Lincolnia Senior Center in Virginia
Presents an
EASTERN MARKET STUDIOS
PREVIEW AND STAGED READING
OF A MOTION PICTURE IN PROGRESS
CHARLESTON REVISITED
Monday November 21, 2011 7:30 PM
Screenplay by Anthony E. Gallo
Cinematography by Albert Liesegang
Directed by Roland Branford Gomez
People of the past appear in various forms in this two-act mystery-comedy set on Logan Street in the heart of Charleston, South Carolina’s renowned Historic District. Indomitable Charleston matron Charlotte Butler raises thousands of flowers to the hum of classical music, cultivates birds, plays championship bridge, ballroom dances, sometimes cleans her own house, and spars with both her parrot Jacob and flighty neighbor Ginny (Gin) Middleton. Gin's latest flame is the distinguished former New Hampshire Senator Mark Smythe, now an Archdale Street resident, who appears to have a curious interest in Charlotte. When Gin has to cancel one of her dates with Mark because of an emergency in Savannah, he slips in and visits Charlotte. The visit proves to be more than one of mere curiosity, as we discover that these two unique people have much in common. Charlotte makes Mark accompany her to St. Phillip’s Cemetery at night where they encounter someone she does not want to see.
We will show previews of this motion picture and you will meet the Director, Cinematographer, Screenwriter and Cast.
Cast:
Narrator Tim Wolf
Charlotte Butler Bonnie Jourdan
Senator Mark Smythe Colin Davies
Gin Middleton Tarpley Long (Mellicent Singham, Motion Picture)
Jim Haywood Will Monahan (Jan Forbes, Motion Picture)
Sound: Beatrix Whitehall
Introduction by Karen Albers
Questions: Agallo2368@verion.net or 202 544 6973Lincolnia Senior Center (703) 914-02234710 N Chambliss St, Alexandria, VA 22312 Cross Streets: Between Lincolnia Rd and Beauregard St. No charge or donations
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Shooting recommences on Charleston Revisited at Congressional Cemetery. Film two-thirds finished.
Eighty years ago, Charleston matron Charlotte Butler made a decision that changed the world. Tonight she faces that decision in her home and under the stars in St. Philips Cemetery.
This two-act mystery-comedy takes place on Logan Street in the heart of the renowned Charleston Historic district. Charlotte Butler, raises thousands of flowers to the hum of classical music, cultivates birds, plays championship bridge, ballroom dances daily, sometimes cleans her own house, and spars with both her parrot Jacob and flighty neighbor Ginny(Gin) Middleton. Gin's latest flame is the distinguished former New Hampshire Senator Mark Smythe, now a Logan Street resident, who appears to have a curious interest in Charlotte. When Gin has to cancel one of their dates because of an emergency in Savannah, Mark slips in and visits Charlotte. We then learn that the visit is more than a mere curiosity, as we find out that these two bizarre people have much in common. She makes him accompany her to St Philips' Cemetery at night where they encounter someone she does not want to see. Running Time: 68 minutes
This two-act mystery-comedy takes place on Logan Street in the heart of the renowned Charleston Historic district. Charlotte Butler, raises thousands of flowers to the hum of classical music, cultivates birds, plays championship bridge, ballroom dances daily, sometimes cleans her own house, and spars with both her parrot Jacob and flighty neighbor Ginny(Gin) Middleton. Gin's latest flame is the distinguished former New Hampshire Senator Mark Smythe, now a Logan Street resident, who appears to have a curious interest in Charlotte. When Gin has to cancel one of their dates because of an emergency in Savannah, Mark slips in and visits Charlotte. We then learn that the visit is more than a mere curiosity, as we find out that these two bizarre people have much in common. She makes him accompany her to St Philips' Cemetery at night where they encounter someone she does not want to see. Running Time: 68 minutes
Negotiating a production contract on Margherita with the Nederlander Group for pre- Broadway opening.
STAGINGS AND PUBLICATION HISTORY
1. July, 2011, Margherita, Knollwood, Washington, DC
2. October 2009, Harvard Club of Boston, Italian Center
3. March 2009 National Press Club
4. January 2008 New York University Public Staged Reading
5. September 2007 Corner Store Theatre Full Production
6. July 2007 Woolly Mammoth Theatre Full Production
7. August 2004 Seventh Street Playhouse Staged Reading
8. March 2003 Playwrights Forum Public Staged Reading
9. Years 2001-03 PF Workshop
10. October 2002 Cosmos Theatre Public Staged Reading
PUBLICATIONS
March 2011, Margherita, Available on Amazon
January 2011, Seven Judeo Christian Dramas by Anthony E. Gallo with forward by Leonard Levy
February 2008, New Theatre Publications, Warrenton, Great Britain
July 2008, Eight Plays by Anthony E. Gallo, Browns Court PublishingJuly 2006 Browns Court Publishing
DIRECTORS
James Howard
Jessica Lefkow
Theresa Gambacorta
Mary Suib
Roland Branford Gomez
Anthony E. Gallo
1. July, 2011, Margherita, Knollwood, Washington, DC
2. October 2009, Harvard Club of Boston, Italian Center
3. March 2009 National Press Club
4. January 2008 New York University Public Staged Reading
5. September 2007 Corner Store Theatre Full Production
6. July 2007 Woolly Mammoth Theatre Full Production
7. August 2004 Seventh Street Playhouse Staged Reading
8. March 2003 Playwrights Forum Public Staged Reading
9. Years 2001-03 PF Workshop
10. October 2002 Cosmos Theatre Public Staged Reading
PUBLICATIONS
March 2011, Margherita, Available on Amazon
January 2011, Seven Judeo Christian Dramas by Anthony E. Gallo with forward by Leonard Levy
February 2008, New Theatre Publications, Warrenton, Great Britain
July 2008, Eight Plays by Anthony E. Gallo, Browns Court PublishingJuly 2006 Browns Court Publishing
DIRECTORS
James Howard
Jessica Lefkow
Theresa Gambacorta
Mary Suib
Roland Branford Gomez
Anthony E. Gallo
Paul, my eleventh play, premieres at the Cosmos Club tomorrow night.
