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Saturday, March 12, 2011

2 NEW PLAYS READ IN ASBURY PARK IN MARCH & APRIL

Readings From Asbury Park

WHEN: March 21 and April 25, at 6:30 PM
WHERE: The Showroom,
708 Cookman Avenue, Asbury Park
TICKETS:
Free for all.

Monday, March 21

Say A Prayer for Emily Hall
A new play by Casey Jones

A thriller inspired by the likes of Deathtrap and Sleuth. The story of Jack Forde, a writer with crippling writer’s block and a crumbling marriage, Say a Prayer for Emily Hall is a tale of love, loyalty and a couple desperate to save their marriage. It’s also a tale of betrayal, sex, murder and a terrible secret kept for decades. Ultimately, lives hang in the balance as Jack is forced to decide between his love and his best friend. The outcome will not be pretty, but it will be unforgettable.

*Mon. April 25

The Importance of Being
A new play by Brian Murphy

Centers on the late Victorian “modernist” clergyman Stewart Headlam, a friend to both Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde. The first half of the play is a sort of “prequel” to Candida—as Headlam was the model for Shaw’s Rev. James Mavor Morell. After an interlude in which Headlam visits a “Shavian” in prison, the second part recounts Wilde’s trials and emergence from prison—events in which Headlam played a surprising and significant role.

*Please note date change from previous schedule