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Thursday, November 7, 2013

CHRISTINE NAGY AND BRIAN O’HALLORAN HEAD THE CAST OF “THE STATUE, THE CORPSE AND ME” FOR BLACK BOX OF ASBURY PARK

statueTHE STATUE, THE CORPSE AND ME
by A.J. Ciccotelli

WHEN: Saturday November 9th, at 8 PM
WHERE:
Coastal Artists Studio, 66 South Main Street, Ocean Grove
TICKETS: $12 in advance and $15 at the door. 
For more information and tickets call (732) 737-7671, e-mail blackboxnj@gmail.com, or visit www.blackboxnj.org

Radio Personality, Actress, Animal Rights and Charity Supporter Christine Nagy and the star of the Kevin Smith’s breakthrough indie film Clerks Brian O’Halloran, head the cast of the staged reading of The Statue, The Corpse and Me.

Christine Nagy is the co-host of The Bronson and Christine Show, weekday mornings on 106.7 Lite-FM in New York, and on various stations across the country including Q-101.9 in San Antonio.  Prior to The Bronson and Christine Show, she hosted several Martha Stewart Living Radio/XM Satellite Radio episodes, wrote and delivered news and sports reports on Z100 FM, WHTZ-100.3 and wrote and delivered news and sports reports on Q104 Pure Rock, WAXQ-104.3 FM.  As an actress, Christine has appeared in Tony and Tina’s Wedding in NYC, as well as Caroline’s Comedy Club, other off-Broadway productions and various independent films.

Brian O’Halloran starred in the breakthrough indie film, Clerks directed by Kevin Smith, which became one of the biggest independent films of the decade. O'Halloran's performance as the cranky and often befuddled Dante Hicks was the linchpin of the movie, and he became a member of Smith's stock company, playing roles (usually as characters with the surname Hicks) in Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. In 2006 O'Halloran reprised his role in Clerks II. Brian is primarily a stage actor appearing in productions at Boomerang Theatre Company, NJ Repertory Company and Tri-State Actors Theatre, amongst others. 

Also starring Ryan Diminick who recently appeared in the reading of Stephen Larsen’s Order 17 for Black Box of Asbury Park this past October.  Ryan appeared as George Gibbs in Our Town, Cpl. Howard in A Few Good Men, David Benjamin in God’s Favorite, Glenn Cooper in Rumors, Harlequin in The Game of Love and Chance, Marc in Moving Mountains, and Salerio in Merchant of Venice.  He was nominated for a Perry Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Tom Davis in Sniper.