PO BOX 337, Kauneonga Lake, NY 12749, (845) 798-1527
libertyfreetheatre@mac.com
|
|
|
Inaugurates Our Ninth Season May 24th
We inaugurate our ninth season with a reading and book signing of "Kind of Kin" by internationally acclaimed author Rilla Askew.
The event is set for the Liberty Museum & Arts Center, 46 South Main St. here in Liberty, on May 24 at 7:00 pm. Admission for the performance is free. The audience is invited to gather after the performance for food, drink, and the book signing. Proceeds from the book sale will benefit the theatre. Call 798-1527 or email Libertyfree1@verizon.net for reservations and information.
The Liberty Free Theatre is collaborating with the Liberty Museum & Arts Center to create a new state-of-the-art theatre in the museum building. The reading will be the first in a series of plays, fiction, poetry and music presented while awaiting the new theatre space, which is anticipated to be ready sometime next spring. Meanwhile, the theatre will be on the move, touring the many Sullivan County arts organizations that have invited the Liberty Free Theatre to play their venues.
Askew's new novel, "Kind of Kin", was published by Ecco Press in January to nationwide praise. It is a funny and poignant story about a family affected by a ruthless new immigration law, which features self-serving lawmakers and complicated lawbreakers, Christian principle and political scapegoating. The New York Times said Askew "explores with a deft hand and an unflinching moral vision the gray areas of an argument so often presented in black and white." Publishers Weekly called it "rich, rewarding, and humane," and the Huffington Post raved it is "rawboned, heartfelt and funny... (an) extraordinary novel." Askew is the author of four novels and a book of stories. Her first novel, "The Mercy Seat," was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and was nominated for the Dublin IMPAC Prize. "Fire in Beulah," Askew's acclaimed novel about the Tulsa Race Riot, received the American Book Award and the Myers Book Award, and her novel "Harpsong" received seven literary awards including the Oklahoma Book Award and the Western Heritage Award. She received a 2009 Arts and Letters Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Other productions planned for 2013 We're working on other productions for the 2013 season while we await our new permanent home (see "A Note from Paul Austin"). Some of the plays being considered for this special traveling season are Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett, Mafia on Prozac by Edward Allan Baker, two plays by Tennessee Williams, Lifeboat by Shel Silverstein, and our annual assortment of poetry, music and fiction.
Web site courtesy of Garrett-Waldmeyer Int'l. Inc.
|
|
|
|
Acclaimed
"Kind of Kin"