Last Chance to Hear Meucci's Message

My play Meucci's Message closes tomorrow, Sunday June 29th, at Casa Belvedere on Staten Island, so you have only one chance left to see this delightful production by Sundog Theatre.

The Staten Island Advance ran a review of the show, which you can read here:

Sundog makes good on sad story of Antonio Meucci

The reviewer has special praise for director Richard Grunn, and for Nate Ullrich, who provides live sound effects for the "radio drama" being performed as the framing device of the story. He also lauded the performances of Frank Nigro, who plays the Italian-American inventor Antonio Meucci, for Nikki Lauren, who plays his wife Esther, and for Ritty Mahoney, who plays a host of different characters including the Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi.

The production is in the historic Casa Belvedere, an old mansion recently restored to be an Italian-American cultural center. It's a wonderful venue for a very fun show. For more information, check out Sundog's website here:

Sundog Theatre

Advance Publicity for Meucci's Message

My play Meucci's Message opens this Saturday at Casa Belvedere on Staten Island. Sundog Theatre is doing a great job with the show, which features Frank Nigro as the Italian-American inventor Antonio Meucci. Nikki Lauren, one of my favorite actors, play's Meucci's wife Esther. I've also had the pleasure of working with Earl Gatchalian, Ritty Mahoney, and Emma Myers, three talented actors I met for the first time on this show.

What's most fun is that the piece is being performed as an old-fashioned radio program, exquisitely directed by Richard Grunn, who has staged and recorded a number of radio dramas in the past. We have two foley artists providing live sound effects for the audience. It's great fun.

Staten Island's newspaper the Advance recently ran an article about the piece. You can read it here:

THE ADVANCE

Tickets are only $20, in part due to funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. The venue is the magnificent Casa Belvedere, a mansion originally built in 1908, and now an Italian-American cultural center.

The play is at 8:00 on June 21st and 26th, and at 3:00 on June 29th. I hope you can make it! For more information go here:

SUNDOG THEATRE