DOGMOUTH to Play Theater for the New City, 11/22-27

The Great American Play Series and L B Productions will present DOGMOUTH by John Steppling and directed by Stephan Morrow with Stephan Morrow, Courtney Lynn Pierchoski, Ray Wasik and L.B. Williams as well as Sam Charny, Joseph Serrano, and Billy Marshall.

DOGMOUTH will play at the Theater for the New City (155- 1st Ave. @10St.). with tickets costing $15 and Students/Seniors tickets costing $10. For reservations call 212- 254-1109.

The performance schedule is as follows:
Tuesday Nov 22, 2011 @ 8PM
Wednesday Nov 23 @ 8PM
Friday Nov 25 @ 8PM
Saturday Nov 26 @8PM
Sunday Nov 27 @ 5PM

'Time is the 80's. Does a group of Viet Nam veterans - not unlike the Hell's Angels - really exist hoboing around on the rails and is it as large and powerful as it is portrayed by journalists - or is it a media creation drawing the heat for every murder on the rails from Arizona to California? And has its leader become a changed man dedicated to his young wife - or is he an unrepentant racist criminal bent on plotting to murder a rival who's moving in on his turf? These are the things that come up in John Steppling's dark and controversial play ‘Dogmouth'.

The fact that he focuses on the depth of war veterans' alienation - the ones who drop out, - not into some utopian world of therapy groups - but rather into some nightmarish arena where murder is reflexive - is what makes this play so riveting. And that he also manages to deftly slip in ruminations on death and dying, the gap between those with money and those without, even survival of the fittest on the streets of Phoenix - is what makes this play dark and riveting - and as John Steppling often proclaims "Art is not your friend'...." This is a nightmare that you don't want to have but one you won't want to miss.