Boston Actors Theater Presents WHERE MOMENTS HUNG BEFORE 8/6-16

Jasper's the friend you first came "Out" to. The first boy you kissed; the one who broke your heart. He's the brother you always admired, protected, cherished. He was there for you when it seems like the world was falling apart.

And now he's gone.

Jasper Kelly, a gay man in his late twenties has died. Morgan has decided to throw her brother's memorial service on the same night as her daughter Lucy's birthday party hoping to fill everyone with a sense of happiness. Lucy thinks this is a crummy idea seeing as everyone at the party is stuck between their memories of Jasper and a future without him. As the night passes Jasper's friends and family grapple with the ever-changing landscape of AIDS, their own personal and sexual identities, and their understanding of a friend gone.

Boston Actors Theater presents Where Moments Hung Before, Joey C. Pelletier's world premiere play August 6-16 at the Boston Playwrights' Theater. Pelletier has been featured in more than a dozen plays in Boston over the past six years. He has worked with 11:11 Theatre, Zeitgeist Stage, Whistler in the Dark, Alarm Clock Theater, Company One, and Boston Actors Theater.

Danielle Leeber, Artistic Director for BAT, directs Where Moments Hung Before. She created the company in 2004 with the mission to produce and promote actors, writers, and directors in the Boston area. She has received critical acclaim for her direction of the comedy Criminal Hearts and Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses as well as being praised for her choice of plays in the annual Summer Play Festivals. Recently she's been praised for her direction of Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, "...Leeber nicely makes this work her own while remaining loyal to Bogosian's fundamental themes and musings."1 BAT Core Cast Members Dave Lucas (Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll), Jenny Reagan (Criminal Hearts), and Julia Specht (Metamorphoses) will perform as the central family, each dealing with their loss in unexpected ways. Where Moments Hung Before also features Barbara Woodall (Metamorphoses), BAT's kid in residence as the birthday girl Lucy.

Where Moments Hung Before will be performed on August 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, & 15 at 8pm and August 9 & 16 at 2pm at the Boston Playwrights' Theater at 949 Commonwealth Avenue. Tickets are $15 and $10 with a valid student ID. For tickets check out www.BostonActorsTheater.com

 

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