{"id":412,"date":"2025-04-13T00:37:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T00:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marymargarethughes.com\/?p=412"},"modified":"2025-04-13T00:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T00:37:46","slug":"heaven-can-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marymargarethughes.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/13\/heaven-can-wait\/","title":{"rendered":"Heaven Can Wait"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Heaven Can Wait marks my post grad Nashville debut, and what a fun one it was!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Circle Players is the oldest community theater in Nashville, and Heaven Can Wait is actually the first play they ever produced. It was such a full circle moment to be able to perform that same show 75 years later. I played Julia Farnsworth, the rich and murderous wife of the financer Jonathan Farsworth, whose body is soon occupied by the good hearted boxer Joe Pendleton. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I performed alongside a stacked cast of comedic actors, and learned so much from them onstage every night. Diego Gomez’s direction brought this 1940s comedy to life – he found the humor in each beat and drew out the strengths of the actors. Playing a cold hearted woman who cared for no one but herself (and maybe her lover, jury’s still out on that one) was a refreshing change for me, and there’s nothing quite like toting around a massive fur coat to get me in character. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photos by Dani Cruz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directed by Diego Gomez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set Design by Diego Gomez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heaven Can Wait marks my post grad Nashville debut, and what a fun one it was! Circle Players is the oldest community theater in Nashville, and Heaven Can Wait is actually the first play they ever produced. It was such a full circle moment to be able to perform that same show 75 years later. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whats-new"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t