THE ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS OF LEONARD PELKEY Offering Buy-One-Get-One Deal This Fall

Celebrate "Absolute" August & September and "Bring Your Brightness" to the critically-acclaimed new play The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, written and performed by James Lecesne. If you purchase a full price ticket to The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey for any performance in August or September, you get a free ticket for your Absolute Brightness, that inspirational person in your life, to join you for free, at the Westside Theatre (407 West 43 Street). For more information please visit http://absolutebrightnessplay.com/absolute-august/.

"Absolute Brightness" is defined as the "total amount of light produced by a star irrespective of its distance from an observer," and everyone has someone in their life who motivates and champions their loved ones to embrace their true selves and project their light out into the world. Honor those people in your lives and experience what the New York Times calls a "remarkable and moving" new play for only $85.

THE ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS OF LEONARD PELKEY is directed by Tony Speciale, with original music by Tony Award-winning composer Duncan Sheik, scenic design by Jo Winiarski, lighting design by Matt Richards, sound design by Christian Frederickson, projection design by Aaron Rhyne, original animation & photography by Matthew Sandager, and costumes by Paul Marlow.

"One of the greatest storytellers of his generation" (New York Times), James Lecesne's new play is about the disappearance of Leonard Pelkey, a 14-year-old boy who dared to be different, and the small New Jersey town that will never be same without him. Leonard becomes the unexpected inspiration for a town as they question how they live, who they love and what they leave behind. "Absolute Brightness leaves you beaming with joy." (New York Times).

James Lecesne wrote the screenplay for the Academy Award winning short film Trevor, which inspired the founding of the organization, The Trevor Project. Lecesne's novel, Trevor, was just selected one of Italy's ten must-reads for young adults, in a list that also includes Hans Christian Andersen, Roald Dahl, Nick Hornby and J.K. Rowling. James has created several solo shows including Word of Mouth, which was presented by Mike Nichols and Elaine May and directed by Eve Ensler (NY Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award) and the acclaimed One Man Band. Acting credits include Cloud 9 (Lucille Lortel), The 30th Anniversary production of Boys in the Band (Lucille Lortel), I Am My Own Wife (Hartford Stage), Motherhood Out Loud (Primary Stages) and Gore Vidal's The Best Man on Broadway. For television, he adapted Armistead Maupin's "Further Tales of the City" for Showtime (Emmy Award nomination) and was a writer for "Will and Grace". His play The Mother of Invention starred Linda Lavin and premiered at NY Stage and Film. His young adult novel, Absolute Brightness, published by Harper Collins, received The William Morris Award by the American Librarian Association and was nominated for The Lambda Literary Award. Mr. Lecesne is a co-founder of the L.G.B.T. youth organization The Trevor Project, the only national 24-hour crisis intervention and suicide prevention Lifeline for LGBT and Questioning youth.

Tickets for The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey are $85, and available at Telecharge.com (212-239-6200), or at www.AbsoluteBrightness.com. The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey plays: Monday through Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm, and Sunday at 3pm. Please note there will be no performance on Friday July 24.

For every full priced and premium ticket purchased to The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, the production will donate $5.00 directly to The Trevor Project.

THE ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS OF LEONARD PELKEY is produced by Darren Bagert, Daryl Roth, Jane Dubin, Curtis Forsythe, Michael Mayer, Diane Procter, Seaview Productions and Minerva Productions/Joshua Goodman.

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