International Theatrical Phenomenon Comes to Monadnock Region

The Park Theatre will present The Matchbook Players production of The 24 Hours Plays: MONADNOCK! on Saturday, October 8th at the Jaffrey Woman's Club in downtown Jaffrey, New Hampshire.

The 24 Hour Plays is a unique theatrical experience that is licensed to theatre groups around the world. High schools, universities, community theatres and professional theatres produce their own 24 Hour Playsproductions. Over the past ten years, productions have been mounted in London, Athens, Florence, Dublin, Edinburgh, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Ahrensburg, Mexico City, New York and numerous other U.S. cities.

Over 30 local writers, directors, actors, stage managers and tech staff come together at The Park Theatre in Jaffrey for the first time on Thursday, October 7th. They collaborate over the next 24 hours to produce six brand new ten minute plays that debut for one night only at the Jaffrey Woman's Club in downtown Jaffrey on October 8th.

Actor and director Kevin Spacey has called The 24 Hour Plays, "A magical experience."

The Park Theatre is presenting the theatrical event and it is being produced by Jaffrey's new theatrical company, The Matchbook Players. Paige Johnson, a familiar participant with local theatre groups (The Branch River Theatre, Drop-In Improv at The Colonial Theatre and Actors' Theatre Playhouse) started The Matchbook Players this past summer. This will be their first production.

"This is the type of unique theatrical experience The Park Theatre wants to bring to the Monadnock region,"said Steve Jackson, CEO and Managing Director of The Park Theatre. "Construction of our new theatre will begin in the next few months, however, we want to give our future theatre audiences a taste of the type of entertainment they can expect of us," Jackson added.

"We are very excited to partner with The Park Theatre for our first production. It will be an additional highlight to the Monadnock Art Tour and Jaffrey Scarecrows on the Common weekend. We hope to continue to partner with The Park Theatre before, during and after the construction of their new state-of-the-Art Theatre facility. The new theatre will be a blessing for theatre performers and fans throughout the Monadnock region," said Paige Johnson, founder and Artistic Director of The Matchbook Players.

The 24 Hour Plays: MONADNOCK! is produced under the authority of The 24 Hour Company, Inc. of New York City.

The one night only performance of The 24 Hour Plays: MONADNOCK! will be at 7:30pm on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at the Jaffrey Woman's Club, 33 Main Street in downtown Jaffrey. Tickets for the performance are $5.00 each. Tickets can be purchased by going to www.theparktheatre.org or by calling the Box Office at (603) 532-8888.

The 24 Hour Plays: MONADNOCK! is sponsored by D.D. Bean & Sons Co., Grove Street Fiduciary, Inc., The Melamine Cup and Sunflowers Café & Catering.

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