Consuelo and Penny are 'Fallen Angels'
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Director Henry Muttoo is betting that Consuelo Ebanks and Penny Phillips will more than satisfy that criterion: he has cast them in a two-woman comedy, "The Fallen Angels, which will run at the Harquail Theatre 12-14 September. The play is about two women who move into a derelict house, each initially believing she is the only occupant.
The script was created by Groundwork Theatre Company in Jamaica, but has been adapted for production in Cayman, Henry explained.
"I've had it a long time, I've been wanting to do it for a long time, but it needed the right people."
Consuelo is right, he affirmed, describing her as "a very rooted Caymanian" whose look and speech fit the role. Her acting experience is admittedly limited. "I used to perform in Sunday School plays, but don't print that," she joked; "people might not believe I went to Sunday School."
More recently she has been in the public eye participating in Batabano and Pirates Week festivities. Both her face and voice are well-known, as she does not hesitate to express an opinion on environmental or political issues.
Penny's acting experience in Cayman dates from 1973. While she has been behind the scenes of dozens of plays, recent roles have included, in her words, "the drunken old biddy in 'Ghost Train', the wicked witch in 'Sleeping Beauty', the sorceress in 'Robinson Crusoe'.... Do you think I'm getting typecast?" Henry believes this will be her finest work. The role is demanding, but when he saw her in the Kiwanis production of "Look, no Hans" he was impressed with her combination of discipline and total involvement in what was happening on stage.
"Consuelo and Penny are willing to expend as much energy in learning the play as I am in directing them," Henry said; "there's nothing more satisfying for a director than that."
He noted that Penny has been a long time member of the Cayman Drama Society, while Consuelo is a member of the board of directors for the Cayman National Cultural Foundation.
"The theme of the play focuses on possessions, dispossession, tolerance, cooperation," Henry said. "What better way to show this than to have one person from CNCF, the other from the Drama Society?"
