THE UNAUTHORIZED AFTERLIFE OF EUGENE O'NEILL Closes at Adobe Theater, 1/29

THE UNAUTHORIZED AFTERLIFE OF Eugene O'Neill is a fictional exploration by James Cady of how O'Neill tried to come to terms with the treatment of his family in his literary works as he journeys through the afterlife searching for the meaning in his own life - and maybe to settle a few scores. Cady gives us a view into the renowned playwright's life and afterlife with his portrayal of O'Neill as a "theatrical Flying Dutchman" sailing from theatre to theatre, searching for that one second of meaning, the one moment that would make everything in the world make sense.

The show closes at the Adobe Theater, Sunday, January 29th, 2012, 7.00pm - for tickets www.adobetheater.org or call 505-898-9222.

James Cady began his life as an actor after winning a full scholarship to The Pasadena Playhouse in 1962. After graduation in 1964 he travelled to New York where he studied with Lee Strasberg. After a year he returned to California and took up his studies again, receiving his BA at Cal State Hayward, his MFA in Dramatic Art at Berkeley, and his MFA in directing at UCLA. From there he went on to teach acting and directing at the University of Cincinnati and the MFA program in acting at UCLA. In 1975 he moved behind the camera as a producer/director and spent 25 years in the motion picture business. In 2005 he returned to his first love, acting and directing in the theatre. He has appeared in over 50 plays and has directed 60. His fascination with O'Neill started at Berkeley where he studied with the great O'Neill scholar Travis Bogard. He used to complain to Travis that he had nothing in common with O'Neill. Travis told him to "wait a few years, it would all make sense." Travis was right. Tragedy is easy to understand if you live long enough. As Jerry says in Albee's play The Zoo Story, "Sometimes you have to go a long way out of your way to come a short distance back - correctly."