Reading Of ON THE WAY TO O'NEILL'S: JFK IN IRELAND To Be Presented In MITF 7/23, 7/28, & 7/30

A reading of "ON THE WAY TO O'NEILL'S: JFK IN IRELAND", a new drama by ANN G. BAUER and David BeckETT that imagines the later years of John F. Kennedy, will be presented as part of the MIDTOWN INTERNational Theatre FESTIVAL'S Reading Series. Featuring the talents of Broadway vets William Parry ("Sunday In The Park With George," "Passion," "Assassins"), Maureen Silliman ("Is There Life After High School" "Shenendoah"), NATASHA MALINSKI (currently on VH-1's "Tough Love"), David Foubert and playwright Beckett, the readings will take place on Thursday, July 23rd at 3PM, Tuesday, July 28th at 3:30 PM and Thursday July 30th at 3PM at the June Havoc THEATRE, ABINGDON THEATRE ARTS COMPLEX, 312 W. 36th St . Admission is free and tickets are available by (212) 560-2338. For more information, please log onto the official website at www.OnTheWayToOneills.com.

"ON THE WAY TO O'NEILL'S: JFK IN IRELAND" is an alternate history play that imagines the later life of former President John F. Kennedy, who survived that fateful day in November 1963 but lost both his wife and the Presidency. The year is 1999 and Kennedy, now 82 years of age, has come to Wexford, Ireland to mourn the recent death of his son. His reverie is interrupted by an interview request from Gemma O' Leary, a local newspaper reporter with a voice eerily similar to Kennedy's late wife Jackie. Somewhat shaken, he agrees to a meeting with Gemma, who helps him make sense of both his life and the losses he's suffered. Meanwhile, a remarkable parallel to the Cuban Missile Crisis is occurring on the other side of the globe, and once again, Kennedy's diplomacy is required.

The reading is directed by Charles Weldon, Artistic Director of the Negro Ensemble Company.

Playwright David BeckETT is an actor who's appeared on television's "Boston Legal," MTV's "Short Circuitz" and "The Young And Tha Restless," as well as the National Tour of Lincoln Center's "Anything Goes" and various productions at Circle Rep, Soho Rep and Riverside Shakespeare Company. Playwright ANN G. BAUER has a theatre degree from Arizona State University and has worked with the Old Globe Theatre while continuing to act and direct regionally. She has written professionally for television and radio and teaches writing on the college level.

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