"NEVER ABANDON YOUR PASSION."
M. E. Marino
A new Author seeking representation.
AT THE FINALE
. . . is a completed 84,000-word literary fiction manuscript that portrays the artist as a middle-aged man.
It's the year 2000. The computers did not crash. Peoples lives did not disappear under the premise of Y2K. The world appears to be promising.
Thomas DeMio is a son, a husband, a father and a musician who abandoned his passion for composing music. At the age of 45, a chance meeting with a playwright and lyricist has reignited the music in him. Something troubles him on this night. Driving too fast over the double yellow lines lands him in a local jail cell. As he ponders his middle-age truths from the solitude of his cell, Thomas must deal with the strain of his marriage, losing his job, his mother's battle with cancer and his implacable mentor, Specchio Mastrolini, who seems to be plotting some crime against him. If only Thomas can complete the finale to his musical score, all that is happening to him would come to a happy ending. If only he can find the right deserving notes.
At The Finale asks the question: What brings the best of an artist, pain and suffering or love? Thomas's pettish teacher believes it to be pain and suffering. Thomas believes it's the joy of love. Must it be both? As his mother battles her pancreatic cancer and his unstable mentor carries out his promised crime, Thomas completes his Finale. But, when the identity of Specchio is revealed it may not be the Finale anyone expected.
Into the Torrent Sea is a play I wrote with the collaboration of Sandra Caruso. The play tells the story of Grace O'Malley, Ireland's Pirate Queen, and a fascinating real woman of history. Research and written documents reveal an uncanny parallel in her life and that of Queen Elizabeth I, who Grace confronted to negotiate the release of her son from English imprisonment. Into the Torrent Sea is a fantasy play that takes place on a ghost ship which Grace O’Malley captains. In real life she ruled the Seas of Connaught, Ireland, with a crew of more than 40 men. On this haunted ship she confronts the shadows of her past and plays out her exciting and turbulent life as lover, chieftain, wife and mother, climaxing with her meeting with Queen Elizabeth and the twisted negotiations that help contribute to England’s seafaring history.
Into the Torrent Sea was performed throughout the month of June, 2012, as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Below, is the show's teaser that can be found on You Tube.
AT THE FINALE
. . . is a completed 84,000-word literary fiction manuscript that portrays the artist as a middle-aged man.
It's the year 2000. The computers did not crash. Peoples lives did not disappear under the premise of Y2K. The world appears to be promising.
Thomas DeMio is a son, a husband, a father and a musician who abandoned his passion for composing music. At the age of 45, a chance meeting with a playwright and lyricist has reignited the music in him. Something troubles him on this night. Driving too fast over the double yellow lines lands him in a local jail cell. As he ponders his middle-age truths from the solitude of his cell, Thomas must deal with the strain of his marriage, losing his job, his mother's battle with cancer and his implacable mentor, Specchio Mastrolini, who seems to be plotting some crime against him. If only Thomas can complete the finale to his musical score, all that is happening to him would come to a happy ending. If only he can find the right deserving notes.
At The Finale asks the question: What brings the best of an artist, pain and suffering or love? Thomas's pettish teacher believes it to be pain and suffering. Thomas believes it's the joy of love. Must it be both? As his mother battles her pancreatic cancer and his unstable mentor carries out his promised crime, Thomas completes his Finale. But, when the identity of Specchio is revealed it may not be the Finale anyone expected.
Into the Torrent Sea is a play I wrote with the collaboration of Sandra Caruso. The play tells the story of Grace O'Malley, Ireland's Pirate Queen, and a fascinating real woman of history. Research and written documents reveal an uncanny parallel in her life and that of Queen Elizabeth I, who Grace confronted to negotiate the release of her son from English imprisonment. Into the Torrent Sea is a fantasy play that takes place on a ghost ship which Grace O’Malley captains. In real life she ruled the Seas of Connaught, Ireland, with a crew of more than 40 men. On this haunted ship she confronts the shadows of her past and plays out her exciting and turbulent life as lover, chieftain, wife and mother, climaxing with her meeting with Queen Elizabeth and the twisted negotiations that help contribute to England’s seafaring history.
Into the Torrent Sea was performed throughout the month of June, 2012, as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Below, is the show's teaser that can be found on You Tube.
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