WHAT:
Open Rehearsal of Charming Billy
WHERE:
Round House Theatre Rehearsal Room
Civic Building
One Veterans Place, Silver Spring, MD
Metro: Silver Spring (approx. 3 blocks)
WHEN:
The Open Rehearsal is Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 1pm
DESCRIPTION:
Join Round House Theatre on Saturday, January 22 at its rehearsal facility in the Civic Building in downtown Silver Spring for an inside look at a rehearsal of Charming Billy. This will include a brief presentation on the set and costume designs, an hour watching the rehearsal, and a question and answer period. Please note that this is a working rehearsal, not a performance.
Space is limited to 20 people. Please be there no later than 12:45pm. No photos or recording devices.
TICKETS:
Tickets to the Open Rehearsal are free but advance reservations are required. Email RSVP@roundhousetheatre.org by 5pm on Friday, January 21 to reserve space. Limit of 2 tickets per RSVP. An email confirmation will be sent.
PERFORMANCES OF CHARMING BILLY IN BETHESDA:
Based on the award-winning novel by Bethesda author Alice McDermott, Charming Billy is onstage at Round House Theatre Bethesda February 2 – 20, 2011. Performance tickets are on sale by calling 240.644.1100 or online at www.roundhousetheatre.org/. Tickets for patrons age 30 and under are just $10 (Mon. – Fri.) and $15 (Sat. & Sun.).
In a small Bronx bar, a funeral party has gathered to honor Billy Lynch. Through the night, his friends and family weave together the tale of a husband, lover, dreamer, and storyteller, but also that of a hopeless drunk whose immense charm was but a veil over a lifetime of secrets and all-consuming sorrow. Charming Billy is a masterful look at how a community can pin its dreams to one man, and how good intentions can be as destructive as the truth they were meant to hide. Blake Robison directs his stage adaptation of the novel by Alice McDermott, winner of the 1998 National Book Award for Fiction.
