Staged Reading Of ON THE WATERFRONT Held At Brooklyn BNW 5/16-17

Brooklyn's Brave New World Repertory Theatre is giving new meaning to the phrase "taking the show on road." In May, BNW is winding up its Sixth Annual Salon Series (featuring plays written by notable Brooklyn playwrights) with a staged reading of Budd Schulberg's On The Waterfront aboard the historic Waterfront Museum Barge.

The production will start in Red Hook, Brooklyn May 16-17th (details below). From there, it sets sail for the Hudson River Park's Pier 84 at 44th Street (May 22nd), as part of its Tug & Barge Quadricentennial Tour visiting communities up and down the Hudson River to celebrate maritime explorers and discoverers Henry Hudson, Samuel DeChamplain and Robert Fulton. Fittingly enough, the final show (May 29th) will take place in Hoboken, NJ, the city where the On the Waterfront's action actually takes place.

Based in Brooklyn, Brave New World Repertory is known for its bold, critically acclaimed productions of Fahrenheit 451, The Great White Hope and Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, based on Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass (all for Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park bandshell); and To Kill a Mockingbird, staged on the front porches of a tree-lined Ditmas Park street.

The cast includes: Scott Voloshin* as Terry Malloy, Tara Bast* as Edie Doyle and John Edmond Morgan* as Father Barry. AND
Isidore Elias, Bruce Kronenberg*, Chip Brenner*, Joe Salgo*, Alvin Hippolyte, Nixon Cesar*, David Frutkoff*, Stuart Zagnit*, Baz Snider*, Thomas Grube*, Doug Barron* and Cynthia Babak* (* denotes Equity members).

ON THE WATERFRONT - Written by Budd Schulberg; Directed by Claire Beckman

Red Hook, 290 Conover Street, Pier 44 across from Fairway/Brooklyn
Saturday May 16; Dinner 7:30pm, Reading 8:00
Sunday May 17; Brunch 1:30pm, Reading 2:00

Hudson River Park's Pier 84 at 44th Street/Manhattan
Friday, May 22; Wine & Cheese 7:30pm, Reading 8:00

NJ TRANSIT's Erie Lackawanna Plaza & Hoboken Rail/Ferry/Path Terminal /Hoboken, NJ
Friday, May 29; Wine & Cheese 7:30pm, Reading 8:00

All tickets are $18. Barge is indoors. Seating is limited. Further information/tickets are available at theatre@bravenewworldrep.org <mailto:theatre@bravenewworldrep.org> or by calling (917) 285-8911.

For information about the Waterfront Barge Museum: http://www.waterfrontmuseum.org