GPTC Reading of "The Story of Truth and Lie Part 2" by Ben Beck

When a mysterious woman pokes her head out of the well, Jeremy reckons with the virtue known as Truth. If she is to be believed, her twin sister, Lie, is on the loose. Jeremy and his chaotic sibling Hope try to restore Truth and Lie to their rightful places. Could you live in a world without lies? Are we ready to see the whole Truth?

Ben Beck (Playwright) has had his work produced at the Shelterbelt Theater, Blue Barn Theater, Encompass Theater in London, and his monologue, The Loopin’ Ladies of Laredo, has been published in Venus Theater’s “Frozen Women, Frozen Thoughts” monologue anthology. Readings of Ben’s work have been performed at Great Plains Theatre Commons, Emerging Artists New Play Festival, Kumu Kahua Theater, and the Omaha Community Playhouse. His one-act, Chekhov’s Gun, received a TAG Award for Best New Script and he was awarded an OEA Award for “Best Premier of a New Original Script” for his play, Crash! Boom! Pow! He was also nominated for a Best New Script OEA Award for his adaptation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. He is the recipient of Omaha Community Playhouse’s inaugural NOW PlayLab Residency and the Great Plains Theatre Commoners Cohort Residency. Ben has a BA in Theatre from the University of NE-Omaha.

Host or Publisher GPTC in Co-Production with Anastasis