(LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- The New Jersey Repertory Company will introduce people to its new theatre in a big way. From October 1-8, the company will hold a coming out party at the West End Arts Center (132 West End Avenue) in Long Branch to kick off their capital campaign. The week long festival, called All About Eve, includes 28 short plays, live music, art and photography exhibits, poetry, and refreshments.
28 Short plays: A Few Good BP&J's by Jeremy Kehoe (10/8 at 8pm); After You by Lee Blessing (10/6 at 8pm); Australia's Oldest Woman by Kieran Carroll (10/6 at 8pm); Barroom Sonata by Jack Canfora (10/7 at 8pm); Blood Sausage by John Biguenet (10/1 at 2pm); Breaking in the New Boss by Gino DiIorio (10/1 at 2pm); Cubs Win by Marisa Smith (10/8 at 2pm); Deliver Us by Ian August (10/1 at 8pm); Eve in the Hot Seat by Brian Richard Mori (10/6 at 8pm); Eviction by Nancy Cooper Frank (10/8 at 2pm); Exhibit A by L.H. Grant (10/8 at 8pm); Ful Nabit by J. Thalia Cunningham (10/1 at 8pm); Her Place in the World by D.W. Gregory (10/7 at 2pm); How My Grandparents Fell in Love by Cary Gitter (10/1 at 8pm); Love is a Train by R.N. Sandberg (10/1 at 2pm); (miss) Mary Edwards by Elaine Smith (10/7 at 8pm); Mountaineer by Ken Weitzman (10/8 at 8pm); New York City Girls will Kill You by Graham Techler (10/7 at 8pm); Performance Review by Nedra Pezold Roberts (10/8 at 8pm); Pittsburgh by Michael Tucker (10/8 at 2pm); Snake Eggs by Lauren Waters (10/7 at 8pm); Something About Eve by Lynne Halliday (10/7 at 2pm); Stepping Into Fire by Jonathan Brielle & Tom Coash (10/6 at 8pm); The Conversation by Wendie Malick (10/7 at 2pm); The Late Shift by Willow Martin (10/8 at 2pm); The Naming by Constance Marse (10/1 at 2pm); The Outside Edge of a Full Circle by Matthew Harrington (10/7 at 2pm); This Year's Model by Donna Hoke (10/1 at 8pm)
Gallery Show - artists represented include Jimmy Leslie, Amy Faris, Mary Phillips, Kate Wilt, Lizzi Shippert, Sven Widen, Janelle Wilson, Mare Akana, Lori Lee Sperling, Suzanne Osterweil Weber, Nicole Hymowitz
Photography Exhibit - prominent photographer Andrea Phox will exhibit her work Shine:100. An exhibit of 100 extraordinary women who have made a difference in Long Branch.
Poetry - Absent Eden by David Briggs, After Spinal Surgery by Eloise Bruce, All About Eve by Lois LaPointe Kiely, All About Eve by Maryanne Christiano-Mistretta, All About Eve, or, Snow White in Reverse by Mathew Spano, All About Evening by Louis Nappen, Ambrosia by Penny Harter, Apple by Bernadette McBride, At the Swimming Hole by Juditha Dowd, Awakening by Rosemary Wright, Choosing by Lainey Johnson, Curtain Call by Frank Valentino, Eve and Lilith Go to Macy’s by Lynn Levin, Eve at the Stump by Mihaela Moscaliuc, Eve by Bob Rosenbloom, Eve by Lainey Johnson, Eve Entertains Afterthoughts by Bernadette McBride, Eve Recalls Late Pleistocene by Judy Michaels, Eve Thinks About Hair by Lois Marie Harrod, Eve Wakes Herself Up by Joanne Leva, Eve’s Daughter by Maxine Susman, Eve Encounters Time’s Winged SUV by Lois Marie Harrod, First Encounter by Joanne Leva, From the Daughter of Jesus by Emanuel di Pasquale, Girl Power, c. 1950 by Linda Muhlhausen, How it Played by Karen Topham, It’s All About Eve, or Why There Are Stores by Carol Wich, Laetoli Footprints by Linda Muhlhausen, Lilith by Susan Martin, Little American Indian by Victoria Kaloss, Looking for Miss Gordon by Frank Finale, Musings of the Serpent by Flora Higgins, Ninety-Three by Charles H Johnson, Partners by Joe Bisicchia, Planting the Seed by Sue Sherrill, Portions by Ellen Foos, Sonnet 20 by Gregg G Brown, Stay by Joe Bisicchia, Talkin’ About Eve by Sharon Baller, The Understudy by Hillary Ann Smith, The Women of Charlieu by Sharon Olson, To Gail Cross by Warren Cooper, Viewing Manet’s Olympia With My Granddaughter by Juditha Dowd, Why Eve’s Children Need Therapy by Evelyn Hampton, Wife and Husband by Eloise Bruce, Womb by Jennifer Stahl.
For more on the New Jersey Repertory Company visit www.njrep.org
THEATRE BRUT (includes: music, art & photography shows, food and spirits)
Session 1: Sun, Oct 1 - 2pm.
Session 2: Sun, Oct 1 - 8pm.
Session 3: Fri, Oct 6 - 8pm.
Session 4: Sat, Oct 7 - 2pm.
Session 5: Sat, Oct 7 - 8pm.
Session 6: Sun, Oct 8 - 2pm.
Session 7: Sun, Oct 8 - 8pm.
POETRY: Tues, Oct 3 at 7pm
ART Gallery/Photography Reception: Wed, Oct 4 at 7pm.
MUSIC NIGHT: Thurs, Oct 5 at 7pm.
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL Theater Sessions $50 each.
Poetry Night $15, Music Night $15.
FESTIVAL PASS - $300 for entrance to every event. (Limited to 100 passes!)
