Art House Productions announces a new play reading of
Dearest Pawel
written by Christian Mendonça
WHEN: Friday, December
1, 7 PM
WHERE: Art House Productions at 345 Marin Boulevard, Jersey City
ADMISSION: FREE, but reservations are required.
Reservations can be made by visiting https://ci.ovationtix.com/35606/production/1182970.
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible.
For any accommodations, please email info@arthouseproductions.org.
New Jersey playwright Christian Mendonça has been developing this play with dramaturg Emily Dzioba and Art House Productions for the past year. The play reading will feature professional actors and will be directed by Dev Bondarin.
About the play: July 1915, Bayonne, NJ. Polish immigrant workers for Standard Oil, Tidewater Oil, and other refineries are striking for higher wages and humane workdays. Siblings Iwo and Gita, alongside their cousin Szymon, navigate the complexities of what it means to partake in this strike while their loved ones fight World War I back in the divided motherland. When the strikes take a violent turn, each of the three characters must reckon with the choices that led them there while confronting the limited options this new life has to offer. Dearest Pawel is a play about capitalism's social framework and the innate and unstoppable disintegration of family dynamics and identity.
The reading of Dearest Pawel will be followed by a talkback moderated by Jim Peskin with John Beekman, Manager of the New Jersey Room of the Jersey City Free Public Library, Melody Scagnelli-Townley, Director of the Bayonne Public Library, dramaturg Emily Dzioba, and playwright Christian Mendonça.
This program is made possible by a grant from the New Jersey State Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State, and administered by the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Thomas A. DeGise, Hudson County Executive & the Hudson County Board of County Commissioners.
More information about
Dearest Pawel can be found at the following link: https://www.arthouseproductions.org/collections/upcomingevents/products/dearest-pawel-december-1-2023
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ABOUT ART HOUSE PRODUCTIONS
Art House Productions
is generously supported by The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, SILVERMAN,
The Princeton Foundation, The New Jersey Theatre Alliance, The Hudson County
Office of Cultural Affairs, and the Alliance of Resident Theatres / New York.
Art House Productions is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to the development and presentation of the performing and visual arts in Jersey City, NJ. Art House Productions presents theater, performing and visual arts festivals, arts events, visual art exhibitions, and adult and youth art classes. For more information about Art House programs, please visit our website at www.arthouseproductions.org. Follow on social media @arthouseproductions @arthouseprods
