Orlando philanthropist, Harriett Lake, was honored by the cast and crew of The Chimes during a reception following the Oct 8 performance.
In The Chimes first debuted in Central Florida at the Orlando/UCF Shakespeare Festival's "Harriet Lake Festival of New Plays" in 2009.
The UCF staging came about thanks to the partnership between Orlando Shakespeare Theater and UCF. Lee is associate director of Playfest and new-play development at the Shakes, as well as a UCF professor of directing.
"Playfest director Patrick Flick and I discovered the play while reading for Playfest," Lee says. "I really liked the writing. And it moves back and forth in time a lot, which is fun."
In The Chimes, two men in their 60s reunite at the boys' prep school they attended in 1939 and remember pivotal events of their youth, shown in flashbacks. A key memory: their anti-Semitic headmaster.
"The students love it because it's about students," Lee says, "and the teacher in me loves it because it's about teaching."
