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Our Lady of 121st Street
On Monday, November 10th at 7pm, actor, Marine and AITAF Founder, Adam Driver and actress and AITAF Artistic Director, Joanne Tucker, will host AITAF's 6th Annual Veterans Day Benefit, "Arts in the Armed Forces on the Great White Way". A cast of professional actors will perform a staged reading of "Our Lady of 121st Street" by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by Sam Gold.
Immediately following the reading will be our "A Year in Service" reception open to everyone in attendance. The audience will consist of a mix of active duty military personnel, veterans, their families and civilians.
All proceeds will benefit AITAF's holiday tour abroad to US bases in Japan and Korea this December. Tickets for both the reading and reception are FREE for all active duty and veteran service members and their families and are $200 for civilians. $100 of the ticket price is tax deductible.
Our Lady of 121st Street, a play by Stephen Adly Guirgis, Synopsis: The Ortiz Funeral Room is in big trouble: The body of beloved community activist and nun Sister Rose has been stolen from the viewing room, and waiting for her proper return are some of New York City's most emotionally charged, life-challenged neighborhood denizens, trying to find a place to put their grief, checkered pasts and their uncertain futures. Among the equally hilarious and tragic twelve characters, you'll meet Rooftop, a chronically unfaithful but otherwise popular Los Angeles DJ, looking to reconcile with the love of his life; Pinky and Edwin, two brothers tragically linked forever; and the outrageously angry Norca, who doesn't let the fact that she slept with her best friend's husband deter her from the full expectation of being immediately forgiven of her sin by her best friend, Inez, still in pain fifteen years later. The rest of the crowd in this dark, insightful and very funny comedy inevitably square off on each other, motivated by rage, pain and a scary desire to come clean, perhaps for the first time.
The cast so far includes Francois Battiste (The Normal Heart), Guy Boyd (Foxcatcher), Desmin Borges (You're the Worst), Phillip James Brannon (Contagion), Salvatore Inzerillo (Gotham), Justin Long (Dodgeball), Adrian Martinez (American Hustle), Armando Riesco (A Gifted Man), Elizabeth Rodriguez (Orange is the New Black), Amy Ryan (The Office), Joanne Tucker (Listen Up Philip) and Samira Wiley (Orange is the New Black).
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LocationStudio 54
254 West 54th Street
New York, NY 10019
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 18 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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