Screen Play
by A.R. Gurney

The Hudson Valley Premiere of A.R. Gurney’s new political satire.

A tale of politics, history, the city of Buffalo,
and a love ruined by the Bush-Gore election of 2000.

Co-sponsored by Mayo Consulting.

Directed by Christine E. Crawfis

Featuring Gerry Brooks, Michael Frohnhoefer, Paul Coleman, Elizabeth Barrows, Douglas Woolley, Janet Nurre and Rick Meyer

TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY!
June 29 & 30, 2007
8 PM
Unison Arts and Learning Center in New Paltz
Unison Arts Partner for MMSC performances - Mayo Consulting Services
Admission: $11 - Unison members and $15 non-members
Call 255-1559 for reservations
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"hilarious" -- Variety
"irresistible" -- Newsday
"deftly orchestrated...(with) grin-making chutzpah" -- New York Times

Set just before the election of 2015, SCREEN PLAY envisions a future ruled by a conservative religious majority. The economy is sagging, wars are raging and culture is in decay. Many Americans have begun to flee to Canada and Mexico as the government struggles to stop pandemic reverse immigration. A plot borrowed liberally from the classic 1942 American film (Casablanca).

Playwright A.R.Gurney's plays include Scenes from American Life, Children, The Dining Room, The Middle Ages, Sweet Sue, The Perfect Party, Another Antigone, The Cocktail Hour, Love Letters, The Old Boy, The Fourth Wall, Later Life, A Cheever Evening, Sylvia, Overtime, Let’s Do It (a Cole Porter musical), Labor Day, Far East, Ancestral Voices, and Buffalo Gal. His novels include The Gospel According to Joe, Entertaining Strangers and The Snow Ball. He is the winner of Drama Desk, N.E.A., Rockefeller Foundation, New England Theatre Conference, Lucille Lortel, American Association of Community Theatres, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters awards and he holds honorary degrees from Williams College and Buffalo State University. Gurney was on the faculty of M.I.T. until 1996. He is the husband of one, father of four, and grandfather of six.