Please sign up for the Cosmos Theatre presentation of Paul by Anthony E. Gallo on October 17. C. The leading role will be played by Shakespearean actor Michel Tolaydo. The play examines the complex and contradictory life of Christianity’s second leading theological architect through his Epistles, from Romans to Titus, and the writings of Josephus. Paul’s impact not only on the now two billion Christians around the world but tangentially on non-Christians as well is not disputed. The play follows him from being a deeply religious Jewish leader, successful businessman, civic leader, and persecutor of fringe cults to becoming an apostle of the Nazarean following his epiphany on the road to Damascus. The narrative traces his conflicts with members of the new cult, then with his fellow disciples, the Romans, Greeks, Jewish leaders, his own family and friends, and the people he tries to convince. It asks if Paul’s spiritual conversion also resulted in personal character conversion Cast:
Cast
Paul Michael Tolaydo
Peter Colin Davies
Barnabus Anthony Pisarra
Johnmark Shanker Singham
Rachel Tarpley Long
Miriam Cora Alter
James Ned Conquest
Thomas Stephen Black
Mark Brian Doyle
Executioner Scott Bush
High Priest Ray Scalettar
Ananias Bruce Smith
First Man Ed Molnar
First Woman Mellicent Singham
Second Man Ray Scalettar
Second Wom Phyllis Scalettar
Voice Eric Beshers
Narrators Lenore Salzman
Sound Design Beatrix Whitehall
Demons/Counter Ensemble (The Greek Chorus-All Actors
Please reserve with Member Services. The Powell Room doors will open at 7 p.m. for a finger-food reception with champagne. The reading will follow at 7:30. Price: $20.
PHYLLIS SCALETTAR ('00)
Chair, Cosmos Theatre Group
Cast
Paul Michael Tolaydo
Peter Colin Davies
Barnabus Anthony Pisarra
Johnmark Shanker Singham
Rachel Tarpley Long
Miriam Cora Alter
James Ned Conquest
Thomas Stephen Black
Mark Brian Doyle
Executioner Scott Bush
High Priest Ray Scalettar
Ananias Bruce Smith
First Man Ed Molnar
First Woman Mellicent Singham
Second Man Ray Scalettar
Second Wom Phyllis Scalettar
Voice Eric Beshers
Narrators Lenore Salzman
Sound Design Beatrix Whitehall
Demons/Counter Ensemble (The Greek Chorus-All Actors
Please reserve with Member Services. The Powell Room doors will open at 7 p.m. for a finger-food reception with champagne. The reading will follow at 7:30. Price: $20.
PHYLLIS SCALETTAR ('00)
Chair, Cosmos Theatre Group
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Books on Amazon
Vandergrift! and Lincoln and God now available on Amazon.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Successful staging of Vandergrift! at Lincolnia in Virginia last night.
Some viewer comments
A note to let you know how much we enjoyed a staged reading of Tony Gallo's marvelous play "Vandergrift!" last night (Sept. 12) at the Lincolnia Senior Center in Fairfax County, VA. It should be required viewing for all borough residents, it's that good. For us, it brought back many fond memories. Inez is a Vandergrift native, of course, and after our marriage we spent nine years there before moving to Virginia in 1967. We visit Vandergrift periodically and it was our distinct pleasure to tour the museum earlier this year. What a grand enterprise, All involved should be proud.
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Faye and I thoroughly enjoyed "Vandergrift." You captured the essence of the industrial eras represented in a very entertaining fashion. At the finish I selfishly wished Ida Tarbell would have adhered to her fleeting determination to go to the Methodist Church, but I realize that would have been disloyal to McMurtry's preference for Presbyterianism. Thanks for having this delightful performance at Lincolnia
A note to let you know how much we enjoyed a staged reading of Tony Gallo's marvelous play "Vandergrift!" last night (Sept. 12) at the Lincolnia Senior Center in Fairfax County, VA. It should be required viewing for all borough residents, it's that good. For us, it brought back many fond memories. Inez is a Vandergrift native, of course, and after our marriage we spent nine years there before moving to Virginia in 1967. We visit Vandergrift periodically and it was our distinct pleasure to tour the museum earlier this year. What a grand enterprise, All involved should be proud.
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Faye and I thoroughly enjoyed "Vandergrift." You captured the essence of the industrial eras represented in a very entertaining fashion. At the finish I selfishly wished Ida Tarbell would have adhered to her fleeting determination to go to the Methodist Church, but I realize that would have been disloyal to McMurtry's preference for Presbyterianism. Thanks for having this delightful performance at Lincolnia
Friday, September 9, 2011
Vandergrift! @ Lincolnia in Fairfax
Lincolnia Senior Center in Virginia presents A Seventh Street Playhouse production of
VANDERGRIFT! by Anthony E. Gallo Monday, September 12, 7:30 PM
A historic comedy about a real town in Pennsylvania In the early 1890’s, steel tycoon George McMurtry tries to produce a unique marriage between architecture and industrialism to build a workingman's paradise in southwestern Pennsylvania designed by Frederic Law Olmstead. The issues then were immigration, the environment, labor unions, class distinctions, discrimination, and housing. Familiar? Of special interest to Presbyterians, steelworkers, Catholics, Scotch-Irish, Jews, Methodists, fortune tellers, Poles, labor unions, Italians, Pennsylvanians, segregationists, landscape architects, journalists, and stray dogs. Our American civilization?
Cast– Ida Tarbell- Tarpley Long ; George McMurtry -Jan Forbes; Frederic Law Olmsted, Jr. – Tim Wolf; Katherine Townsend–Jean Forbes; Archie Davis–Lenny Levy; John Dunmore –Bruce Brennan; Elbert Gary –Bruce Smith; Violet–Jean Forbes ; James Whitworth-James McDaniel; Burgess McIntyre – Pat Martin: Narrator-Bonnie Jourdan Sound Director:- Beatrix Whitehall; Questions: Agallo2368@verion.net or 202 544 6973 Lincolnia Senior Center 4710 N Chambliss St, Alexandria, VA 22312 (703) 914-0223 Cross Streets: Between Lincolnia Rd and Beauregard St No charge or donations: ALSO: AT MILITARY RETIREMENT RESIDENCE IN NW WASHINGTON, DC SEPTEMBER 19 AT 7 PM
VANDERGRIFT! by Anthony E. Gallo Monday, September 12, 7:30 PM
A historic comedy about a real town in Pennsylvania In the early 1890’s, steel tycoon George McMurtry tries to produce a unique marriage between architecture and industrialism to build a workingman's paradise in southwestern Pennsylvania designed by Frederic Law Olmstead. The issues then were immigration, the environment, labor unions, class distinctions, discrimination, and housing. Familiar? Of special interest to Presbyterians, steelworkers, Catholics, Scotch-Irish, Jews, Methodists, fortune tellers, Poles, labor unions, Italians, Pennsylvanians, segregationists, landscape architects, journalists, and stray dogs. Our American civilization?
