Have a slice of pie provided by NY Times Recommend Pie Birds and grab a pint from 61 Local's bar for a staged reading of a new play with actors from stage and screen. The pie is inspired by the play!
Monday, September 16th
7:30pm
MRS. GALVESTON by Sarah Mantell (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Playwrights Realm)
Directed by Rebecca Cunningham (PPP's Scissoring, Girl Tales)
"Rose wants her light fixed, Liz doesn't understand what a really big favor is, and Mrs. Galveston needs Jim to read her that big book even though it has no words. Can Jim handle eldercare for his clients and for his own family?"
The cast includes Marie Louise Guinier (INTAR), Karen Eilbacher (Fun Home National Tour), Hassan Nazari-Robati (The Flea), and Steven Lee Johnson (Broadway's To Kill a Mockingbird).
DETAILS:
Suggested Donation of $10.
The reading and pie will be located upstairs, so purchase your pint first then head on up!
Doors will open 10 minutes before and are located towards the back.
61 Local (61 Bergen St.) is located steps away from the BERGEN stop on the F/G train. It is a 5 minute walk from the BOROUGH HALL stop on the 4/5 train and the HOYT-SCHERMERHORN stop on the A/C train.
RSVP:
https://tinyurl.com/y2ju7jnl
CONTACT INFO:
piepintandaplay@gmail.com
MORE INFO:
www.jessicagiannone.com/pies
www.facebook.com/piepintplay
The Pie, Pint, and a Play Reading Series was started by actress and baker, Jessica Giannone (Bristol Old Vic, Williamstown, SPACE on Ryder Farm) and has been in residence at 61 Local in Brooklyn since 2016. Each play presented has been proudly written, directed and produced by female artists!
Past plays have been by Bekah Brunstetter (NBC's This Is Us, The Cake), Abi Morgan (Lovesong, The Iron Lady), Eliza Bent (Aloha, Aloha, or When I Was Queen), Christina Quintana (Scissoring, WP Theater's Lab), and more. Previous directors have included Kimberly Faith Hickman (MTC, Roundabout, Artistic Director of Omaha Playhouse), Daniella Caggiano (Named one of The Interval's Women to Watch in 2016, MTC Directing Fellow), Kate Eminger (Ars Nova, Actors Theatre of Louisville, SPACE on Ryder Farm), Hannah Tova Wolff (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), and Illana Stein (HVSF, Theater for a New Audience). Past performers have included such actors as Becky Ann Baker (Cardinal, Girls), Lizbeth Mackay (Bull in a China Shop, The Humans), Elise Santora (In the Heights), David Ebert (Master of None), Gil Perez-Abraham (The Farewell), and Kathleen Choe (Netflix's Maniac).