Effulgent Productions

03/28/2022

06/06/2021

Today, on the anniversary of D-Day, our executive producer had the opportunity to sing at Center Point United Methodist Church. Center Point was the home church for some of Bedford's bravest boys, many of whom never returned from Normandy Beach. We had the honor of being able to rehearse "Tuesday Mourning" in this space two years ago to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day, and it was a sincere pleasure to return today.
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When Dad first asked me to come sing with y'all today, he specificially requested The Battle Hymn of the Republic...

"...mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord,
glory, glory hallelujah..."

But the past fifteen months have felt like daily battle, and I'm feeling more weary than triumphant. So, I thought about singing something that spoke to togetherness and inclusivity and the brotherhood of man.

"As I went walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
Saw below me that golden valley
This land is made for you and me.
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me..."

But then I thought about those for whom this song is not true : our sisters and brothers who fight every day for their voices to be heard, for equitable treatment under the law, for the basic human rights and dignity that should be afforded to all of god's children in their pursuit of happiness.

Instead... On this, the anniversary of D-Day, when so many of Bedford's boys went marching off to a war from which they would never return, I tried to imagine what they held in their hearts, and what they hoped to come home to.

"Oh beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife
Who more than self, their country loved
And mercy more than life
America, America
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!

Oh beautiful for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain
America, America
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!"

09/28/2020

While we missed spending a magical weekend with our friends in Staunton, we were glad to be a part of this, The Year That Shall Not Be Named, from afar.

So, here's a little ditty from our most decisive friend regarding the current blight upon the history of Hogwarts from She Who Shall Not Be Named. In this fandom and at Effulgent Productions, we proudly stand apart from her toxic ideology on the matters of humanity, diversity, and inclusivity.

Listen to 2020 Sorting Hat Song.m4a by Effulgent Productions on

04/13/2020

Keep on keepin' it weird, my fantastical little unicorns. 🦄✨💙

NO TIME FOR SELF-HATE
YOU GOT S**T TO DO

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03/28/2020

World Theatre Day feels particularly bittersweet this year. Effulgent Productions is a tiny company that works diligently to be a bright, shining spot in the community by providing after school programming with Acting Out Theatre Club and producing events like Tuesday Mourning, All is Bright, and this summer's Charmed, I'm Sure. We operate on a shoestring budget and caffeine and good vibes. While everyone is turning to the media giants to get them through the Covid19 crisis, small playhouses are locking their doors and leaving their ghost light on and holding their breath that they can return to doing the thing that they love most in this world. The world feels big and dire and scary, friends. Now, more than ever, we need life to imitate the art that we hold so dear: we need the swelling overtures and the introspective monologues and the genuine connection and the community and the happily-ever-afters.
Keep on being effulgent, loves -- we're all in this together. ✨🦄

March 27th is World Theatre Day! 🎭
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