Cast– Ida Tarbell- Tarpley Long ; George McMurtry -Jan Forbes; Frederic Law Olmsted, Jr. – Tim Wolf; Katherine Townsend–Jean Forbes; Archie Davis–Lenny Levy; John Dunmore –Bruce Brennan; Elbert Gary –Bruce Smith; Violet–Jean Forbes ; James Whitworth-James McDaniel; Burgess McIntyre – Pat Martin: Narrator-Bonnie Jourdan Sound Director:- Beatrix Whitehall; Questions: Agallo2368@verion.net or 202 544 6973 Lincolnia Senior Center 4710 N Chambliss St, Alexandria, VA 22312 (703) 914-0223 Cross Streets: Between Lincolnia Rd and Beauregard St No charge or donations: ALSO: AT MILITARY RETIREMENT RESIDENCE IN NW WASHINGTON, DC SEPTEMBER 19 AT 7 PM
Vandergrift! @ Lincolnia in Fairfax
Lincolnia Senior Center in Virginia presents A Seventh Street Playhouse production of
VANDERGRIFT! by Anthony E. Gallo Monday, September 12, 7:30 PM
A historic comedy about a real town in Pennsylvania In the early 1890’s, steel tycoon George McMurtry tries to produce a unique marriage between architecture and industrialism to build a workingman's paradise in southwestern Pennsylvania designed by Frederic Law Olmstead. The issues then were immigration, the environment, labor unions, class distinctions, discrimination, and housing. Familiar? Of special interest to Presbyterians, steelworkers, Catholics, Scotch-Irish, Jews, Methodists, fortune tellers, Poles, labor unions, Italians, Pennsylvanians, segregationists, landscape architects, journalists, and stray dogs. Our American civilization?
Cast– Ida Tarbell- Tarpley Long ; George McMurtry -Jan Forbes; Frederic Law Olmsted, Jr. – Tim Wolf; Katherine Townsend–Jean Forbes; Archie Davis–Lenny Levy; John Dunmore –Bruce Brennan; Elbert Gary –Bruce Smith; Violet–Jean Forbes ; James Whitworth-James McDaniel; Burgess McIntyre – Pat Martin: Narrator-Bonnie Jourdan Sound Director:- Beatrix Whitehall; Questions: Agallo2368@verion.net or 202 544 6973 Lincolnia Senior Center 4710 N Chambliss St, Alexandria, VA 22312 (703) 914-0223 Cross Streets: Between Lincolnia Rd and Beauregard St No charge or donations: ALSO: AT MILITARY RETIREMENT RESIDENCE IN NW WASHINGTON, DC SEPTEMBER 19 AT 7 PM
VANDERGRIFT! by Anthony E. Gallo Monday, September 12, 7:30 PM
A historic comedy about a real town in Pennsylvania In the early 1890’s, steel tycoon George McMurtry tries to produce a unique marriage between architecture and industrialism to build a workingman's paradise in southwestern Pennsylvania designed by Frederic Law Olmstead. The issues then were immigration, the environment, labor unions, class distinctions, discrimination, and housing. Familiar? Of special interest to Presbyterians, steelworkers, Catholics, Scotch-Irish, Jews, Methodists, fortune tellers, Poles, labor unions, Italians, Pennsylvanians, segregationists, landscape architects, journalists, and stray dogs. Our American civilization?
Cast– Ida Tarbell- Tarpley Long ; George McMurtry -Jan Forbes; Frederic Law Olmsted, Jr. – Tim Wolf; Katherine Townsend–Jean Forbes; Archie Davis–Lenny Levy; John Dunmore –Bruce Brennan; Elbert Gary –Bruce Smith; Violet–Jean Forbes ; James Whitworth-James McDaniel; Burgess McIntyre – Pat Martin: Narrator-Bonnie Jourdan Sound Director:- Beatrix Whitehall; Questions: Agallo2368@verion.net or 202 544 6973 Lincolnia Senior Center 4710 N Chambliss St, Alexandria, VA 22312 (703) 914-0223 Cross Streets: Between Lincolnia Rd and Beauregard St No charge or donations: ALSO: AT MILITARY RETIREMENT RESIDENCE IN NW WASHINGTON, DC SEPTEMBER 19 AT 7 PM
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Lincoln and God at Kennedy Center September 3 4 PM 202 544 6973
THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Hosts as Part of the 2011 Page-to-Stage Festival
A SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE STAGED READING OF
LINCOLN AND GOD
by Anthony E. Gallo
IN THE SOUTH OPERA TIER LOUNGE
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2011 at 4 PM
This two-act drama examines our sixteenth President’s conflict with men and God through defeats, triumphs, and tragedies during the Civil War. Did he hear God in the dialogue, actions, and words of wife Mary, the Reverend Phineas Gurley, friends, colleagues, and enemies? Abraham Lincoln is the only American President who did not claim church membership. What was his relationship with God all about -?-Was he an American Moses-?-or an American Herod? Remain for lively discussion afterward.
Cast and Crew
President Lincoln Jan Forbes
Reverend Phineas Gurley Shanker Singham
Nico Hay Tim Wolf
Mary Todd Lincoln Mellicent Singham
Emily Helm, Willy, Eddy Tarpley Long
Benjamin Helm, J. W. Booth, Captain Bruce Brennan
Roger Taney, Thomas Jones, Narrator Lenny Levy
Dr. Colchester, Woman, Narrator Bonnie Jourdan
Sound Designer and Director Beatrix Whitehall
Questions: Anthony E. Gallo 202 544 6973 agallo2368@verizon.net
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzer9r4g/lincolnandgod/
• NO CHARGE
• COMPLIMENTARY SHUTTLE FROM GW METRO STOP
• OR PARK AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
Hosts as Part of the 2011 Page-to-Stage Festival
A SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE STAGED READING OF
LINCOLN AND GOD
by Anthony E. Gallo
IN THE SOUTH OPERA TIER LOUNGE
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2011 at 4 PM
This two-act drama examines our sixteenth President’s conflict with men and God through defeats, triumphs, and tragedies during the Civil War. Did he hear God in the dialogue, actions, and words of wife Mary, the Reverend Phineas Gurley, friends, colleagues, and enemies? Abraham Lincoln is the only American President who did not claim church membership. What was his relationship with God all about -?-Was he an American Moses-?-or an American Herod? Remain for lively discussion afterward.
