Preview performances of Aurin Squire's play To Whom It May Concern will begin Thursday, March 19 at the Arclight Theater, 152 West 71st Street on Manhattan 's Upper West Side . The play is scheduled to run through Sunday April 12 with a press opening set for Sunday March 29.
Mr. Squire's tale of the effects of America's "Peace Keeping" mission in the Middle East on both a young Marine stationed in Afghanistan and an emotionally out of control teenager in America's Midwest was previously staged in the 2006 Fresh Fruit Festival where it was named Best New Play in the Festival.
Aurin Squire is a playwright and freelance reporter. He graduated with honors from Northwestern University and completed his MFA at the Actors Studio Drama School as a playwright. In 2008 Aurin was a resident playwright at Freedom Train Productions. His play Defacing Michael Jackson was published by Samuel French while his docu-drama Nueva Cancion has received co-sponsorship by Amnesty International for a fall 2009 premiere. Aurin also writes Bodega Avenue, an online cartoon about his Brooklyn neighbors.
David Gaard will direct. Under Gaard's direction, Carol Polcovar's Stonewall Stories was named Best Docudrama in the 2006 Summer Festivals by Theatermania and Talkin'Broadway and twice his environmental staging of classics (All's Well That Ends Well in 2000 and Dead End in 2001) have won the Audience Favorite Award at the New York International Fringe Festival.
Performances of To Whom It May Concern are Thursday thru Saturday at 8:00 pm and Sunday at 3:00pm. Tickets are available at Theatermania.com or by calling 212-352-3101 or 866-811-4111.
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