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WINNER—ScreenCraft Stage Play Contest & American
Theatre Cooperative Playwrighting Competition
THE ADVOCATE
by Bill Mesce, Jr.
The confused and flexible morality of war:
Based on his award-winning and critically acclaimed trilogy of WW II novels, Bill Mesce, Jr.'s play THE ADVOCATE explores
the changing tactics of warfare through the lens of a military tribunal
evaluating a pilot who appears to have shot down one of his own men.
“…morally ambitious, and refuses the easy way
out…entertaining and thought-provoking…”
N.J. State
Council on the Arts
“Mr. Mesce…has a good feel for warfare and its effects on
the warriors…”
The New York
Times
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2pm, Saturday, September 23
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Cranford Community Center, 220 Walnut Ave, Cranford, NJ
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Masks recommended
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Free event
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
A native New Jerseyan, Bill Mesce, Jr. is an award-winning
author and playwright as well as a screenwriter. He is an adjunct
instructor at several New Jersey higher education institutions. He is a
two-time recipient of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Individual Artists Fellowship Award, and a two-time nominee for the
Pushcart Prize. He collaborated with L.A. writer Steve Harper and The
Theater Project on BLACK LIVES/BLUE LIVES which has twice been awarded
a New Jersey Council for the Humanities grant.
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