Cast and Crew
President Lincoln Jan Forbes
Reverend Phineas Gurley Shanker Singham
Nico Hay Tim Wolf
Mary Todd Lincoln Mellicent Singham
Emily Helm, Willy, Eddy Tarpley Long
Benjamin Helm, J. W. Booth, Captain Bruce Brennan
Roger Taney, Thomas Jones, Narrator Lenny Levy
Dr. Colchester, Woman, Narrator Bonnie Jourdan
Sound Designer and Director Beatrix Whitehall
Questions: Anthony E. Gallo 202 544 6973 agallo2368@verizon.net
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzer9r4g/lincolnandgod/
• NO CHARGE
• COMPLIMENTARY SHUTTLE FROM GW METRO STOP
• OR PARK AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Active Schedule
Busy Schedule. Shooting “Charleston Revisited”, -Lincoln and God-Kennedy Center –September 3, “ Vandergrift!” at Lincolnia –September 12, and Knollwood September 19.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Margherita
NORTHWEST RETIRED MILITARY RESIDENCE
presents
A SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION OF
MARGHERITA
BY ANTHONY E. GALLO
THE JEWISH MOTHER OF FASCISM COMES TO WASHINGTON
Date July 20 2011, 7:00 PM Where: Gold Room
This historically- based two-act drama examines the 25-year relationship between Margherita Sarfatti and Benito Mussolini between 1911 and 1936 during a three-day encounter in 1939. Margherita, the most influential woman in Benito’s life, is trying to leave the country. He knocks at the door. She is well aware of what he wants. He knows what she wants.
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Cast and Crew:
Margherita Sarfatti Mellicent Singham
Benito Mussolini James Howard
James Bullock James McDaniel
Major Karl Klemmer Jan Forbes
Narrator, Assistant Director Sherman McDaniel
Sound Beatrix Whitehall
Reservations Required: Agallo2368@verizon.net or 202 544- 6973
You must have a photo I.D. to enter the building.
presents
A SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTION OF
MARGHERITA
BY ANTHONY E. GALLO
THE JEWISH MOTHER OF FASCISM COMES TO WASHINGTON
Date July 20 2011, 7:00 PM Where: Gold Room
This historically- based two-act drama examines the 25-year relationship between Margherita Sarfatti and Benito Mussolini between 1911 and 1936 during a three-day encounter in 1939. Margherita, the most influential woman in Benito’s life, is trying to leave the country. He knocks at the door. She is well aware of what he wants. He knows what she wants.
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Cast and Crew:
Margherita Sarfatti Mellicent Singham
Benito Mussolini James Howard
James Bullock James McDaniel
Major Karl Klemmer Jan Forbes
Narrator, Assistant Director Sherman McDaniel
Sound Beatrix Whitehall
Reservations Required: Agallo2368@verizon.net or 202 544- 6973
You must have a photo I.D. to enter the building.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Lincoln and God at H Street Playhouse
The H Street Playhouse
In the Historic Atlas Theatre District in Washington, DC
1365 H Street, NE, Washington, DC
Presents
A SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE-LLC PRESENTATION OF
LINCOLN AND GOD
By
Anthony E. Gallo
Wednesday, June 22 7:30 PM
This two-act drama examines our sixteenth President’s conflict with men and God through defeats, triumphs, and tragedies during the Civil War. Did he hear God in the dialogue, actions, and words of wife Mary, the Reverend Phineas Gurley, friends, colleagues, and enemies? Abraham Lincoln is the only American President who did not claim church membership. What was his relationship with God all about -?-Was he an American Moses-?-or an American Herod? Remain for lively discussion afterward.
Cast and Crew
President Lincoln Jan Forbes
Reverend Phineas Gurley Colin Davies
Nico Hay Tim Wolf
Mary Todd Lincoln Helenmary Ball
Emily Helm, Willy, Eddy Sherman McDaniel
Benjamin Helm, J. W. Booth, Captain Bruce Brennan
Roger Taney, Thomas Jones, Narrator Lenny Levy
Dr. Colchester, Woman, Narrator Bonnie Jourdan
Sound Designer and Director Beatrix Whitehall
Questions: Anthony E. Gallo 202 544 6973 agallo2368@verizon.net
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzer9r4g/lincolnandgod/
Pay-What-You-Can performance, beginning at 7:30 (box office will open at 6:45) Ten dollars for reserved seats. All performances are at the H Street Playhouse, 1365 H Street, NE, Washington, DC Directions, reservations, and questions: (202) 396-2125 http://www.hstreetplayhouse.com/
In the Historic Atlas Theatre District in Washington, DC
1365 H Street, NE, Washington, DC
Presents
A SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE-LLC PRESENTATION OF
LINCOLN AND GOD
By
Anthony E. Gallo
Wednesday, June 22 7:30 PM
This two-act drama examines our sixteenth President’s conflict with men and God through defeats, triumphs, and tragedies during the Civil War. Did he hear God in the dialogue, actions, and words of wife Mary, the Reverend Phineas Gurley, friends, colleagues, and enemies? Abraham Lincoln is the only American President who did not claim church membership. What was his relationship with God all about -?-Was he an American Moses-?-or an American Herod? Remain for lively discussion afterward.
