hall, SUNY Purchase, Merrill Auditorium in Portland Maine, The Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, The Comic Strip (NY), Westchester Dinner Theater (NY) and the Kennedy Center Theater.  Television and film include: Confessions of a Shopaholic, Lipstick Jungle, Salt, Gossip Girl, What Happens in Vegas and Are We There Yet on TBS.  She has also done numerous television commercials, voice-overs, and jingles.  Her recording credits include: Vanessa Williams, Steve Green, Holidaytime Soap Opera Christmas, Maranatha! Music, Tim Janis American Christmas Carol, as well as her own albums. She resides in the Boston metropolitan area with her family.

Daniel Robertson owns a small business and lives in Birmingham, AL with his wife, Brittany and 2 daughters, Natalie and Maya. He is an actor, songwriter, and Theologian who attended Southeastern Bible College where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Bible and Theology. Daniel’s acting experience is as varied as doing street performance art while working to fight homelessness through the Los Angeles Dream Center in California, doing commercial work for Slaughter Hanson Advertising in Birmingham, and performing in leading roles of local productions such as: Anything Goes, Our Town, and The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. Daniel enjoys gardening, playing disc golf, and blogging at Rahab’s Attic.