Douglas Morrisson Theatre to Continue 'Bare Bones' Series with NOW CIRCA THEN, 1/11

The Douglas Morrisson Theatre (DMT) is excited to announce the second production in the 2015-2016 "Bare Bones" staged reading series: Now Circa Then, a sweet-spirited romantic comedy about two historical re-enactors.

The play will have one performance on Monday, January 11, 2016, at 8:00pm, at the Douglas Morrisson Theatre, 22311 N. Third St. in Hayward, CA. Tickets are $10 (open seating), and are available through the Box Office at (510) 881-6777 or online at www.dmtonline.org.

In their jobs as tour guides and historical "re-enactors" in a tenement museum on the Lower East Side of New York, Gideon and Margie portray a poor but enterprising Prussian Jewish immigrant couple circa 1890. Gideon is somewhat of an expert at reenactment - he's "done" Plymouth and Salem, a few Renaissance Fairs and two Air and Space museums. Margie just needed a job. As their private lives become entwined in those of the characters they play, the two learn to find themselves as adults and navigate new beginnings.

Now Circa Then was originally commissioned and developed by Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jon Steingart and Jenny Wiener Steingart, Executive Producers). Its world premiere was produced Off Broadway in September 2010 by Ars Nova, Locally, TheatreWorks' presented the West Coast premiere of Now Circa Thenin March 2012.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT Carly Mensch's plays include Oblivion (Steppenwolf's First Look Festival, Westport Playhouse), Now Circa Then (Ars Nova, TheatreWorks), All Hail Hurricane Gordo (Humana Festival, Cleveland Play House), and Len, Asleep in Vinyl (2nd Stage/Uptown Series). Her work has also been read/workshopped at Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, Center Theatre Group, The Kennedy Center, Marin Theatre Company, New York Stage & Film, and Ars Nova, where she was the 2008 Playwright-in-Residence and a founding member of Play Group. She volunteers with the 52nd Street Project, an organization that creates theater with inner city kids, and wrote for three seasons on the Showtime original series, Weeds, and also for Nurse Jackie.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR Katja Rivera hails from Los Angeles and is an actor and director with local credits at Magic Theatre, Shotgun Players, Boxcar Theatre and CustomMade Theatre. She has directed at Playground, Shotgun Players, Role Players Ensemble, Boxcar, Role Players Ensemble and CustomMade Theatre. She is an artistic associate with Shotgun Players and Playground, as well as a proud member of Actors' Equity Association.

The Douglas Morrisson Theatre is located at 22311 N. Third St. in Hayward, next to the Senior Center and the Japanese Gardens. The Box Office is open Tuesday through Friday, 12:30 to 5:30 and can be reached at (510) 881-6777. Information is also available at www.dmtonline.org. The Douglas Morrisson Theatre is a program and facility of the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District.

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