Cast and Crew
President Lincoln Jan Forbes
Reverend Phineas Gurley Colin Davies
Nico Hay Tim Wolf
Mary Todd Lincoln Helenmary Ball
Emily Helm, Willy, Eddy Sherman McDaniel
Benjamin Helm, J. W. Booth, Captain Bruce Brennan
Roger Taney, Thomas Jones, Narrator Lenny Levy
Dr. Colchester, Woman, Narrator Bonnie Jourdan
Sound Designer and Director Beatrix Whitehall
Questions: Anthony E. Gallo 202 544 6973 agallo2368@verizon.net
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzer9r4g/lincolnandgod/
Pay-What-You-Can performance, beginning at 7:30 (box office will open at 6:45) Ten dollars for reserved seats. All performances are at the H Street Playhouse, 1365 H Street, NE, Washington, DC Directions, reservations, and questions: (202) 396-2125 http://www.hstreetplayhouse.com/
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Vandergrift! Last Three Shows--Read the Reviews and Ticket Info
Read the Reviews:
Extracted from MD Theatre Scene By ZSun-nee Matema. Jan Forbes, who plays McMurtry, brings a rugged but warm charm to his character…. Tim Wolf as Frederic Law Olmstead, Jr., the talented architect, had an eye-catching swagger and ease…. Helenmary Ball assumes the role of Tarbell with a graceful authority …. Bruce Brennen, as the Scottish mill worker with union interests, gave a compelling performance throughout. Sherman McDaniel brought laughter and realism to her role as the fortune teller…. A.O. Gutierrez should be applauded for the creative design of the set, lighting and construction. .. The music helped the audience reminiscence the many decades celebrated throughout the play. ---The costume design skillfully stayed true to the essence of each period. Playwright, Anthony Gallo can be proud of his effort…. If you love the history of small towns in America , you’ll enjoy Vandergrift! READ THE WHOLE REVIEW: http://mdtheatreguide.com/vandergrift!11.htm
Jim Link: Drama Critic-Greenbelt News
The bittersweet shock of recognition will greet Greenbelters lucky enough to see Vandergrift! now at Greenbelt Arts Center . The true story of a southwestern Pennsylvania steel mill town, fictionally enhanced by author Tony Gallo, takes us through 50 years of community turmoil and evolution. From the 1890's through WWII the citizens of Vandergrift are racked by issues of union organization, race and immigration, environmental quality, architecture and aesthetics, in a planned community meant to be a workers paradise.
The prime mover of this utopian vision is the morally ambiguous millionaire industrialist George McMurtry, who funds his noble dream purely to maximize profits and to break the dreaded "socialist" labor unions. The philistine McMurtry is convinced he can slap a patina of high culture and fragile civility onto Vandergrift by contracting Frederick Law Olmsted to design the town; the distinguished architect is little more than a hired gun to McMurtry.
However, the fishbone in McMurtry's throat, his indefatigable antagonist is the fearless muckraking journalist Ida Tarbell,who has already spoken truth to power by exposing John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company's monopolistic criminality. McMurtry's other nemesis is John Dunmore, the hard drinking union organizer who evolves into a respectable married man and effective city councilman.
Big George actually grows fond of Tarbell's integrity and charm, even after she forces him to admit that Olmsted's faux-Greek municipal center is nothing but a "Scotch-Irish Acropolis." He is particularly impressed with her answer when he asks why she keeps tilting at windmills: "I once thought I could not reconstruct the world because I am a woman. But then I realized I could reconstruct the wold because I am a woman."
As the decades pass by the audience is treated to snippets of "Over There" by Irving Berlin, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" by and Bruce Springsteen's "My Hometown."
The cast, from Anthony Gallo's Seventh Street Playhouse in Washington , DC , is uniformly excellent, packed with troupers. Jan Forbes (George McMurtry) has appeared onstage in over 100 productions since 1965. Helenmary Ball (Ida Tarbell) ages beautifully right before our eyes. And why not? A talented actress, she is also the director and costume designer.
Find out how this troubled town reacts to the Japanese economic resurgence and the use of outsourcing. Do yourself a favor and and see Vandergrift! on Friday and Saturday at 8 PM, Sunday at 2 PM, on June10, 11, and 12.
THE GREENBELT ARTS CENTER AND
THE SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE PRESENT
VANDERGRIFT!
Written by Anthony E. Gallo and directed by Helenmary Ball
In the early 1890’s, steel tycoon George McMurtry tries to produce a unique marriage between architecture and industrialism to build a workingman's paradise in southwestern Pennsylvania designed by Frederic Law Olmsted. The issues then were immigration, the environment, labor unions, class distinctions, discrimination, and housing. Familiar? Of special interest to Presbyterians, steelworkers, Catholics, Scotch-Irish, Jews, Methodists, fortune tellers, Poles, labor unions, Italians, Pennsylvanians, segregationists, landscape architects, journalists, and stray dogs. Our American civilization? Cast George McMurtry - Jan Forbes; Ida Tarbell - Helenmary Ball; Frederic Law Olmsted, Jr. – Tim Wolf; Katherine Townsend, Violet, Fredericka Olmsted – Sherman McDaniel; Archie Davis – Lenny Levy; John Dunmore – Bruce Brennan; Elbert Gary – Bruce Smith; Police Chief – Bruce Brennan; James Whitworth - George Spencer; Burgess McIntyre – Pat Martin .Crew Set and Lighting Designer - A.O. Gutierrez; Sound Design- Beatrix Whitehall; Stage Manager-Rachel Dane; Props/light board operator - Genna Davidson; Videographer - Albert Liesegang
June10, 11, 12, 2011 Fridays an d Saturdays @ 8:00 PM Sundays @ 2:30 PMGreenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway. Greenbelt , Maryland Directions and Reservations: 301-441-8770.
Tickets: Regular - $15 Seniors/Students - $12 Group Sales - $10Questions: agallo2368@verizon.net or 202 544 6973
Extracted from MD Theatre Scene By ZSun-nee Matema. Jan Forbes, who plays McMurtry, brings a rugged but warm charm to his character…. Tim Wolf as Frederic Law Olmstead, Jr., the talented architect, had an eye-catching swagger and ease…. Helenmary Ball assumes the role of Tarbell with a graceful authority …. Bruce Brennen, as the Scottish mill worker with union interests, gave a compelling performance throughout. Sherman McDaniel brought laughter and realism to her role as the fortune teller…. A.O. Gutierrez should be applauded for the creative design of the set, lighting and construction. .. The music helped the audience reminiscence the many decades celebrated throughout the play. ---The costume design skillfully stayed true to the essence of each period. Playwright, Anthony Gallo can be proud of his effort…. If you love the history of small towns in America , you’ll enjoy Vandergrift! READ THE WHOLE REVIEW: http://mdtheatreguide.com/vandergrift!11.htm
Jim Link: Drama Critic-Greenbelt News
The bittersweet shock of recognition will greet Greenbelters lucky enough to see Vandergrift! now at Greenbelt Arts Center . The true story of a southwestern Pennsylvania steel mill town, fictionally enhanced by author Tony Gallo, takes us through 50 years of community turmoil and evolution. From the 1890's through WWII the citizens of Vandergrift are racked by issues of union organization, race and immigration, environmental quality, architecture and aesthetics, in a planned community meant to be a workers paradise.
