VIGIL is... not quite go anymore?

Well, after a long, confusing, embarrassing, and ridiculous series of miscommunications resulting from my crappy e-mail address and bizarre canadian e-mail addresses that don't work for one reason or another, I finally, FINALLY managed to reach the person in charge of performance rights for Morris Panych's play VIGIL, which I am planning to direct for Rude Mechanicals Second Stage this summer.

The rights are not available.

She said that according to the author's wishes (she called and asked him personally to verify) they still believe the show still has a strong "professional life," despite being out for, like, seven years by now. So no, performance rights for non-professionals are not available.

Well. Shit. I'd say "Now what?" but I'm afraid I already know now what.