As Artists Without Walls celebrates its fourth anniversary this month, we’ve asked members to share a few thoughts about their experience with the group. Here’s what actor and playwright Erin Layton wrote: —– . “April 2015. New York City: I need to raise $15K to bring my one-woman play to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe…
Magdalen
ARTISTS WITHOUT WALLS: MEMBERS ON THE TOWN the WEEK of 2/22/15
Ever wonder what your life would be like if you’d made one different choice? An unplanned pregnancy sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people in Pillow on the Stairs. What follows creates a web of secrets and denials that binds this trio of ordinary, flawed individuals together for a lifetime….
SHARING "MAGDALEN" VOICES WITH THE WORLD
In this week’s Irish Echo, Charles R. Hale’s article about the Magdalene Laundries and Erin Laytons’s show, MAGDALEN.
GIVING VOICE to the MAGDALEN WOMEN by ERIN LAYTON and CHARLES R. HALE in today's IRISH CENTRAL
Take a look at an article/interview in today’s Irish Central about Erin Layton and the motivation behind her writing her one woman show, MAGDALEN. Written by Charles R. Hale Click here to read the article
UPCOMING ARTISTS WITHOUT WALLS' EVENTS
Pianist/singer/ composer Sasha Papernik is getting married Saturday Aug 23 in North Carolina to fellow musician Justin Poindexter. Performing the service will be legendary composer/jazz musician David Amram. A “bluegrass wedding” in the Blue Ridge Mountains is planned with AWoW members Annette Homann and Tara O’Grady in attendance. Congratulations Sasha and Justin. …
MAGDALEN WRITER/PERFORMER ERIN LAYTON on the LATEST MASS GRAVE DISCOVERIES in IRELAND
Artist Without Walls’ member Erin Layton has written and performs in the award-winning one person play, MAGDALEN, a multi-character drama about the women and girls who were sent to “wash away their sins” in commercial laundries run by nuns in twentieth century Ireland. We asked Erin to comment on the recently discovered unmarked graves of babies…
SPOTLIGHT ON ACTRESS ERIN LAYTON
Who is Erin Layton? I’m a St. Louis, MO native and proud of my Midwestern roots. I attended elementary, high school and college within a ten mile radius of my family’s suburban home so I’m a true St. Louis county girl, born and bred. The artist, Erin was a wildly imaginative and terribly…
ARTIST WITHOUT WALLS' SHOWCASE WRAP UP, MARCH 5, 2014
“What an honor to perform for Artists Without Walls – truly. The audience – everyone was so warm and welcoming.” Actress and playwright, Erin Layton – Connie Roberts began the evening with a reading of two poems from her Patrick Kavanagh Award winning poetry collection, Not the Delft School. The first poem, The “Potato…