Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Congratulations To Playwright John J. Ronan, Whose Play THE EARLY BIRD SPECIAL Makes It's Debut In The Strawberry One-Act Festival



John J. Ronan (Playwright, THE EARLY BIRD SPECIAL) is a playwright and poet and a former National Endowment for the Arts Fellow in creative writing.  He has won the Telly, Aurora and NECTA awards for his media work.  Plays include: Sex and the Dead (formerly The Yeats Game), The Tease of Eden, and The Early Bird Special, which was a finalist in the 2016 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Festival.  Ronan is a widely published poet and books include the award-winning Marrowbone Lane.  He is also a former poet laureate of Gloucester, MA, where his cable television program, The Writer's Block with John J Ronan, has run for 26 years.

THE EARLY BIRD SPECIAL By John J. Ronan
 
A martini to die for, the old folks are really stepping out.


 
Saturday, July 16th at 1pm
 
Monday, July 18th at 9pm
 
Saturday, July 23rd at 1pm 

Tickets: $25 Online
$27 at the Box Office
 
Premium Seats (Rows A-F):

$30 Online
$35 at the Box Office






Saturday, July 16th at 1pm
Playing with:

REALITY SUCKS By Sonia Cordoves
A plastic surgeon and a stripper finally decide to meet at a restaurant after communicating on Match.com.  The realities of online dating makes this a hilarious spoof about the things people make up on this popular Dating website.

BLACKBERRY WINTER By Kai Elijah Hamilton
An African American mother finds herself in the abandoned house from her dreams.  This is the house she suspects her child has been held captive after his abduction.  Has she finally solved the mystery that has haunted her for years or is she caught in a sinister web of trickery?  Something just ain’t right.

FAMILY GOOGLING By Mark D. Tjarks
Jacqueline and Frank invite an old friend over for dinner, hoping she will influence Jacqueline’s daughter’s decision about her first teenage love.   Having a smartphone at the ready during a conversation of old friends turns out to be a dangerous thing, as the daughter starts researching their stories through the internet.  They come to reveal and to learn more about themselves during the setting of the dinner table than they ever imagined.

Monday, July 18th at 9pm
Playing with:

EULOGIES By Amanda Feliciano 
What happens at a funeral, stays at a funeral.

JUST SAY IT THREE TIMES By Erin Moughon
Joanna and Emilia are spending another night at home drinking and bemoaning the state of their lives.  That is until Joanna summons playwright Aphra Behn to their apartment from the 1600s.

THE ELEVATOR By Neil Wolfe
A woman trapped in an elevator is forced to confront her imaginary sister.

Saturday, July 23rd at 1pm
Playing with:

EXPRESS TRAIN By Michael Selditch
Two very different men reluctantly bond on a subway train stuck between stops late one night. As one man unwillingly reveals an incriminating secret that's haunted him for years, the other finds his own value, in this dark comedy set 40 feet below Times Square. 

THE OLD STATES By Lain Kienzle
Directed by Lain Kienzle
As the snow storm of the decade hits her small farm house, Mildred finds a stranger collapsed at her door step.  But once she opens that door, she may not want to close it.

Theatre at St. Clement’s, 423 West 46th Street, NYC
 

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