Dear friends,
\nI have been helping out some artists who have worked many times at CRS in the past with a hilarious and poignant new play. Last weekend sold out and there is one more weekend and I would like to encourage you to go.
\nDrawing inspiration from tabloid-TV, religious fanaticism, and late 80\u2032s heavy metal, The Resurrection of George takes aim at the unseen forces guiding our nation. Dale and Ed are honest and hard-working men who enjoy the simple pleasures of small-town life. But they are swept into a hallucinatory quest for the soul of the country when the resurrected first president appears with visions of an \u201call-seeing eye\u201d that controls the fate of America. Pursued by truth-seeker\/talk-show host Marsha Monroe, they struggle to uncover the mystery behind George\u2019s appearance and secrets of their own identity.
\nThe Resurrection of George began as a short story evoking the singularity of American identity. What drives our urge to create unity from diversity? Why are certain personas beheld as \u201cself-evident?\u201d Writer Harold Lehmann became fascinated with the iconography of George Washington interacting with other symbols from the American Dream. A script emerged and Lehmann sought out Director Leah Bonvissuto to bring fresh perspective and realize this visual language. Bonvissuto collected a dynamic team of performers and designers to create a cacophony of rock-n-roll, pop-art projection, and performances inspired by clowning and viewpoints work among other styles. The result is a hypnotic contrast that chases something real in the surreal heart of this American Myth.
\nhttp:\/\/www.resurrectionofgeorge.com\/
\nTickets are now available for purchase. \u00a0Click here to buy tickets now!
\nPerformances are:
\n\tApril 20 \u2013 29, 2012
\n\tFridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm
\n\tSaturday Matinees at 2:00pm
\n\tSundays at 7:00pm
\nTickets are $15
\nAll performances take place at:
\n\tOne Arm Red
\n\t10 Jay Street, 9th Floor in D.U.M.B.O., Brooklyn \u00a0(F train to first stop in Brooklyn and then walk downhill on Jay St to the East River)Map<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dear friends, I have been helping out some artists who have worked many times at CRS in the past with a hilarious and poignant new play. Last weekend sold out and there is one more weekend and I would like to encourage you to go. Drawing inspiration from tabloid-TV, religious fanaticism, and late 80\u2032s heavy metal, The Resurrection of George takes aim at the unseen forces guiding our nation. Dale and Ed are honest and hard-working men who enjoy the simple pleasures of small-town life. But they are swept into a hallucinatory quest for the soul of the country when the resurrected first president appears with visions of an \u201call-seeing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n