Franklin (MA) Matters

This session shares my conversation with Kathleen Mary Mulligan, Actor and Producer, and Norman Johnson, Director. We had our conversation virtually via Zoom on Monday, Oct 14, 2024. We talked about their roles in the forthcoming production of “The Belle of Amherst” by William Luce. The play will be performed on Saturday, Oct 26 at the First Universalist Society in Franklin.During the discussion we find out about a connection between Emily Dickinson and Beirut, Lebanon, where a series of performances of “The Belle of Amherst” were interrupted by the uprising in October, 2019. The recording runs about 55 minutes, so let’s listen in.--------------Wikipedia entry for the play -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belle_of_Amherst FUSF link for tickets -> https://fusf.org/2024/08/22/the-belle-of-amherst/ Kathleen’s profile page at Ithaca College -> https://www.ithaca.edu/faculty/kmulligan Norman’s profile page at Ithaca -> https://www.ithaca.edu/faculty/njohnson -------------We