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FLYING, FALLING, FALLEN:
A Review of Ghost River Theatre Production’s
“The Highest Step in the World”
by Simone Keiran
Five separate stories are woven into cohesive and compelling drama in David van Belle and Eric Rose’s Ghost River Theatre production, The Highest Step in the World.
Captain Joseph Kittinger
The main story centers around a very literal interpretation of the question, “What do you do when you can’t go back down the same way you came up?” — by examining what it may have taken from American air force pilot and war veteran, Captain Joseph Kittinger, to jump off the Excelsior III flight balloon on August 16, 1960, from 102,800 feet (31.3 kms) in the upper stratosphere, and free-fall for four and a half minutes, reaching supersonic speeds of 614 mph (988 km/h) — a feat which has not yet been equaled.
In March of 2004, I spoke to Mitch Miyagawa, the award-winning playwright of “The Plum Tree,” which deals with a young man, the descendent of Japanese-Canadians whose properties and businesses were confiscated during WWII, and his attempt to come to terms with the past.
Why I wanted to write for 24-hours straight is beyond me.
Published “Life ReDesign,” Avenue Magazine, Calgary, May 2003.
Photo by Chad Shier
As a single parent, daily cares devour my energy even as they kindle my wanderlust — not for Arabian souks or Caribbean Edens, but for time.
