In today’s Backstage column, Jane Horowitz details the collaboration between Theater J and Journeymen Theater Ensemble on their “Ethics and War” reading series to be held at the Church Street Theater. These upcoming readings will focus on political plays that explore further the issues that these companies are putting onstage right now.
This week, Journeymen Theater Ensemble opens the world premiere of As American As by Ken Prestininzi, directed by Shirley Serotsky. The darkly comic take on the “war on terror” going out of control on the home front runs tonight through Nov. 15 at Church Street Theater. Showtimes are Wednesdays at 7:30 pm: Always Pay-What-You-Can, Thursdays at 7:30 pm, Fridays at 8:00 pm, Saturdays at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm.
Also this week, Theater J opens Honey Brown Eyes by Stefanie Zadravec, directed by Jessica Lefkow. This drama about Muslims and Christians caught up in the Bosnian war of the early 1990s is in pay-what-you-can previews tonight and runs through Nov. 30. Showtimes are Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays at 8:00 pm, and Sundays at 3:00 pm and 7:30 pm.
Ethics and War Reading Series:
Monday, Oct. 27th: Deposition on Water-Boarding: From the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel Testimony Before the House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, adapted and directed by Jeffrey Sichel.
Monday, Nov. 3: The Trial of the Catonsville Nine by Daniel Berrigan, directed by Rahaleh Nassri.
Monday, Nov. 10: Benedictus: An Iran-Israel-US Collaboration by Motti Lerner, directed by Daniella Topol.
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