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By Carlyle Brown
Directed by Loy Arcenas
A phantasmagorical tale that examines explorer Robert Peary's fame as the first man to reach the North Pole, which obscured the contributions of Matthew Henson, his African-American cohort who could rightfully claim the title. Now at the end of his life, with the estranged Henson knocking at his door, Peary is swept into a hallucinatory nightmare on the chaotic Polar Sea, the coast of Maine, and the terrifying landscape of his guilt-ridden mind. Ranging from a surreal natural history museum to a carnival parade of dignitaries to a Dickensian visit of the future, A Big Blue Nail is uniquely suited to director Loy Arcenas' (The Romance of Magno Rubio) theatrical vocabulary. Playwright Carlyle Brown is a major talent whose work has been seen at theaters throughout the country.
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