Our Saturday Reading Series is now virtual:
PLAYWRIGHTS WORKSHOP MEMBERS present NEW WORK
Discussion with the author follows the reading.
The second Saturday of each month at 2 PM, September - November / January - July
The event is free, but registration is required.
Funds benefiting The Theater Project were provided by Friends of the Cranford Library.
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2pm, June 11, 2022
The Advocate A play by Bill Mesce, Jr, based on his novel of the same name. LIVE READING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION WITH THE PLAYWRIGHT World War II, August of 1943, and the American air war against Germany is still escalating. Out of that aerial combat comes a hero, a fighter ace – Major Albert Markham – who is now subject of an investigation by Major Harry Voss of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps for the murder of one of his fellow pilots. The case, at first, appears to Voss to be an open and shut issue, but as he probes deeper, puzzled by the pilot’s surrendering demeanor, he begins to suspect Markham’s actions hint at a far larger offense, and bring Voss up against the dilemma of prosecuting someone for an act that’s a crime today, but may be military strategy tomorrow. |
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New Jersey native Bill Mesce, Jr. is an author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a screenwriter and playwright.
His first novel, The Advocate, won in the novel-writing category of the America’s Best competition, and was followed by two equally-acclaimed sequels, Officer of the Court and The Defender, as well as the non-fiction works Peckinpah’s Women: A Reappraisal of the Portrayal of Women in the Period Westerns of Sam Peckinpah and Artists on the Art of Survival: Observations on Frustration, Perspiration, and Inspiration for the Young Artist.
His screenwriting credits include Road Ends, starring Dennis Hopper and Mariel Hemingway, and uncredited work on Brian DePalma’s political thriller Blow Out. His plays include A Jersey Cantata, which was named one of the best new plays to debut in New Jersey in the 97-98 season, and will be revived this summer by The Theater Project in Maplewood.
His first novel, The Advocate, won in the novel-writing category of the America’s Best competition, and was followed by two equally-acclaimed sequels, Officer of the Court and The Defender, as well as the non-fiction works Peckinpah’s Women: A Reappraisal of the Portrayal of Women in the Period Westerns of Sam Peckinpah and Artists on the Art of Survival: Observations on Frustration, Perspiration, and Inspiration for the Young Artist.
His screenwriting credits include Road Ends, starring Dennis Hopper and Mariel Hemingway, and uncredited work on Brian DePalma’s political thriller Blow Out. His plays include A Jersey Cantata, which was named one of the best new plays to debut in New Jersey in the 97-98 season, and will be revived this summer by The Theater Project in Maplewood.
Donations to support The Theater Project gratefully accepted below.
NOTE: The donation process does not REGISTER you to receive the link for the event.
NOTE: The donation process does not REGISTER you to receive the link for the event.
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"As director of the Cranford Public Library, I attend nearly all of The Theater Project play readings, and I am never less than highly impressed by the quality of the productions."
John Malar, Director (retired) Cranford Library 
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