The prime mover of this utopian vision is the morally ambiguous millionaire industrialist George McMurtry, who funds his noble dream purely to maximize profits and to break the dreaded "socialist" labor unions. The philistine McMurtry is convinced he can slap a patina of high culture and fragile civility onto Vandergrift by contracting Frederick Law Olmsted to design the town; the distinguished architect is little more than a hired gun to McMurtry.
However, the fishbone in McMurtry's throat, his indefatigable antagonist is the fearless muckraking journalist Ida Tarbell,who has already spoken truth to power by exposing John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company's monopolistic criminality. McMurtry's other nemesis is John Dunmore, the hard drinking union organizer who evolves into a respectable married man and effective city councilman.
Big George actually grows fond of Tarbell's integrity and charm, even after she forces him to admit that Olmsted's faux-Greek municipal center is nothing but a "Scotch-Irish Acropolis." He is particularly impressed with her answer when he asks why she keeps tilting at windmills: "I once thought I could not reconstruct the world because I am a woman. But then I realized I could reconstruct the wold because I am a woman."
As the decades pass by the audience is treated to snippets of "Over There" by Irving Berlin, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" by and Bruce Springsteen's "My Hometown."
The cast, from Anthony Gallo's Seventh Street Playhouse in Washington , DC , is uniformly excellent, packed with troupers. Jan Forbes (George McMurtry) has appeared onstage in over 100 productions since 1965. Helenmary Ball (Ida Tarbell) ages beautifully right before our eyes. And why not? A talented actress, she is also the director and costume designer.
Find out how this troubled town reacts to the Japanese economic resurgence and the use of outsourcing. Do yourself a favor and and see Vandergrift! on Friday and Saturday at 8 PM, Sunday at 2 PM, on June10, 11, and 12.
THE GREENBELT ARTS CENTER AND
THE SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE PRESENT
VANDERGRIFT!
Written by Anthony E. Gallo and directed by Helenmary Ball
In the early 1890’s, steel tycoon George McMurtry tries to produce a unique marriage between architecture and industrialism to build a workingman's paradise in southwestern Pennsylvania designed by Frederic Law Olmsted. The issues then were immigration, the environment, labor unions, class distinctions, discrimination, and housing. Familiar? Of special interest to Presbyterians, steelworkers, Catholics, Scotch-Irish, Jews, Methodists, fortune tellers, Poles, labor unions, Italians, Pennsylvanians, segregationists, landscape architects, journalists, and stray dogs. Our American civilization? Cast George McMurtry - Jan Forbes; Ida Tarbell - Helenmary Ball; Frederic Law Olmsted, Jr. – Tim Wolf; Katherine Townsend, Violet, Fredericka Olmsted – Sherman McDaniel; Archie Davis – Lenny Levy; John Dunmore – Bruce Brennan; Elbert Gary – Bruce Smith; Police Chief – Bruce Brennan; James Whitworth - George Spencer; Burgess McIntyre – Pat Martin .Crew Set and Lighting Designer - A.O. Gutierrez; Sound Design- Beatrix Whitehall; Stage Manager-Rachel Dane; Props/light board operator - Genna Davidson; Videographer - Albert Liesegang
June10, 11, 12, 2011 Fridays an d Saturdays @ 8:00 PM Sundays @ 2:30 PMGreenbelt Arts Center, 123 Centerway. Greenbelt , Maryland Directions and Reservations: 301-441-8770.
Tickets: Regular - $15 Seniors/Students - $12 Group Sales - $10Questions: agallo2368@verizon.net or 202 544 6973
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Vandergrift! @ Greenbelt Arts Center
VANDERGRIFT! At Greenbelt Arts Center. A Seventh Street Playhouse production. Written by Anthony E. Gallo, Directed by Helenmary Ball Friday, June 3, Saturday, June 4, Friday, June 10, Saturday, June 11 @ 8: PM Sunday June 5 and 12 @ 2:30 PM 2011 A historic comedy about a real town in Pennsylvania with an idealistic beginning like Greenbelt, Maryland. In the early 1890’s, steel tycoon George McMurtry tries to produce a unique marriage between architecture and industrialism to build a workingman's paradise in southwestern Pennsylvania designed by Frederic Law Olmstead. The issues then were immigration, the environment, labor unions, class distinctions, discrimination, and housing. Familiar? Of special interest to Presbyterians, Catholics, Scotch-Irish, Jews, Methodists, fortune tellers, steelworkers, labor unions, Poles, Italians, Pennsylvanians, segregationists, landscape architects, journalists, and stray dogs. Our American civilization? Cast: Jan Forbes, Helenmary Ball, Tim Wolf, Sherman McDaniel, Lenny Levy, Bruce Brennan, Bruce Smith, George Spencer; Pat Martin. Located In The Historic Greenbelt Arts Center -The Nation’s First Shopping Center-1937. Greenbelt Arts Center 123 Centerway. Greenbelt, Maryland Directions and Reservations: 301-441-8770. Tickets: Regular - $15 Seniors/Students - $12 Group Sales -$10 Questions: agallo2368@verizon.net and 202 544 6973
Monday, April 18, 2011
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Saturday, April 16, 2011
The Agony of David and The Last Days of King Solomon available on Amazon
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
On Monday, Seventh Street Playhouse begins rehearsals for a full production of Vandergrift! at the Greenbelt Arts Center in June.
In the early 1890’s, steel tycoon George McMurtry, tries to produce a unique marriage between architecture and industrialism to build a workingman's paradise in southwestern Pennsylvania.
But his goal is also to destroy strikers and keep compliant workers happy. He hires Frederick Law Olmsted, the Nation's preeminent architect, to design the town of Vandergrift, named after his partner, Captain Jacob J. Vandergrift. The Vandergrift plant becomes the largest steel mill in the world
Ida Tarbell, who will someday expose J. D. Rockefeller, is intrigued by the idea and visits the town. She and McMurtry clash over his flawed idealism and her subconscious biases.
