THE THEATER PROJECT CELEBRATES THE END OF WINTER WITH “MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS”

MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS

WHEN: Thursdays through Sundays from March 26^th through April 12^th but will be closed for Easter Sunday on April 5. Thursday – Saturday 8 PM; Sunday 2 PM
WHERE: Burgdorff Cultural Center, 10 Durand Place, Maplewood
TICKETS: $30 for adults, $25 for seniors and $15 for students. Tickets are on sale at The Theater Project’s website at www.thetheaterproject.org and will be available at the door.

Set in 1939 Hollywood, Moonlight & Magnolias tells the story of the mid-production rewriting of the original screenplay to Gone with the Wind, one of the most successful and beloved films of all time.

Known for presenting off-Broadway-quality theater in an intimate environment, The Theater Project’s M&M production features a talented cast of actors (Below, top to bottom), including veteran improv comedy performer and Glen Ridge resident Deborah Maclean, professional actor and Maplewood resident Rick DeLaney, veteran actor Gary Glor of Union, and professional actor Michael Irvin Pollard.

Ms. Maclean has appeared in New York at venues such as The West Bank Theater where she played multiple roles in Kill the Performance Artist and in Los Angeles in theaters like the Odyssey Theater where she played Madame Olevskaya in Diplomacy. Mr. DeLaney has multiple New York City shows and dozens of regional theater performances to his credit including productions such as The House of Mirth and Look Back in Anger in theaters like the Metropolitan Playhouse and The Seeing Place Theater.

Mr. Glor has appeared in numerous performances by The Theater Project and other regional theater companies including productions such as The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler. Mr. Pollard is an experienced regional and stock theater performer having appeared in productions such as Wait Until Dark at the Bickford Theater. He also has several New York stage roles to his credit.

“After a long winter in New Jersey, everyone is ready for a little bit of spring and a good laugh. This production of Moonlight & Magnolias will certainly help us put the very rough winter behind us,” said Mark Spina, artistic director. “We offer theater that is thought provoking as well as entertaining at The Theater Project and we need to start this theater season by thinking warmer and funnier thoughts.”

Following each production on Friday nights, The Theater Project will host its signature “Talk-Back” discussion group where audience members have the opportunity to have a dialogue with the actors and directors. “Talk-Back allows the audience and the cast to dig a little deeper into the script of the play and sometimes into the possible motivation of the writers and producers,” says Spina, “There is always lively and interesting conversation during Talk-Back.”

 

 

Thanks to the generosity of the Lions Club of and the cooperation of the Union County Association for the blind, a special audio described version of the play will be performed on April 2. During the show, professional actors will describe the visual element of the scenes in vivid detail for those in the audience who are visually impaired. “The Theater Project is one of only a few theaters in New Jersey making the visual medium of live theater more accessible to the blind” says Spina. For more information about Moonlight & Magnolias and to purchase tickets visit The Theater Project’s website at www.thetheaterproject.org