Playwrights on Park Reading Series Presents Joe Godfrey's HERE'S JOHNNY

Join Playhouse on Park in designating the Greater Hartford area as a premiere destination for the cultivation of innovative theatrical work! The Playwrights on Park Reading Series was created for this very purpose, and our next evening in this exciting series is Tuesday, May 9 at 7:30pm with Joe Godfrey's Here's Johnny!

The mission of Playwrights on Park is to produce original plays and musicals, therefore fostering emerging and established playwrights. Each reading features a new work, where audience members participate in a talk back session with the playwright, director and cast members. Audience members are also provided with response cards at the end of each reading.

In this creative take on an iconic late night talk show host, Johnny Carson is back for an "encore show" somewhere way beyond Burbank. Ed MacMahon is there, as is Carnac the Magnificent, plus a few surprise guests whose appearances befuddle and surprise Johnny, bringing him to the realization that this show is not only the strangest but also the most important one he's ever done.

A Roxbury-based writer, Joe's play, ROMANCE LANGUAGE, had its premiere production in spring 2014 at Seven Angels Theatre, Waterbury CT, directed by Sasha Bratt, after workshops at Emerging Artists Theatre in NYC and had its off-Broadway premiere in fall 2015 at Ars Nova in NYC (Published by Playscripts). Joe's one-act comedy, UNDERSTANDING LEAR, (Published by Heuer), was produced in June 2016 at Black Box Festival at the Gallery Players in Brooklyn. Joe's holiday play, A QUEER CAROL, (Published by Playscripts), premiered at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre in NYC and has had productions at the New Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, Seven Stages Theatre in Atlanta, the New Phoenix Theater in Buffalo, the Emerald Theatre in Memphis, the AlterNative Theatre of Phoenix, the Wilton Manor Theater of Ft. Lauderdale, the Suncoast Theatre of St. Petersburg, Santa Ana's TheatreOut, Village Scene Productions, Montreal, CA, Desert Rose Playhouse in Rancho Mirage, CA, among others. CLAPTRAPP (published by United Stages) premiered at Emerging Artists Theatre in NYC and was produced at TheatreOut in Santa Ana, CA and at the Emerald Theatre in Memphis, TN. BED & BREAKFAST opened at the Waterfront Theatre at the Key West Festival and has been produced in Provincetown, MA and Lexington, KY.

THE MISSION won first prize at NYC's Fresh Fruit Festival (2012) and has been seen in numerous other venues. MASSAGE THERAPY (runner-up, Eric Bentley New Play Award) premiered at the Red Barn Theater in Key West. HARD LUCK was included in the Boston Theatre Marathon (May 2013) and was presented at the STS Playhouse in the Catskills Other productions: COMMUNICATIONS at The Gallery Players, Brooklyn, THE CALL BACK at Manhattan Punch Line, NYC, FLIGHT at the John Houseman in Manhattan and TheatreOut in Santa Ana, CA. Joe's one-acts, SWAN SONG, TAKE TWO, BEEP, RABBIT EARS, WILD SPOTS, and CRUISE CONTROL, among others, have been featured in festivals around the country. He has written for the WASHINGTONIAN, NY TIMES, HARPER'S, and the LITCHFIELD COUNTY TIMES. Joe graduated cum laude from Lehigh University, taught English at the Peddie School (NJ), studied writing with Mark O'Donnell and acting with Mel Blanc, Austin Pendleton, and Uta Hagen. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights, Emerging Artists Theatre, TOSOS II, AEA, SAG/AFTRA. He lives in Roxbury, CT, and NYC.

For tickets, please call our box office at 860-523-5900 x10, or visit www.playhouseonpark.org. All tickets are $5 each, general admission. Playhouse on Park is located at 244 Park Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06119.

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