She revisits the town four times over the next half a century, each time reexamining her own and McMurtry’s ideals as the Nation goes through wars, depressions, the New Deal, the Union movement, and the final collapse of the steel industry.
McMurtry’s dream and Olmsted’s design live on despite the collapse of both the steel industry and almost all large American corporations existing at the time of Vandergrift’s inception.
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The Seventh Street Playhouse LLCis located steps from the Old Eastern Market in the Capitl Hill District in Washington, DC. The Seventh Street Playhouse is a small critically acclaimed, founded in 1998- ld, non-profit ensemble theater company comprised of experienced actors, designers, directors, and theatre technicians performing in both Washington, Boston New York City. Our mission is guided by a statement made by Albert Einstein: "There are two ways to live life. The first is as if nothing is a miracle. The second is as if everything is a miracle."
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PLAYWRIGHT, ANTHONY E. GALLO
But his goal is also to destroy strikers and keep compliant workers happy. He hires Frederick Law Olmsted, the Nation's preeminent architect, to design the town of Vandergrift, named after his partner, Captain Jacob J. Vandergrift. The Vandergrift plant becomes the largest steel mill in the world
Ida Tarbell, who will someday expose J. D. Rockefeller, is intrigued by the idea and visits the town. She and McMurtry clash over his flawed idealism and her subconscious biases.
She revisits the town four times over the next half a century, each time reexamining her own and McMurtry’s ideals as the Nation goes through wars, depressions, the New Deal, the Union movement, and the final collapse of the steel industry.
McMurtry’s dream and Olmsted’s design live on despite the collapse of both the steel industry and almost all large American corporations existing at the time of Vandergrift’s inception.
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The Seventh Street Playhouse LLCis located steps from the Old Eastern Market in the Capitl Hill District in Washington, DC. The Seventh Street Playhouse is a small critically acclaimed, founded in 1998- ld, non-profit ensemble theater company comprised of experienced actors, designers, directors, and theatre technicians performing in both Washington, Boston New York City. Our mission is guided by a statement made by Albert Einstein: "There are two ways to live life. The first is as if nothing is a miracle. The second is as if everything is a miracle."
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PLAYWRIGHT, ANTHONY E. GALLO
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Seventh Street Playhouse had a very successful production of Lincoln and God at Knollwood, a prominent military retirement community in upper Northw
see notice
Presents
A SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE-LLC & EASTERN MARKET STUDIOS PRESENTATION
LINCOLN AND GOD
With Music
By
Anthony E. Gallo
Gold Room March 21, 2011 7:00 pm
This two-act drama examined our sixteenth President’s conflict with men and God through defeats, triumphs, and tragedies during the Civil War. Did he hear God in the dialogue, actions, and words of wife Mary, the Reverend Phineas Gurley, friends, colleagues, and enemies? Abraham Lincoln is the only American President who did not claim church membership. What was this relationship with God all about . Was he an American Moses….or an American Herod? Remain for lively discussion afterward.
Cast and Crew
President Lincoln Jan Forbes
Reverend Phineas Gurley Colin Davies
Nico Hay Shanker Singham
Mary Todd Lincoln Mellicent Singham
Emily Helm, Woman, Willy, ,Eddy Helenmary Ball
Benjamin Helm, J. W. Booth, Captain Bruce Brennan
Roger Taney, Thomas Jones John A Miller
Narrator, Dr. Colchester Lenny Levy
Photography Director Albert Liesegang
Sound Director Beatrix Whitehall
Questions: Anthony E. Gallo 202 544 6973 Very limited seating
Presents
A SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE-LLC & EASTERN MARKET STUDIOS PRESENTATION
LINCOLN AND GOD
With Music
By
Anthony E. Gallo
Gold Room March 21, 2011 7:00 pm
This two-act drama examined our sixteenth President’s conflict with men and God through defeats, triumphs, and tragedies during the Civil War. Did he hear God in the dialogue, actions, and words of wife Mary, the Reverend Phineas Gurley, friends, colleagues, and enemies? Abraham Lincoln is the only American President who did not claim church membership. What was this relationship with God all about . Was he an American Moses….or an American Herod? Remain for lively discussion afterward.
Cast and Crew
President Lincoln Jan Forbes
Reverend Phineas Gurley Colin Davies
Nico Hay Shanker Singham
Mary Todd Lincoln Mellicent Singham
Emily Helm, Woman, Willy, ,Eddy Helenmary Ball
Benjamin Helm, J. W. Booth, Captain Bruce Brennan
Roger Taney, Thomas Jones John A Miller
Narrator, Dr. Colchester Lenny Levy
Photography Director Albert Liesegang
Sound Director Beatrix Whitehall
Questions: Anthony E. Gallo 202 544 6973 Very limited seating
Friday, February 18, 2011
Charleston Revisited screenplay reading at Knollwood Army Residence well received. Film shooting gets into high gear with excellent cast and camerama
KNOLLWOOD
A Military Retirement Residence
Presents
A SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE
STAGED READING OF A MYSTERY COMEDY
“CHARLESTON REVISITED”
Written by Anthony E. Gallo
Directed by Anthony E. Gallo and Albert Liesegang
People of the past appear in various forms in this two-act play set on Logan Street in the heart of Charleston, South Carolina’s renowned Historic District. We meet indomitable matron Charlotte Butler, who raises thousands of flowers to the hum of classical music, cultivates birds, plays championship bridge, ballroom dances daily, sometimes cleans her own house, and spars with both her parrot Jacob and flighty neighbor Ginny (Gin) Middleton. Gin's latest flame is the distinguished former New Hampshire Senator Mark Smythe, now an Archdale Street resident, who appears to have a curious interest in Charlotte. When Gin has to cancel one of her dates with Mark because of an emergency in Savannah, he slips in and visits Charlotte. The visit proves to be more than one of mere curiosity, as we discover that these two bizarre people have much in common. Charlotte makes Mark accompany her to St. Philip’s Cemetery at night where they encounter someone she does not want to see.
