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Nance Dude is now out on DVD
Copies of the DVD can ordered directly from Gary Carden
for $20 plus $3 for postage and handling to:
Gary Carden, 236 Cherry St.,
Sylva, NC  28779


Reviews of Nance Dude:

Gary Carden weaves his story-telling magic in Nance Dude, now on DVD, bringing us another strong mountain woman
who comes to life on the stage through Gary's gifts as a playwright.  She joins the unforgettable characters from
Prince of Dark Corners, The Raindrop Waltz, and Birdell, not to mention all the other voices from his short stories and tales.
You won't soon forget Elizabeth Westall in this play.  Her performance will stay with your for a lifetime.
          
                    Kathryn Stripling Byer, author of Wake


Nance Dude is further confirmation that no one captures Appalachian speech better than Gary Carden, but this amazing play transcends its place and time to become a universal rendering of the mysteries of the human heart.

                      Ron Rash, author of Serena

When the first copies of Nance Dude arrived, I carried one to a
party, and in the midst of the hilarity, the hostess slipped it into the DVD player.  Nothing was said.  n seconds, that room was still as the ruins of the monastery.  All eyes were on Nance Dude, in a focus that turned to misty reverence.

This is the top of Gary Carden's celebrated gifts, the finest of his monologue plays, and a performance, by Elizabeth Westall,
now old, blind, and startlingly beautiful, that will become a landmark in modern theatre.

There is simply nothing else like it.

                       Dot Jackson, author of Refuge