About 50 people came to an Oakland memorial on January 10 for Mary Jesus. Mary Jesus, a longtime Oakland renter, had a message that she wanted to get. Before jumping, she tossed copies of a suicide note to a crowd at 13th and Franklin streets. Mary Jesus Brazil, 33, died after leaping from the building in downtown Oakland at about 1:50 p.m. The Oakland Fire Department will hold a public memorial Monday for a woman who jumped to her death from the landmark Tribune building last month. "Everyone will say what they always say when something totally preventable isn't prevented, 'Why didn't anybody do anything?' "Ī 33-year-old woman jumped to her death Friday from the landmark Tribune building after tossing copies of a suicide note to a crowd gathered below.
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I know, I know, I still need to get the cast names in there and Ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of Testament. "Goodbye cruel world and all that," said the note, which blamed her suicide on an eviction she had battled fiercely - and unsuccessfully. Voila Finally, the Testament script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the 1983 nuclear war movie. Then, like a swimmer taking a plunge, she leapt to her death. OAKLAND - After scattering hundreds of copies of her suicide note from the seventh-floor ledge of a downtown building, Mary Jesus held her nose and raised an arm in the air. This was street theater of the damned, and everyone was welcome to watch the final curtain close, on the life and times of Mary Jesus.īy Lee Romney Times Staff Writer Fri Jun 10, 7:55 AM ET There were no tickets sold for this event. Oakland CA - A year ago December 10, a tragic scene unfolded at Oakland's Tribune Tower as hundreds gathered to watch Mary Jesus plunge to a bloody death. The suicide of Mary Jesus was a prophetic warning, written in blood and death, that rent hikes and evictions destroy the lives of the poor. When: Tuesdays through Sundays closes Nov.Click below for the photo taken of Mary Jesus, right before she died. Where: American Consevatory Theater, 415 Geary St., S.F. “But it’s always lovely to have that relationship with the audience.” Solo shows “are always a little terrifying,” she admits. Once the curtain rises, though, McKenna’s Mary will be all alone onstage to tell her story. Her intellect is fierce, and her sense of humor is a blessing.” “Carey’s totally collaborative,” says McKenna. The new production restores some of the text from the Dublin production, and reunites McKenna and Perloff, who previously collaborated on ACT’s production of Racine’s “Phèdre” in 2010. “The language is beautiful – spare, precise and evocative,” she says. Tóibin, who also wrote the story as a 2012 novella, makes Mary’s grief and bewilderment both powerful and immediate, says McKenna. It was revised and re-titled “The Testament of Mary” for a 2013 run on Broadway, where it was nominated for a Tony Award for Best New Play. “Testament” premiered at Ireland’s Dublin Theatre Festival in 2011. “All of those young men have mothers,” she notes. McKenna, who is married to stage director Miles Potter and has a teenage son of her own, says the play has universal resonance in a world beset by religious wars. In her grief, Mary believes her son has been taken from her by fanatics. And this is her one chance to speak her own history.” “She’s ordinary, but she has a lyricism inside her. “Like Mother Courage, she has humor and irony, rage and bite,” she continues.
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