Neofotis' Concord, Virginia Series Continues May 21

Secrets buried at the start of the eponymous small town shake the last member of the founding family in the onstage portrait of Concord, Virginia, in the series' tenth installment Monday, May 21 at 8pm at Dixon Place. 

"The evening will also reveal what happens when members of the town congregation have a crisis of faith and how a trial for sodomy changes the attitudes of the inhabitants," state press materials.

Peter Neofotis, who created the fictional town and characters whose lives cut close to the bone of truth, continues to expand the composite picture of a community that faces an onslaught of modernity that threatens its long-established ways.  He relates the narrative and brings the characters to life alone on stage. The May performance will be the tenth in this on-going series, which continues on Monday, June 18 and Tuesday, August 7 at Dixon Place.  Dates for Fall performances will be announced shortly.

"As in most of Mr. Neofotis's work, this installment swings between outlandish, Southern gothic comedy and intimate personal revelation.  If the characters so lovingly depicted by Norman Rockwell had ever had a chance to speak, they might have revealed inner lives somewhat akin to those of the slanderers, patricides, gypsies, bootleggers, occasional law-abiding citizens and refugees who live out the simple pleasures of the 20th Century below the Mason-Dixon Line."

Dixon Place, the well-regarded incubator of emerging talents for more than two decades, is at 258 Bowery (between Houston and Prince Streets).  Tickets for Concord, Virginia are available for $12 through theatermania.com or by reservation at 212 219-0736.