LXP (David Roberts, Producer) presents MY SWEET CHARLIE, written by David Westheimer, at the June Havoc Theatre at The Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, through October 24, 2010. The play is directed by Jen Wineman.
Featured in this AEA Approved Showcase Production are DEREGE HARDING*, Carrie Heitman*, Slate Holmgren*, Lauren Orkus* & RICHARD PAIT*. Set design is by Tim Brown, Lighting Design by Jesse Belsky, Costume Design by Melissa Trn & Sound Design by Chad Raines. BREE SHERRY* serves as Stage Manager.
MY SWEET CHARLIE, set during the height of the Civil Rights movement, is the story of Charlie Roberts, a black attorney & activist from New York City, who is falsely accused of cold-blooded murder during a demonstration in Alabama. Fleeing his would-be captors, Charlie escapes to a vacant coastal vacation home, where he encounters Marlene Chambers, a white, uneducated, prejudiced, unwed, pregnant teenager, shunned by her father & boyfriend & who sought refuge in the vacant home a few weeks before Charlie arrived. Realizing their survival depends upon their willingness to help each other, their relationship, at first defined by mutual contempt & deeply rooted racial prejudice, slowly evolves into a touching friendship.
DATES: October 7-24, Wed-Sat @ 7pm, Wed @ 11am & Sun @ 3pm
THEATRE: June Havoc Theatre ~ Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex
312 West 36th Street, 1st Floor
TICKETS: $18
RESERVATIONS: Brown Paper Tickets
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/128143
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