Desperate Love is a cautionary tale about love and the lengths that parents go to preserve love. At the center of the story is Noah, a charismatic sixteen year-old boy with an uncontrollable temper. Noah’s destructive behavior tears apart his family, which includes Danny, his fourteen year old brother, and his parents Peter and Laurie. Providing back story is Babe, Noah’s birthmother, who placed Noah with Peter and Laurie upon his birth. As events escalate, the parents decide to remove Noah from the family and send him to a wilderness program for difficult children. In the final scene, Noah and his parents meet in the wilderness to determine his future.
This reading will be held at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Dreyfuss Theatre, 285 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ. Click here for directions. Click here for a printable map of the campus (the Dreyfuss Theatre is located in Building 9).
All tickets are general admission. There will be a talk-back following the reading.
Richard Reiss is the Senior Vice President for University Advancement at Fairleigh Dickinson University. His writing has been published in the New York Times, ADDitude Magazine, Perigee Literary Journal, and in the anthology, Upstart Crows II: True Stories, published by Wide Array Press. In 2008 Reiss collaborated with director and lyricist, Martin Charnin, to create the musical revue Love is Love. In the 1990’s his column, Reiss’s Pieces, for Forbes Newspapers, was recognized by the New Jersey Press Association. Desperate Love, the play, is based on the memoir of the same name and will be published by Serving House Books in fall 2011.
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Directed by James Glossman
Cast:
Babe - Stacie Lents*
Peter - Jim Ligon*
Laurie - Leigh Poulos#
Noah - Louis Vetter+
Danny - Nick Fazio
Dr. West/Judge - Dave Mason*
Stage Directions - Courtnee Basista+
* Members of Actors' Equity Association
# Equity Member Candidate
+ FDU Student |
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