Luna Stage Announces 'Songs From the 88' Benefit Concert

Luna Stage has a very special benefit event to open the 2017-18 season: "Songs From The 88" an interactive concert featuring songs, poems and monologues from Reg E Gaines and Calvin Gaines' new musical, The 88. Don't miss this opportunity to join Luna as it helps launch a new piece of musical theatre written by major talents from Broadway to Spoken Word. There are only two performances at Luna Stage, West Orange Friday, October 6th at 8pm and Saturday, October 7 at 2pm. All tickets are $20. https://lunastage.secure.force.com/ticket/#details_a0N2A00001lTHttUAG

"Songs from The 88" is part of a longer piece The 88 about ten tiny siblings who board the 88 bus from East Orange to NYC, sometimes together, often alone, but always accompanied by their grandmother, Marcella. She is their ticket to The Great White Way and why each one learned they belong. This presentation is a fundraiser for the artists to help continue work on the piece, a homage to the brothers' grandmother, Marcella Victoria Quarles. Co-authored by Reg E Gaines, a two-time Tony Award-nominated playwright, Grammy Award-nominated lyricist, has published four books of poetry, is editor of the 2015 poetry anthology A Year In Ink, and scored the PBS documentary, Senior Year and his brother Calvin Gaines is an award-winning musician and producer who has worked with such artists as Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston, The Temptations, and Destiny's Child with musical direction by Mark Wilson

For tickets http://www.lunastage.org or call the Luna Box Office 973 395-5551

Luna Stage is located at 555 Valley Road, West Orange NJ 07052. For more information about Luna Stage, bus, train and driving directions visit the website Lunastage.org

About Luna Stage

Luna Stage was founded in 1992 by Jane Mandel and became a professional theatre in 1995. For its first 18 years, the company made its home in Montclair, New Jersey, first in a small space on Walnut Street and then in a larger facility on Bloomfield Avenue.

To that end, in the fall of 2010, Luna Stage relocated to West Orange to become an anchor organization in the dynamic movement of revitalization and community engagement aimed at establishing the Valley Arts District of Orange and West Orange as a hub for entertainment and culture in the region.

The mission of Luna Stage is to develop and produce thought-provoking theatre that gives voice to emerging American Playwrights and new life to contemporary and classic plays that speak to our times. As producer, educator and innovator, Luna Stage is committed to collaborating with artists of multiple disciplines and partnering with our community to illuminate the diverse perspectives of our society.

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