Mitchell Maxwell's Little Did I know Released By Prospecta Press 10/5

"Little Did I Know"- a new book about embracing destiny in an unforgettable summer theatre season- written by Broadway Producer Mitchell Maxwell is set to be released October 5th on Prospecta Press

With a fresh college diploma, no money and a passion for theater, Sam August is about to find out what it takes to live his dream to take over a summer theatre---- as he takes on small town prejudices, shady characters, rabid raccoons and the seductive wife of the most powerful man in town in Mitchell Maxwell's coming-of-age tale "Little Did I Know" (Prospecta Press; October 5, 2011). Maxwell, no stranger to the stage having produced seven Broadway shows and countless Off Broadway and touring productions, relives his first summer producing experience in a boundlessly entertaining story that proves "the only option in pursuing a life of meaning and consequence is to follow your heart."

The signatures on his college diploma are barely dry when Samuel August points his 1969 Mustang south to Plymouth, Massachusetts to meet his destiny. Four years of acting onstage instead of accepting his athletic scholarship worked the greasepaint into his blood and he is determined to continue the magic. He's on his way to answer a rental ad for the historic Priscilla Beach Theater in Plymouth, to give his small group of theatrical friends the chance to remain together and create a life treading the boards. But before the first spot can be lit, Sam must face cold reality in the form of the cantankerous descendant of one of Plymouth's oldest families who rules the bucolic seaside town of Plymouth with malicious might. Dr. Anderson Barrows doesn't have much use for youth in general or Sam in particular, but his young wife does - and she forces Sam into a perplexing moral and financial dilemma. Does he accept her backing, and what it will cost him, or find a way to finance the theater himself?

Competing for his affections is a brilliant local beauty, Veronica, whose unconventional ideas and secret past have stirred his heart. As he grows dependent on her for her clear-eyed realism and complementary ability to salvage any situation, he learns how deeply layered small-town life can be and the multitudinous demands of running a theater. Sam dreams of producing bigger-than-life musicals in the grand tradition of summer stock but he has just one summer to learn how to grow into the theatrical producer he aspires to be.

Available in hardcover (Prospecta Press) for $25.00; 368 pages;
ISBN-10: 1935212575; ISBN-13: 978-1935212577
Visit your local bookstore or order online: www.mitchellmaxwell.com

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