Theater Preview – “The Diviners”
“The Diviners” plays this weekend and next in Redondo Beach by Kathryn Cross Within the next few weeks, Redondo Union High School’s theater program will perform “The Diviners,” the award-winning story of friendship between a religiously lost priest and a disabled, yet delightful boy during the Great Depression in Indiana. As each character takes a slice of life and finds himself or herself, Redondo Union High School’s drama department will show what their 180 hours of dedication, characterization, and collaboration can do. “The Diviners,” written by Jim Leonard, Jr. begins with a stranger named C.C. Showers who passes through Zion, Indiana whilst looking for a job and food. He soon meets a mentally disabled boy named Buddy. Buddy is emotionally scarred from the loss of his mother and a near-drowning experience. Nevertheless, he brings joy to everyone he meets and befriends C.C., who is a retired priest. They soon become very close friends and C.C. becomes Buddy’s life pedagogue. Zion’s people also depend on C.C. for help because their town church burned down. However, life slaps all of the characters in the face and they all encounter the Great Depression, religion, and love in…
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