For those of you who missed the reading, check out a recap in Women Around Town by our friend and Nora’s Playhouse supporter, Merry Sheils: Rose – Kathleen Chalfant as the Kennedy Matriarch
The Nora’s Team is busy planning next steps for this brilliant play – stay tuned for updates; hopefully, we’ll be able to announce a production or partnership soon!
Nora’s Playhouse presents a stage reading of…
Renowned actress Kathleen Chalfant (Wit, Angels in America, House of Cards) and acclaimed non-fiction author Laurence Leamer (The Kennedy Women, The Kennedy Men, Sons of Camelot) bring to the stage the story of the Kennedy family as seen through the eyes of its matriarch, Rose.
Admission if FREE, but seating is limited and tickets are required.
Praise for Laurence Leamer’s The Kennedy Women:
“A fresh and unvarnished portrait of a fascinating, talented, and deeply flawed family.” – Boston Herald
“Leamer beams new light into the family dynamics of a political dynasty.” – New York Newsday
“The story of the Kennedy family is a never-ending, real-life soap opera.” – The Christian Science Monitor
Copyrighted photos courtesy of the Kennedy Library Foundation
Nora’s Playhouse presents…
a developmental reading of…
by Alessandra Hirsch
Directed by Jill Harrison
Westport, Connecticut, 1961. Trapped amidst the expectation of status quo, the emergence of pop psychology, and the dominance of television, young parents Dee and Robert Barton struggle to accept their young daughter’s mysterious detachment. As their carefully built nuclear family begins to shatter, it soon becomes apparent that the only thing more powerful than a mother’s grief is her guilt.
Featuring:
Jocelyn Bioh* as Sherrie
Meredith Autry* as Dee Barton
Brandon Drea* as Robert Barton
Brian Hastert* as Boone Howard
Barbara Pitts* as Marilyn
Hugh Sinclair* as Dr. Bruno Bettleheim
Assistant Director and reading Stage Directions: Eva Amessé
Stage Manager: Aislinn Curry
7:00pm, May 4, 2012
Guild Hall of Grace Church
Brooklyn Heights
254 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
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Free Admission. Suggested $10 donation toward further Nora’s Playhouse programming.
Please RSVP: reservations@norasplayhouse.org
*Indicates member of Actors Equity Association