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'Two Rooms' Furnished by Playwright Lee Blessing

By: Oct. 06, 2006
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The Promethean Theatre (TPT)
in association with H productions
presents

TWO ROOMS
by Lee Blessing
Directed by Margaret M. Ledford

October 20 - November 5, 2006
at the Mailman Hollywood Theatre.

Featuring Jeffrey Bower, Ken Clement, Nicole Mitchell, & Jennifer Toohey.

Friday & Saturdays at 8:00pm ~ Sundays at 2:00 and 7:00pm
Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for seniors & $10 for students with valid ID

Mailman Hollywood Theatre
Located at Nova Southeastern University
3301 College Ave.
Mailman Hollywood Center ~ 2nd Floor
Ft Lauderdale-Davie, FL 33314

For tickets or information call 786-317-7580
or email them at theprometheantheatre@yahoo.com or visit http://www.theprometheantheatre.org

TWO ROOMS illuminates both the numbing agony of one man taken hostage by political terrorists and the helpless fury of those who are left behind. It serves to remind us of our past, make us aware of our present and gives us pause to consider what the future may
hold. It is, at its heart, a love story set against the sense of futility and despair that comes when people of goodwill realize that logic, compassion and fairness have become meaningless when dealing with those who would commit such barbarous acts so willingly.

When the play was written in 1988, Americans abroad were being increasingly targeted by Arab extremists, but few at home fully understood the depth of hatred behind terrorism. Five years after September 11, we are more personally acquainted with the face of the enemy. TWO ROOMS has become a timely and thought-provoking glimpse at the cause and effect of that hatred.

"…the playwright's eye is penetrating…[ Mr. Blessing] reaffirms his authority with timely political questions" —NY Times

"…although Blessing wrote "Two Rooms" in the late 1980s, the current war in Iraq-- and particularly its hostage-takings -- gives the drama a live-wire shock of topicality… it reminds you that theater, when it's good, can make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck"
—Washington Post

The playwright:
Lee Blessing
Tony, Olivier and Pulizer nominated
One of the country's most prolific playwrights, Blessing has received The American Theater Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, The L.A. Drama Critics Award, The Great American Play Award, The Humanitas Award, The Steinberg /American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award and the George and Elisabeth Marton Award among others.

The Promethean Theatre is the professional theatre company in residence at Nova Southeastern University
Farquhar College of Arts & Sciences.

The Promethean Theatre (TPT) seeks daring and creative approaches to classical pieces as well as contemporary and new works that engage the imagination and inspire passionate discourse among its artists and the audience.

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