CDC Theatre in Cranford, New Jersey’s oldest community theatre, will open its 96th season with two performances of
Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart
WHEN: Friday, September 5, and Saturday, September 6, at 8 PM.
WHERE: Cranford Dramatic Club Theatre, 78 Winans Ave., Cranford
TICKETS: $25
This special one weekend event will be a joint fundraiser for CDC Theatre and the Gay Men’s Health Crisis.
A searing drama about public and private indifference to the AIDS plague and one man's lonely fight to awaken the world to the crisis. Produced to acclaim in New York, London and Los Angeles, The Normal Heart follows Ned Weeks, a gay activist enraged at the indifference of public officials and the gay community. While trying to save the world from itself, he confronts the personal toll of AIDS when his lover dies of the disease. Originally published in 1985 and celebrated in a passionate and eloquent 2011 Broadway revival, this definitive edition of the play features an updated version of the play, as well as notes on both the original production and the revival.
Jeff Fiorello and Alan Van Antwerp are co-directing and Megan Ferentinos is producing.
The cast includes Chris Abbott, Sal Navarro, Gus Ibranyi, David Christopher, Leslie Reagoso, Terry Darling, Scott Tyler, Jeff Maschi, John Sechrist, Rob Evans, Brian Hall, Joe Leo, Pam Wilczynski and Alan Van Antwerp.
For tickets and more information visit www.cdctheatre.org. Funding has been made possible in part by the NJ State Council on the Arts, Dept. of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, through a grant administered by the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs.
NOTE: If you have attended performances at NJ theaters, you will recognize these actors as being among the finest in the state.
