12/12/2023 0 Comments Undying love![]() ![]() We do ask that you join us at two events during your residency: “IN THE COURTYARD” RESIDENCY POTLUCK THIRD WEDNESDAYS, 6-8PMĭepending on the time of year, a group of about 20-40 friends and community members gather together for an informal potluck and a chance to meet our residency artists. Your time is yours to do with as you choose, of course, and we respect that you’ll need plenty of time to dream, reflect and create. You’ll find that the Key West community is very welcoming to new people (especially creative ones!) – and there is never a shortage of things to do. Darkly humorous this true story is as fascinating now as it was when it was being reported in newspapers all over the world. Veteran Director Richard Grusin and Musical Director Larry Baeder will lead a crack ensemble of actors and musicians. Then came the musical that distills the atmosphere of Key West in the 1930s, and perfectly melds the pathos of von Cosel’s tale with Harrison’s signature dry humor. Writer/musician/playwright, Ben Harrison, tells the rest of the story in his nonfiction book, Undying Love, which earned him a spot in front of national audiences on the Howard Stern Show and This American Life. Count von Cosel was the radiologist at the Marine Hospital when he x-rayed the chest of the lovely Elena Milagro Hoyos and fell madly in love. But the strangest of the strange, without a doubt was Undying Love, the bizarre true story of a passion that defied death. There was the Great Depression, Prohibition and the catastrophic hurricane of 1935, which destroyed Flagler’s railroad, leaving Key West cut off from the mainland. It was the strangest of times in the strangest of places, Key West (Cayo Hueso), the island of bones. ![]()
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