Cast:
Narrator Jan Forbes
Charlotte Butler Bonnie Jourdan
Senator Mark Smythe Colin Davies
Gin Middleton Vivienne Lassman
Jim Haywood Jan Forbes
INFORMATION: Agallo2368@verizon.net
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
A Military Retirement Residence
Presents
A SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE
STAGED READING OF A MYSTERY COMEDY
“CHARLESTON REVISITED”
Written by Anthony E. Gallo
Directed by Anthony E. Gallo and Albert Liesegang
People of the past appear in various forms in this two-act play set on Logan Street in the heart of Charleston, South Carolina’s renowned Historic District. We meet indomitable matron Charlotte Butler, who raises thousands of flowers to the hum of classical music, cultivates birds, plays championship bridge, ballroom dances daily, sometimes cleans her own house, and spars with both her parrot Jacob and flighty neighbor Ginny (Gin) Middleton. Gin's latest flame is the distinguished former New Hampshire Senator Mark Smythe, now an Archdale Street resident, who appears to have a curious interest in Charlotte. When Gin has to cancel one of her dates with Mark because of an emergency in Savannah, he slips in and visits Charlotte. The visit proves to be more than one of mere curiosity, as we discover that these two bizarre people have much in common. Charlotte makes Mark accompany her to St. Philip’s Cemetery at night where they encounter someone she does not want to see.
Cast:
Narrator Jan Forbes
Charlotte Butler Bonnie Jourdan
Senator Mark Smythe Colin Davies
Gin Middleton Vivienne Lassman
Jim Haywood Jan Forbes
INFORMATION: Agallo2368@verizon.net
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Begin Shooting first Motion Picture.
Eastern Market Studios begins shooting its first Motion Picture this week. Charleston Revisited. Albert Liesagong at Camera. Written by Anthony E. Gallo. Starring
Charlotte Butler Bonnie Jourdan
Senator Mark Smythe Colin Davies
Gin Middleton Vivienne Lassman
Jim Haywood Jan Forbes
Charlotte Butler Bonnie Jourdan
Senator Mark Smythe Colin Davies
Gin Middleton Vivienne Lassman
Jim Haywood Jan Forbes
Charleston Revisited on February 16
Northwest DC Military Retirement Residence
Presents
A SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE
STAGED READING OF A MYSTERY COMEDY
“CHARLESTON REVISITED”
Written by Anthony E. Gallo
Directed by Anthony E. Gallo and Albert Liesegang
People of the past appear in various forms in this two-act play set on Logan Street in the heart of Charleston, South Carolina’s renowned Historic District. We meet indomitable matron Charlotte Butler, who raises thousands of flowers to the hum of classical music, cultivates birds, plays championship bridge, ballroom dances daily, sometimes cleans her own house, and spars with both her parrot Jacob and flighty neighbor Ginny (Gin) Middleton. Gin's latest flame is the distinguished former New Hampshire Senator Mark Smythe, now an Archdale Street resident, who appears to have a curious interest in Charlotte. When Gin has to cancel one of her dates with Mark because of an emergency in Savannah, he slips in and visits Charlotte. The visit proves to be more than one of mere curiosity, as we discover that these two bizarre people have much in common. Charlotte makes Mark accompany her to St. Philip’s Cemetery at night where they encounter someone she does not want to see.
Cast:
Narrator Jan Forbes
Charlotte Butler Bonnie Jourdan
Senator Mark Smythe Colin Davies
Gin Middleton Vivienne Lassman
Jim Haywood Jan Forbes
INFORMATION: Agallo2368@verizon.net No charge
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Presents
A SEVENTH STREET PLAYHOUSE
STAGED READING OF A MYSTERY COMEDY
“CHARLESTON REVISITED”
Written by Anthony E. Gallo
Directed by Anthony E. Gallo and Albert Liesegang
People of the past appear in various forms in this two-act play set on Logan Street in the heart of Charleston, South Carolina’s renowned Historic District. We meet indomitable matron Charlotte Butler, who raises thousands of flowers to the hum of classical music, cultivates birds, plays championship bridge, ballroom dances daily, sometimes cleans her own house, and spars with both her parrot Jacob and flighty neighbor Ginny (Gin) Middleton. Gin's latest flame is the distinguished former New Hampshire Senator Mark Smythe, now an Archdale Street resident, who appears to have a curious interest in Charlotte. When Gin has to cancel one of her dates with Mark because of an emergency in Savannah, he slips in and visits Charlotte. The visit proves to be more than one of mere curiosity, as we discover that these two bizarre people have much in common. Charlotte makes Mark accompany her to St. Philip’s Cemetery at night where they encounter someone she does not want to see.
Cast:
Narrator Jan Forbes
Charlotte Butler Bonnie Jourdan
Senator Mark Smythe Colin Davies
Gin Middleton Vivienne Lassman
Jim Haywood Jan Forbes
INFORMATION: Agallo2368@verizon.net No charge
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
New film, plays, musical collaboration, and Jan Forbes joins Seventh Street Playhouse
Preparing for Caribbean trip with Susan next week.
Veteran DC actor Jan Forbes will be joining the Seventh Street Playhouse. His first role will be Lincoln.
Two newest plays, ,Paul or Saul and Heathtcliff, coming along nicely.
Preparing first digital motion picture Lady Logan Meets the Senator.
Collaborating with composer Helmut Licht on several musicals
Veteran DC actor Jan Forbes will be joining the Seventh Street Playhouse. His first role will be Lincoln.
Two newest plays, ,Paul or Saul and Heathtcliff, coming along nicely.
Preparing first digital motion picture Lady Logan Meets the Senator.
Collaborating with composer Helmut Licht on several musicals
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
National Press Club, Dramastists Guild, and Shooting First Film
Will be moderating Gary Krupp's presentation of The Vatican and the Holocaust at the National Press Club tomorrow night. Info: 202 544 6973
Lincoln and God staging at Dramatists Guild of America on Broadway last Friday turned out very well. Good audience last Friday. Great cast.
Preparing to rehears for shoot of first digital motion picture , Lady Logan Meets the Senator, with a Capitol Hill location substituting for old Charleston.
Lincoln and God staging at Dramatists Guild of America on Broadway last Friday turned out very well. Good audience last Friday. Great cast.
Preparing to rehears for shoot of first digital motion picture , Lady Logan Meets the Senator, with a Capitol Hill location substituting for old Charleston.
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