Talene Monahon Explained

Talene Monahon is an American actress and playwright.

Childhood and education

Monahon grew up in Belmont, Massachusetts.[1] She is a 2013 graduate of Dartmouth College.[2]

Monahon was a child actor in regional and amateur productions in the Boston area.[3] [1] [2]

How to Load a Musket

How to Load a Musket, Monahon's play about historical reenactment, was produced as a staged reading at the Cape Cod Theatre Project in 2017,[4] and had its premier production at Manhattan's 59E59 Theaters in January 2020.[5] [6] [7] [8]

Monahon began researching historical reenactment in 2015, first interviewing Revolutionary War reenacters in Massachusetts and New York, then interviewing Civil War reenacters and performance artist Dread Scott, who produced a 2017 reenactment of the 1811 German Coast uprising. Monahon's play is created entirely from the words of her politically, ethnically and socioeconomically diverse interviewees, whose views of their hobby evolve over the years during which the interviews took place.[9] [6]

Acting

Monahon has performed on stage in New York and other cities.[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] New York Times theater critic Laura Collins-Hughes describes Monahon as playing Blanche Sartorious in George Bernard Shaw's Widower's Houses "with such take-no-prisoners ferocity that she awakened the sleeping man in front of me during a fight scene."[12] Terry Teachout, theater critic for the Wall Street Journal, described Monahon's as playing Blanche as, "a startlingly predatory vampire," in a production of Shaw's work that was "as good as it gets."[15]

Monahon has a handful of television acting credits, most recently appearing as Assistant District Attorney Conway in the CBS legal drama Bull.[16]

Notes and References

  1. News: Killeen . Wendy . French Impressions . Boston Globe . 24 July 2005.
  2. News: Schreiber . Katherine . Monahon '13 discusses her acting career . University News Wire . . 12 October 2015.
  3. News: 'Oz' playing in Wellesley, with a twist . 20 January 2020 . . 16 March 2006.
  4. Web site: Beth. Armstrong. CCTP Presents 'How To Load A Musket' . 20 January 2020 . . 14 July 2017.
  5. HOW TO LOAD A MUSKET makes world premiere at 59E59 Theaters . 59e59.org. 59E59 Theaters . New York City. November 25, 2019. July 14, 2021.
  6. News: Soloski . Alexis . 'How to Load a Musket' Review: A Play About Re-enactors Gets Real . January 20, 2020 . . 16 January 2020.
  7. News: Chadwick . Bruce . A Play About Historical Reenactors Grapples With American Identity . January 19, 2020. 20 January 2020 . History News Network.
  8. News: Snook . Raven . How to Load a Musket . . 21 January 2020.
  9. Clement . Olivia . Adam Chanler-Berat, Carolyn Braver, Ryan Spahn, More Tapped for World Premiere of How to Load a Musket . 20 January 2020 . . 25 November 2019.
  10. News: Phillips . Maya . Review: Stuck in Maine in 'Nothing Gold Can Stay' . 20 January 2020 . . 9 October 2019.
  11. News: Brantley . Ben . Review: Stockard Channing Is a Mother to Remember in 'Apologia' . 20 January 2020 . . 16 December 2018.
  12. News: Collins-Hughes . Laura . Review: In 'Widowers' Houses,' Loving a Slumlord's Daughter . 20 January 2020 . . 14 March 2016.
  13. News: Sommers . Michael . How to Load a Musket: Re-creating Your Own Personal American History . 20 January 2020 . . 17 January 2020.
  14. News: Windman . Matt . 'The Government Inspector' review: Talented cast romps in high-energy, fast-paced farce . . 2 June 2017.
  15. News: Teachout . Terry . 'Widowers' Houses' Review: The Things We Do for Money . 20 January 2020 . . 22 March 2016.
  16. Web site: Talene Monahon at IMDB . . 28 April 2021.

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