Hole in the Wall Theatre Heads into the
Twilight Zone
NEW BRITAIN, CT:
Submitted for your entertainment. It's 8:00pm on a sultry summer evening; you
enter a dark, air-conditioned space in the city of New Britain, Connecticut. The
space is inviting and intimate; it's known as a black box theater. Actors take
the stage and transport you to another time and place, a place not only of sound
and light but of mind. You are about to enter The Twilight Zone.
Hole in the Wall Theater presents The Twilight Zone: Of Shadows and Substance,
four teleplays from the original award-winning television series, The Twilight
Zone written by Rod Serling and George Clayton Johnson. The teleplays, which
have been adapted for stage, will be performed live and include: One for the
Angels, Obsolete Man, Nothing in the Dark, and It's a Good Life. The teleplays
are directed by Kevin Brownell, Christopher "Kit" Webb, Mary Ann Kelly, and
Eugene Tellier respectively.
A show with appeal for fans of the television show, as well as theater and
sci-fi lovers, The Twilight Zone: Of Shadows and Substance boasts cast members
from around the state, including: Jim Byrne, Jr. of South Windsor, Jordan and
Zachary Cyr of Cromwell, Paul-Michael Dumin of Southington, Barbara Gallow and
Doug Seelye of Newington, MaryAnn Halibozek and Deb Thaler of West Hartford,
Sarah Macci of Milford, Megan McKenney of Hamden, Betty Olson of Glastonbury,
Rudolph Saccoccia of Vernon, Alan Swinamer of Southbury, and Dennis Hull of New
Britain as the Narrator.
Twilight Zone: Of Shadows and Substance opens on Friday, July 11, 2008 with
performances on Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 pm through August 9, 2008
with matinee performances on Sunday, July 20, 2008 and Sunday, August 3, 2008 at
2:00 pm. All shows will be performed at Hole in the Wall Theater, 116 Main
Street, New Britain. Tickets are $20 (suggested donation). Reservations may be
made by calling (860) 229-3049. This production is supported in part by a grant
from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism.
Founded in 1972, Hole in the Wall Theater, an all volunteer, non-profit
organization and winner of the The Hartford Advocate's Best Community Theater
award for 2008, presents award-winning community theater with a professional
edge. For more information visit www.hitw.org
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