Event

Transition

5th Wall and Richmond Triangle Players present
A Staged Reading of
Transition
by John Anastasi
Starring Eva DeVirgilis, Jacqueline Jones, Melissa Johnston Price, and Sara Heifetz
Directed by Carol Piersol
Stage Management by Morgan Stone

In this new play, Danya and Addison seem to be leading a very happy life together as a lesbian couple. But just as adopting a baby come in to play (and Danya's mother really butts in), Danya realizes that she can no longer continue to hide who she really is and must...transition.

About the Playwright
John Anastasi has written two feature full length screenplays, Choice of a Lifetime and Absence of Faith, both which have achieved the semifinals in major screenwriting competitions. His works written for the stage include In My Father's Eyes, a play with music, produced at the Forum Theater (New Jersey) and the historic Mishler Theater (Altoona, PA). It was selected as an alternate at the New York Fringe Festival summer 2003. Stolen Lives, a two character drama, presented Off Broadway at the Acorn Theater at Theatre Row after being presented at the Mishler Theater. His play Pied-a-Terre, was originally presented in showcase at the Beckett Theater on Theatre Row and a full production at Penn State University. Pied-a-Terre enjoyed a successful Off Broadway premiere at the Kirk Theater at Theatre Row in 2007. Since being published by Samuel French in 2008, Pied-a-Terre has been produced at the Cork Theatre in Ireland and has been fully translated to Chinese and produced at the Shanghai Grand Theatre in China in December 2009. The play is currently touring in Ireland and being translated to Italian for a future production in Rome. Dr. Anastasi is an active member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc.