MASTER CLASS IN SUICIDE NOTES WRITING Returns to NYC This Month

"Master Class in Suicide Notes Writing" returns to the NY stage with July 26, 27, & 28th at 9PM with a possible extension for August 2 & 3 at the Manhattan Rep Summer One Act Play Competition.

Interested parties can learn more about the show and book at www.lisa-monde.com or purchase tickets by visiting http://manhattanrep.com/series-4-summer-competition-2018/

Master Class in Suicide Notes Writing, a poignant, surrealistic, darkcomedy, which tries to find an answer to the question - why do people make decisions to deprive themselves of the most precious thing of all - life. The play discusses suicide and its stereotypes of those who commit the act and what brings them to take such a step.

Philology professor, Scott Mirrormord, conducts amaster-class in writing suicide notes for potential suicides, which consists of four classes. In this shorter version of the play the spectators find themselves at the first meeting, where the main goal is to discusshow the participants of the master-class are planning to depart from this life and for whose sake they are committing the action.

Six anonymous participants, five men and a woman, join the master class. One of them completes his draft of the suicide note and leaves the studio, we hear a gunshot... How does the story develop andwhat awaits each of the remaining participants in the future? Will they follow through with their decision to end their lives? To find out the answer to this question one should see the full version of the play, this short segment of the Master Class show will provide considerable food for thought and make the spectators guess - what will the participants of the Master Class end up writing in their suicide notes....

Veteran director/writer, Lisa Monde, began her acting and directing career in theatre in Europe, having toured with various musicals and worked with big European theatre companies, she moved to NYC. In Lisa's portfolio there are 8 CD's with original songs, a great number of concerts, performances and broadcasts over the air and TV, dozens of musical compositions for theater and movies, as well as seven staged musicals and seven plays (written and directed by Lisa): Songs About Fairytales (2007), Moscow-Paris (2008), L.O.V.E. Little Odd Voyage of an Extraterrestrial (2009), Francois Villon. Three Days in Paris (2010), The Pirate Story (2011), I Cry You Mercy Everyone (2013), I Know All Save Myself Alone (2012), The Third Wish (2015), Twelve Minutes (2014), Happy Hunting Ground for the Hound (2016), Dracula's Call (2015), Dali's Dream (2016-17), Master Class in Suicide Notes Writing (2017-18). Lisa has also directed several productions of famous classics of American and French drama Off-off as well as Off-Broadway.Memberships include: SAG-AFTRA, CID (UNESCO), DGA, AFM, AGMA, NACUSA. www.lisa-monde.com

The cast features professional actors, including Jaime Hall, Rob Gaetano, Paul Jackson, Alexander Larkin, Seth Leighton Hale, Robert Gonzalez Jr., and Joscelyne Wilmouth.

Single tickets are $20 each and available for purchase at http://manhattanrep.com/series-4-summer-competition-2018/.