FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/13/09
PRESS CONTACT: Bridget Bean, Gorilla Theatre (813) 765-1486 info@gorillatheatre.com
PUBLIC CONTACT: Reservations (813) 879-2914 www.gorillatheatre.com
THE GORILLA READING SERIES PRESENTS A NEW PLAY BY MARK E. LEIB
A RIVER IN THE DESERT by Mark E. Leib
One performance only (staged reading)
Thursday, January 22, 7pm, at the Gorilla Theatre
The Gorilla Reading Series presents A River in the Desert, a new play by Mark E. Leib, January 22, at the Gorilla Theatre, 4419 N Hubert Ave, Tampa, FL 33614. The reading will be directed by James Rayfield and will be performed by notable Tampa Bay area actors.
ABOUT THE PLAY
Summer, 1941. As the German army drives eastward into Russia, a young colonel in the SS discovers that his old philosophy professor has taken refuge in the town that the Nazis have just commandeered. Ten years before, he idolized this professor; now he feels constrained to despise him for being Jewish. Torn between love and hate, he orders the professor to come to him in his makeshift office. And a confrontation unfolds in which life itself is at stake.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Mark E. Leib is best known in the Tampa Bay area as theatre critic for Creative Loafing in both the Bay area and Sarasota. But Leib is also a playwright whose work has been produced Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway and at regional theatres. Leib's play Art People ran for three weeks at the Players Theatre in Greenwich Village, and will be produced later this spring at the studio@620 in St. Petersburg. Terry by Terry was produced at the Manhattan Punch Line, the American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, and the Singapore Theatre Festival, and The Return to Zion was workshopped at Southern Rep in New Orleans and Florida Stage in Manalapan. Leib has also adapted two plays — Beaumarchais' The Marriage of Figaro and Chekhov's Platonov — both of which were produced at the American Repertory Theatre. His other plays have been produced or workshopped at the Edinburgh Festival, Scotland, and at Circle Repertory Theatre and Theatre Off Park, New York. Leib teaches theatre and film-related classes at the University of South Florida and Eckerd College. He's a graduate of Yale School of Drama, where he won the CBS Foundation Prize in Playwriting.
SHOW SCHEDULE:
One performance only, Thursday January 22 at 7:00 p.m.
The audience is invited to participate in a talkback with the playwright, director, and cast, immediately following the reading.
TICKET PRICE:
Free. Donations requested. Seating is very limited and reservations are highly recommended. Book online at www.gorillatheatre.com or by phone at 813-879-2914.
WHERE:
Gorilla Theatre, 4419 N. Hubert Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33614 "Behind Steinbrenner Field"
Living theatre for thinking minds!
Tucked away in the same Tampa location for over 15 years, the Gorilla Theatre boasts an intimate, welcoming environment and a fascinating season of plays and music.
Isn't it time you discovered the Gorilla Theatre? Call us today for season information and directions to your new favorite venue.
PRESS CONTACT: Bridget Bean, Gorilla Theatre (813) 765-1486 info@gorillatheatre.com
PUBLIC CONTACT: Reservations (813) 879-2914 www.gorillatheatre.com
THE GORILLA READING SERIES PRESENTS A NEW PLAY BY MARK E. LEIB
A RIVER IN THE DESERT by Mark E. Leib
One performance only (staged reading)
Thursday, January 22, 7pm, at the Gorilla Theatre
The Gorilla Reading Series presents A River in the Desert, a new play by Mark E. Leib, January 22, at the Gorilla Theatre, 4419 N Hubert Ave, Tampa, FL 33614. The reading will be directed by James Rayfield and will be performed by notable Tampa Bay area actors.
ABOUT THE PLAY
Summer, 1941. As the German army drives eastward into Russia, a young colonel in the SS discovers that his old philosophy professor has taken refuge in the town that the Nazis have just commandeered. Ten years before, he idolized this professor; now he feels constrained to despise him for being Jewish. Torn between love and hate, he orders the professor to come to him in his makeshift office. And a confrontation unfolds in which life itself is at stake.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Mark E. Leib is best known in the Tampa Bay area as theatre critic for Creative Loafing in both the Bay area and Sarasota. But Leib is also a playwright whose work has been produced Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway and at regional theatres. Leib's play Art People ran for three weeks at the Players Theatre in Greenwich Village, and will be produced later this spring at the studio@620 in St. Petersburg. Terry by Terry was produced at the Manhattan Punch Line, the American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, and the Singapore Theatre Festival, and The Return to Zion was workshopped at Southern Rep in New Orleans and Florida Stage in Manalapan. Leib has also adapted two plays — Beaumarchais' The Marriage of Figaro and Chekhov's Platonov — both of which were produced at the American Repertory Theatre. His other plays have been produced or workshopped at the Edinburgh Festival, Scotland, and at Circle Repertory Theatre and Theatre Off Park, New York. Leib teaches theatre and film-related classes at the University of South Florida and Eckerd College. He's a graduate of Yale School of Drama, where he won the CBS Foundation Prize in Playwriting.
SHOW SCHEDULE:
One performance only, Thursday January 22 at 7:00 p.m.
The audience is invited to participate in a talkback with the playwright, director, and cast, immediately following the reading.
TICKET PRICE:
Free. Donations requested. Seating is very limited and reservations are highly recommended. Book online at www.gorillatheatre.com or by phone at 813-879-2914.
WHERE:
Gorilla Theatre, 4419 N. Hubert Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33614 "Behind Steinbrenner Field"
Living theatre for thinking minds!
Tucked away in the same Tampa location for over 15 years, the Gorilla Theatre boasts an intimate, welcoming environment and a fascinating season of plays and music.
Isn't it time you discovered the Gorilla Theatre? Call us today for season information and directions to your new favorite venue.
