PTNJ’S 2nd WEEK OF PLAY READINGS BEGINS

Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey’s first week of FORUM Reading Series was a big success. Here’s what’s on tap for this coming week: Week Two: December 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 FORUM brings playwrights, actors and audience members together to enjoy the creative process of bringing a play to life. Staged readings of 17 innovative new plays by some of the country's best writers with intimate discussions between author and audience following each performance. $10 per reading or get a FORUM Pass for $25 and attend all the readings.

Wednesday, December 8 - 7:00 PM TRESPASSER IN A PROMISED LAND by Russell Davis From the author of Mahida's Extra Key to Heaven, Karnik has gone to the house of a cult in a remote countryside to retrieve a friend who has ended up there. Here he comes face-to-face with the elusive cult leader. Thursday, December 9 - 7:00 PM THE LAST DAYS OF MICKEY AND JEAN by Richard Dresser A "retired" American couple on the lam in Paris reach the end of the line. A new play from the author of Rounding Third. Friday, December 10 - 7:00 PM A USER'S GUIDE TO HELL, FEATURING BERNIE MADOFF by Lee Blessing After his downfall, Bernie Madoff is taken on a tour of hell (New York City) by Verge and encounters its various denizens before he learns the truth. Saturday, December 11 - 7:00 PM TEXAS BOOT by Jeffrey Sweet Lyndon Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Richard Russell, Harry Truman, James Farmer all occupy this play about "Senatorial Courtesy." Sunday, December 12 - 7:00 PM FURIES by Matt Bukovac A county prosecutor, who was a former Navy JAG officer, seeks personal justice for the death of his Marine son in Iraq.

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