John Steinbeck's IN DUBIOUS BATTLE to Screen at River Street Theatre

John Steinbeck's novel, IN DUBIOUS BATTLE has been translated into a new film which opens this Thursday, June 29 at the River Street Theatre in Jaffrey. It will play at 7pm each day through Saturday, July 1st.

The story is set in the California apple country, where nine hundred migratory workers rise up "in dubious battle" against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own-stronger than its individual members and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism-on the "courage never to submit or yield." Published in 1936, IN DUBIOUS BATTLE is considered the first major work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Steinbeck.

The film is directed by James Franco and stars Robert Duvall, Bryan Cranston, Selena Gomez, Vincent D'Onofrio, Sam Shepard, Ed Harris and James Franco.

Tickets for IN DUBIOUS BATTLE are $8.00 (seniors/military/students/teachers $7). Advance ticket purchases are encouraged due to the intimate nature of the RST theatre. The box office telephone number is (603) 532-8888 or go to riverst.org/calendar. Tickets can also be purchased at 7 days a week at OvationTix by calling 1-866-811-4111.

The River Street Theatre is located in downtown Jaffrey, New Hampshire at 6 River Street. The River Street Theatre is sponsored by: Grove Street Fiduciary, Coca-Cola, the Board of Trustees of the Park Theatre, Janet S. Grant, Betty Locke, Owen Houghton and the James F. & Fernande Kelly Charitable Trust.

The Park Theatre first opened in Jaffrey in 1922 and was the center of community life as a movie and vaudeville house for 54 years until it closed in 1976. Purchased by The Park Theatre, Inc. in 2006, it will be rebuilt as a state-of-the-art film and performing arts center, featuring two auditoriums seating 485, presenting movies, live theatre (including children's productions), concerts, and lectures as well as offering a place for business and community gatherings for the Monadnock Region and its 100,000 residents, school districts and dynamic artistic community. The new theatre is scheduled to be opened in 2018.

The Park Theatre operates the River Street Theatre, a small live entertainment and movie venue located adjacent to the construction site as an interim theatre until the new Park Theatre opens.