III, a new play based on words from real-life letters and diaries and exploring the romantic relationship among photographer George Platt Lynes, writer Glenway Wescott, and MoMA curator Monroe Wheeler, will premiere at New York University, June 21-23. III is written and directed Joe Salvatore, a teacher in the Educational Theatre program.
Press notes state, "The play begins in the early 1920s with the meeting and initial courtship of Wescott and Wheeler at the University of
Chicago. The couple then meets the young and idealistic Lynes, an aspiring writer who lacks focus and drive. After discovering his talent for photography, Wescott and Wheeler help to cultivate the young man's talents while living as expatriates in France. As Lynes' career flourishes, Wescott's writing career flounders. The trio eventually takes an apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side, and the play chronicles the highs and lows of this living arrangement. Eventually, the family dissolves in February 1943 when Lynes takes on a new love interest, and Wheeler feels pressure over his living conditions from members of the board of the Museum of Modern Art, where he works as the director of exhibitions."
III will be performed at the Black Box Theater, Joseph and Violet Pless Hall, 82 Washington Square East, 8PM Thursday June 21 through Saturday June 23. All performances begin at 8PM. Tickets are free and seating is first come, first served. To reserve tickets, call 212.998.5266.
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