Friday, October 2, 2009

The George Place at HB Playwrights Foundation

"The George Place," my play that premiered at WHAT last fall, will be read at the HB Playwrights Foundation next week, October 7 and 8, 8 PM. The reading is free - you can reserve seats at 212-989-7856, Monday thru Friday, 1 PM to 5 PM. 2 per. Reservations can be picked up 15 minutes before curtain, at 124 Bank Street between Greenwich and Washington. Splendid cast, and this time around it's being directed by Kevin Newbury, my collaborator on "Candy & Dorothy" and the original production of "The Eumenides." With Jacqueline Knapp, Sloane Shelton, Gil Rogers, Vince Gatton, Scott Robertson, and Jane Titus reading stage directions. This is a piece that's rather near and dear to me, and slightly revised from its Cape production. I hope you can come see it.

(Oh - and when I say, 'the original production of 'The Eumenides,' I don't mean the one in 500 BC. So no cracks. I'm looking at you, Wayne.)

5 comments:

WayneInNYC said...

Why would I say anything about your 2,500 year old crack?

David Johnston said...

One more crack about bone loss, and the cat gets it.

WayneInNYC said...

Funny you should mention it, Bone Loss leads to cracking, you know.

And Drusilla has already proven she can take you down.

WayneInNYC said...

Now that I've seen the piece, I'm wondering if you still have the reviews from Wellfleet that I can peruse...

David Johnston said...

We didn't get the big papers for the Wellfleet production - the Phoenix & the Boston Globe. They'd cut back on their reviewing, and made the decision that they weren't going to send anyone out to the Cape post-Labor Day. We opened mid-Sept. So we were one of only two shows that season that did not get the big reviewers in. We had a few local papers - Cape Times, Barnstable Patriot - they were so-so on the script, but they loved Barbara. I'm not sure if they're even up on line anymore.