RIBBON OF LIFE

BY MICHAEL SHEEHAN The final staged reading of Steve Julian’s RIBBON OF LIFE at Acting Artists Theatre for the Hollywood Fringe Festival exposes secular and religious ideologies; bigotry and prejudice; beginning and ending of life issues; the plight and the joy of being transgendered and tattoos. Twenty five year old Savannah (Abigail Marks) lives at home with her parents Maggie (Elizabeth Dennehy, a ringer for Glenn Close) and her husband, Savannah’s father Simon (Christopher Murray). Maggie, at the age of 55 is experiencing subtle and not so subtle memory loss. Simon, now a businessman, after serving as a Catholic priest for ten years; brings his religion directly into his now secular life. Toss into the mix a very hip and ha... full review