Author Topic: BOZ ANd the Bard's Monthly 'PLAY WITH A PLAY' Series Continues April 5th  (Read 4920 times)

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The next play featured in Boz and the Bard Productions Inc.'s  "Play With a Play" series starts right off inside the main character's strange dreamworld. On Saturday, April 5, 7pm, you can participate in the reading of this new play at the Center For Modern Dance Education in Hackensack. 

Ohio playwright, Stacey Lane's piece, "Residue," was inspired by her own attempt to deal with a series of nightmares. In her quest for understanding, she began the study of lucid dreaming, in which the dreamer is aware of being in a dream-state, and can attempt to control the characters and circumstances therein.  "I was fascinated by the behavior of the 'make-believe' people in the dreams and the very human ways in which they resist being controlled by the dreamer," says Lane.  In this dark comedy, Eleanor overcomes a nightmare by turning her attacker into her lover, and develops an interest in lucid dreaming. While she seeks to create and control her dream world and her dream man, she finds that she cannot conquer her guilt about her imaginary infidelity.

Boz and the Bard's "Play With a Play" is an invaluable tool for playwrights, and is fast becoming a uniquely exciting and informative way to spend a Saturday night.  No experience is necessary to participate.  Steve Hess and Frank Avellino, as directors, guide participants through the process. You can take a script in hand and be part of the show, or choose to sit back and watch the story unfold before you. Either way, you'll be playing an integral part in the further development of the play as afterwards you engage in a fascinating conversation with the writer, offering constructive feedback.

Avellino and Hess continue to plan an exciting assortment of these works-in-progress. The May 3rd session presents "Angels of Mercy," by Jerry DiCairano, of Maryland.  This is a contemporary comedy about two old friends who can no longer stand each other. DiCairano had participated in our program in 2005, and is excited to be back with this play.  The night holds a very unique surprise for our audience members.

Dubbed "Karaoke for Actors" by a New Jersey reporter, "Play With a Play" audiences need only bring their interest in theater in order to participate in an evening of live entertainment.  For less than the price of a movie, the “Play with a Play” sessions will continue monthly at the Center For Modern Dance Education, 84 Euclid Avenue, Hackensack, NJ. All sessions start at 7:00 PM. Admission is $10 at the door, $7 for students and seniors. Watch for upcoming dates, or visit www.bozandthebard.com for more information.




 

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