Join us for a very special event on Sunday, April 5 at 4:00 PM: a staged reading of The Soap Myth, a new play by Jeff Cohen, performed by a professional Broadway-caliber New York cast.
The Soap Myth is about a journalist on assignment to find the truth behind the crusade of a Holocaust survivor’s claim that the Nazis manufactured soap from the fat of murdered Jewish corpses. By turns funny, shocking and, ultimately, deeply sad, The Soap Myth is a provocative new play scheduled to open Off-Broadway in the fall.
Admission: $5
Followed by a discussion of the play with the playwright and cast.
Refreshments available prior to the performance.
Click through for the impressive biographies of our cast and our playwright, Jeff Cohen, whose previous play, Men of Clay, was selected as the Best New Play of 2005 by Baltimore's City Paper.
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Bios:
Playwright Jeff Cohen is a world-renowned theatre artist – producer, director, playwright and teacher – who is the founder and artistic director of several important companies including the RAPP Arts Center (1985-1990), the Worth Street Theater Company (1995-2004), and Dog Run Repertory Theatre Company (founded 2005).
Joel Friedman was a co-founder with Joe Papp of the New York Shakespeare Festival. He has worked his entire life at major theatres in New York and around the country including the Guthrie (Minneapolis), Pittsburgh Public Theatre, George Street Playhouse (Princeton, NJ), The Huntington (Boston), New York Shakespeare Festival, American Globe and many others.
Tara Hugo was nominated for the Olivier Award in 1995 (the British equivalent of the Tony) and has numerous West End credits including the Royal National Theatre. American credits include the Guthrie, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Capitol Rep, Denver Theatre Center, Hartford Stage, Circle In The Square, etc.
Daniel Marcus's Broadway credits include Pal Joey, Urinetown, 1776, Woman In White, Pirates of Penzance, A Christmas Carol, The Apple Tree, The Who's Tommy, Cats, etc.
Katia Asche (American Repertory Theater, ART Institute, The Moscow Art Theater, NY Theater Workshop, Bentley Theater and More Theater)
Aaron Costa-Ganis (Dog Run Repertory Theater in Tartuffe, one of Moliere's funniest and most controversial comedies, Berkshire Theater Gallery in Night of the Iguana)
Stage directions by: Mark DeFrancis.