Santa Monica Playhouse & PowerPlayz Productions Present The World Premiere of J-Powers's Pentagon Papers Sunday, February 5th at 3:30 PM At The Santa Monica Playhouse 1211 4th Street, Santa Monica 90401
Tickets Are $19.50 $17.00 for Students, Teachers, Seniors & Members of the Military For Reservations & Information go to: http://SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com <http://santamonicaplayhouse.com/> or call: 310-394-9779 Ext. 1 Playing Every Sunday at 3:30 PM from February 5th thru March 25th Santa Monica Playhouse is proud to announce the World Premiere of J-Powers's Pentagon Papers in the 40th anniversary year of the Watergate break-in. For the first time on stage, the hidden history of the Vietnam War that destroyed more than one president is dramatized. Opening Sunday, February 5 and playing Sundays at 3:30pm through March 25, 2012. President Richard Nixon referred to the Watergate break-in which eventually lead to his resignation as 'silly' and 'incredible' in grand jury transcripts made public in November 2011. Powers's new play Pentagon Papers presents key passages from the recently declassified Pentagon Papers revealing the shocking secrets that led him to create a team of Watergate burglars and eventually to the self-destruction of his presidency Unlike previous works on the subject that explore the courtroom effort regarding the right to publish, Pentagon Papers dramatizes the actual secret history of America's involvement in Vietnam. Performed by a cast of young actors, the production aims to inspire a new generation of Americans to demand honesty and transparency from leaders. "The truth will set you free," said Daniel Ellsberg, who risked everything, including his freedom, to expose this classified information. Writer-director J-Powers (a.k.a. John Powers) continues to adapt and dramatize significant historical events including The 9/11 Commission Report and other unique events in history. These include The Examination of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson at the Court at Newton, The Army-McCarthy Hearings, The Watergate Tapes, The Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas Hearings, Trial of Lenny Bruce, Court-Martial of William Calley, McMartin Preschool Trial, and Trial of O.J. Simpson. He wrote and directed the series 1968 in which he dramatized four significant events from that year in the works entitled Memphis, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Mexico City. He also wrote the critics' choice production of @Heart directed by Paul Linke. Producer Santa Monica Playhouse, Artistic Directors Evelyn Rudie and Chris DeCarlo, is no stranger to anti-war themed plays having been the home to productions of Garcia Lorca's Yerma, Diane Samuel's Kindertransport, West of Broadway's production of Judgment at Nuremberg, the original Rudie-DeCarlo Can'teen: Letters to the Front an exploration of war and other unnatural disasters, John DiFusco's Tracers, and the powerfully dramatic answers to unmailed letters, a collaborative theatre odyssey by Peter Manning Robinson, Bill Gough, Stephen Rothman, Rudie, and DeCarlo based on his personal experiences in Vietnam. Pentagon Papers is endorsed by Vietnam Veterans of America. Pentagon Papers will play for eight weeks only. *** Press Contact: Sandra Zeitzew 1-310-394-9779x651 szeit...@santamonicaplayhouse.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
