Season 2, Episode 5: Behind every summer is a community that keeps Fire Island alive. This episode explores the history of the beloved Pines Pantry through the eyes of its iconic Pantry Girls, alongside the volunteer firefighters of The Pines and Cherry Grove who protect the island from fires, hurricanes, beach erosion, and an uncertain future.
Photos: Off-Broadway's Ascension
By: Walter McBride
Ascension, by Edmund De Santis, opened at Off-Broadway's The Lion Theatre (Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street) on October 11th; it plays a limited engagement through November 12th.
Ascension is directed by Red Light District artistic director Marc Geller and stars Stephen Hope (Joseph..., The Scarlet Pimpernel), Lucy McMichael (More Than This at Urban Stages) and Brandon Ruckdashel (My Super Ex-Girlfriend). Ascension is "about an ambitious Catholic priest struggle to hold together the fabric of the world he has created to keep his desires at bay. He is confronted by the schizophrenic wife of a butcher, who accuses him of sexually abusing her son eight years earlier. Then drawn into a web of evil and deceit comes a visit by the angelic young man, himself; and now their worlds unfolds with a volcano of desire that is close to exploding," according to production notes.
Tickets are available through Ticket Central: (212) 279-4200 or www.ticketcentral.com.
Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.
Marc Geller and Edmund De Santis
Stephen Hope, Lucy McMichael and Brandon Ruckdashel
Stephen Hope, Brandon Ruckdashel and Lucy McMichael
Brandon Ruckdashel, Stephen Hope and Lucy McMichael
Brandon Ruckdashel and Stephen Hope
Brandon Ruckdashel and Stephen Hope
Brandon Ruckdashel and Stephen Hope
Brandon Ruckdashel and Stephen Hope
Marc Geller, Stephen Hope, Edmund De Santis, Lucy Mc Michael and Brandon Ruckdashel
(clockwise from left) Marc Geller, Stephen Hope, Lucy McMichael, Brandon Ruckdashel and Edmund De Santis
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