Spotlight on NJ Playwrights - An American Theater Group Production
About this Event
Spotlight on NJ Playwrights
Explore exciting new works by New Jersey playwrights as American Theater Group (ATG), in partnership with the Union Arts Center, presents a three-day Spotlight on NJ play reading event at the intimate DMK Black Box Theater.
Created as a platform to promote local writers to the community, the series will feature the following:
- The Judge and His Daughter by Ruth Apolonia Zamoyta on Mon. July 6th
- Barklee by Tom Cavanaugh on Tues. July 7th
- Mariana by Joseph Gallo on Wed. July 8th
Get ready for an amazing experience! Tickets are just $10 for a single Reading, or grab a fantastic deal with a three-day pass for only $25. Don’t miss out on the fun!
Playwright Lineup
🕑: 07:00 PM
Monday, July 6
Host: The Judge and His Daughter by Ruth Apolonia Zamoyta
Info: A fictional conservative Supreme Court justice whisks away his environmental-radicalist 16-year-old daughter to a camp in the Adirondacks when she is suspended for destroying her school’s air conditioning system with a sledgehammer. As they will be living in the wilderness alone for three months, they submit to the family psychologist’s rules designed to help them get along: He can’t talk about God or banish her to her room. She can’t blame him for everything and has to relinquish her phone. The plan works; the two are starting to enjoy each other’s company and are discussing the Supreme Court docket. But when the judge reveals his ulterior motive for bringing his daughter to the camp, he is faced with the hardest decision of his life: ideology or family?
🕑: 07:00 PM
Tuesday, July 7
Host: Barklee by Tom Cavanaugh
Info: What happens when a dog is recruited to be a Service Protection Dog to a 16-year-old boy, and that dog doesn't feel like he belongs in that job? Barklee is a dog that talks to the audience as he experiences his first day on the job and learns about the job and the boy. Barklee and the boy go to school, and both become popular. The school rules that the dog is not allowed, so the boy's mom gets a lawyer and takes the school district to the NJ State Supreme Court. This dramedy is based on a true story set in New Jersey.
🕑: 07:00 PM
Wednesday, July 8
Host: Mariana by Joseph Gallo
Info: Haunted by the spirit of her recently dead husband, Mariana wants desperately to stay in the house they shared for more than 35 years. But after taking a job in a factory, she soon finds herself in a fight for her life. A tale of human resilience, Mariana combines elements of naturalism, choral work, fantasy, and story theatre to ask one of life’s hardest questions..., How is a widow supposed to survive in this world?
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 28.52
