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STORY OF HEALING Evie Fordham for Triangle Today
Delsin Jacobs is determined to be healed in the play “POOLED” by playwright Moses T. Alexander Greene. But the path to wholeness is not as simple as he thinks. As he waits by the pool, which is a contemporary iteration of the biblical Pool of Bethesda which had miraculous waters, Delsin (played by Greene) learns the stories of the others who are there. Many of them are as desperate or more than he. See the premiere of “POOLED,” Feb. 16 through 18 at the Kennedy Theatre in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh. It’s directed by Deb Royals-Mizerk and presented in partnership with Theatre Raleigh. The theme of the play is one that is close to Greene’s heart. “Do we believe that people deserve second chances?” he
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asked. “The Bible, and this story in particular, demonstrates that there are no perfect people, but we all have something in us waiting for an answer — a job, a situation to be better or a change, so I think it is universal.” Greene is a man of many talents. He became the director of North Carolina State University’s African American Cultural Center in 2017. He’s worked in television, public affairs and education, including at historically black college St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh. He’s also on the City of Raleigh Arts Commission, and he’s all for bringing as much talent and diversity to Triangle theater as possible. “POOLED” was inspired by his favorite story in the Bible, John 5:1-15, in which Jesus heals a lame man who had waited nearly 40 years to walk and thought the Pool of Bethesda was his last hope. The story is one Greene remembers from his days growing up in New York. “I’ve been in the church, and a praise and worship leader, for years,” he said. “This really brings together both sides of me — my love for people, black culture and the arts.” Read the full story at triangletoday.com.
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