School Play Depicts Imprisoned Priest

By Tim Townsend
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Wednesday, Jan. 17 2007

"And Carl Laughed" is the story of a man who learns to be comfortable in his own skin (which he then paints with clown makeup) even as he becomes increasingly uncomfortable with the world around him. The play, which was written by Clayton High School theater teacher Kelley Ryan and retired Clayton High English teacher Nick Otten, is a surreal meditation on loyalty to one's conscience and quixotic ambitions with a heavy dose of liberation theology, a sprinkling of Cirque du Soleil and a dollop of Samuel Beckett.

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