It’s the 1950s and Cold War paranoia has gripped the nation. Behind the scenes, the CIA is using LSD on willing and unwilling participants to test its effective as a possible weapon against covert agents in the world of espionage. MKUltra is a historical reality. The play is about two unwilling participants: A young man diagnosed as schizophrenic and admitted under the “care” of a CIA asset interested in breaking the will and remaking the identity of his patients and a young scientist who falls prey to the experimentations of his CIA-sponsored boss, the “The Dirty Trickster.”
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.
Carrie Louise Nutt’s play Agua was a 2010 O’Neill semi-finalist. It was developed during her NNPN Emerging Playwright Residency at PNTJ. When Gods Walk the Earth was part of the Great Plains Theatre Conference PlayLabs, received Tulsa University’s “Best New Works for Young Women” award, and was recently produced at Manhattan Rep. Carrie is published in One on One: The Best Men’s Monologues for the 21st Century by Applause. She is a member of DGA and PWC. She holds an MFA in Playwriting from Rutgers. Recently, she received a new play commission from MCTVS http://www.carrielouisenutt.com/
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Directed by John Pietrowski
Cast:
Female 1 - Andrea Bianchi*
Female 2 - Eilis Cahill*
Jackson Anderson - Anthony Blaha*
Stan Wilson - Brian Parks
Male 3 - Daniel Sullivan*
Male 4 - Jon Cantor*
Male 5 - Eli Ganias*
Stage Directions - Ashley Seldon+
* Members of Actors' Equity Association
+ FDU Student |
