WORLD PREMIERE OF DARK COMEDY @ NJ REP

AMERICAN STARE By Tony Glazer Directed by Evan Bergman WHEN: Performances Begin June 14, Opening June 16, Thursday – Friday at 8 PM; Saturday at 3 PM & 8 PM, Sunday at 2 PM WHERE: New Jersey Repertory Company, 179 Broadway, Long Branch TICKETS: $40 ($35 during previews, $60 opening night with reception) Discounts are available to seniors (65+), students (full-time 13-25) and groups of 10+. Tickets are available at www.njrep.org or by calling 732.229.3166 Discounts and coupons not valid on Saturday nights For more information about New Jersey Repertory Company, please visit www.njrep.org

World Premiere production of a dark comedy that explores the emotions, intentions and actions of South Florida’s disenfranchised lower class citizens

American Stare is a ferocious new comedy set in a South Florida trailer park where corporate greed meets its match in a community that will go to any lengths to protect its own. Following the spiraling lives of a widowed woman and her dog, a disabled accused child-predator, and a couple and their teenage daughter, we are challenged to see the world through their eyes—a world led by a broken moral compass, tainted with pervasiveness of special interests. The talented cast of American Stare includes Summer Crockett Moore (Film: Junction Theatre: Last Summer at Bluefish, NYIT Award, Reading Under the Influence), Becca Ballenger (Little Town Blues, Richard 3, American Girls),Trey Gibbons (Ain't That Life: In Short, How I Learned To Drive, NYIT Award), Brad Holbrook (The Onion News Network, Manchurian Candidate, I Am Legend), LeeAnne Hutchison (Film: Brewsie And Willie, One Fall, Theatre: Septimus And Clarissa, Drama Desk Nom), Shane Patrick Kearns (Law & Order:SVU, Blue Collar Boys). The production design team includes Jessica Parks (Set Design & Props), Jill Nagle (Lighting Design), John Emmett O’Brien (Sound Design), Patricia E. Doherty (Costume Design) and Jennifer Tardibuono (Stage Manager).