SHIRLEY JORDAN Stars in FIAMA'S FINALE (Sunday, Aug 9th at 8PM EST) and STEVE SHERMAN in FORGER (Saturday, Aug 8th at 8PM EST) in the JOCUNDA FESTIVAL'S Virtual Play Reading Series on Zoom

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The JOCUNDA MUSIC, FILM & THEATRE FESTIVAL Presents a Virtual Play Reading of FIAMA’S FINALE by Carrie Gibson and Elizabeth Welles and Directed by Carrie Gibson on Sunday, August 9th at 8PM EST.

Barbara Beautane, an ex-Beauty Queen on her way to her Beauty “EST”- like seminar for the masses causes a 120 car pile-up changing the lives of several unusual strangers.

The Cast includes: 

SHIRLEY JORDAN as Barbara Beautane (TV credits include:  Bunk’d on Disney, recurring role on Sistahs on BET (Tyler Perry) and a guest star on The Kenan Show (pilot) and This Is Us (NBC);

 MAGGIE MCCOLLESTER as Fiama (TV credits include: guest star on Dexter (Showtime), The Unit (CBS) and Playdate (Lifetime), recurring role on The Young & The Restless (CBS) and One Life To Live (ABC));

JACKIE MARRIOT as Ilene (TV credits include: series regular on #BLACKACTOR and Everything’s Copesetic and a co-star on Mix);,

BRANDON BURTON as Theo (Theatre credits include:  Othello in Othello (Yale School of Drama) and Alexus/Menus in Anthony and Cleopatra (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Fest)), Cominius/Valeria in Coriolanus (Shakespeare and Company);

MATT MORRISON as Beorge (Theatre credits include:  Alex in A Small Group (The Hudson Theater), Hank in Night Of The Iguana, Sergeant Comb in Sergeant Comb and Pant Leg (Son of Semele);

JULIA MAY WONG as Su (TV credits include:  co-star on Henry Danger (Nickelodeon), Breaking The Bamboo Ceiling (MKC Prods) and Greek Pajama Party);

ALEX BOLING as Gene (TV credits include:  co-star on Life In Pieces (CBS), guest star on Haunted Hathaways (Nickelodeon) and recurring role on Suburgatory (ABC);

BRANDON ROOT as William/WB/Commercial/Caller (Theatre credits include:  Dickon in The Secret Garden, Harold in A Splintered Soul (International City Theatre) and Mark Cohen in Rent (Renton Civic Center);

VIVIENNE JAMES as Carly/Detective 1/Caller 3/Prisha/Techie ( Theatre credits include:  Agnes in She Kills Monsters, Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest and Mrs. Ferrars in Sense and Sensibility (Connecticut Repertory Theatre); and

TONY CURRY as Commander/Radio Voice Don/Detective 2/Caller 2 (Theatre credits include:  Jacob in Terezin (Village Theatre), Mike in White Christmas (The 5th Avenue Theatre) and Wolf/Duck in Peter and the Wolf (Seattle’s Children’s Theatre).

Register in advance for this webinar:
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

There will be a TALK BACK afterwards with the Playwright and Cast after the reading. Van Dirk Fisher, Founder & Artistic Director of the Riant Theatre and producer of the JOCUNDA MUSIC, FILM & THEATRE FESTIVAL will be the moderator.

FORGER written by Simon Bowler and directed by Van Dirk Fisher on Zoom on SATURDAY, AUGUST 8TH @ 8 PM EST (U.S. and Canada).  

In FORGER, which is based on a true story about Han Van Meegeren, who is under house arrest for treason for selling a Dutch national treasure painting by Vermeer to the Nazi leader, Hermann Goering. Han claims the painting is a forgery and to prove it he will paint another. The authorities give him six weeks to paint "Christ and the Scribes". Han recounts his transformation from idealistic student, to struggling artist, to wealthy forger, to traitor, to national hero. Ironically, his deepest desire is for the world to recognize his genius, but he must keep it one of the biggest secrets in art history.  His story exposes the contradictions of how we perceive and value art, in a tale so absurd and with a character so flawed, it can only be true.

The cast includes:  STEVE SHERMAN as Han Van Meegeren, CLAY VON CARLOWITZ as Theo Van Wijngaarden, KATIE OSBORN as Jo Van Meegeren, SAMAR EL-ZEIN as Inspector Helena Wooning and CHRIS SCARBOROUGH as Abraham Bradius, Hermann Goering, a Nazi Soldier and The Man, DOUG MACDOUGALL as Lt. Hess and the Radio Announcer, PHILIP BARTOLF as the Judge, ABIGAL ROWLAND as Anna Van Meegeren and Lotte.

Register in advance for this webinar:
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Donation:  $15.00     Proceeds will benefit the Riant Theatre.

There will be a TALK BACK afterwards with the Playwright and Cast after the reading. Van Dirk Fisher, Founder & Artistic Director of the Riant Theatre and producer of the JOCUNDA MUSIC, FILM & THEATRE FESTIVAL will be the moderator.

To learn more about the JOCUNDA FESTIVAL Click Here. 

To submit your play for consideration for the Play Reading Series Click Here.  

To register for the Playwriting Workshop on Zoom Click Here.

 

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