The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College Announces FALL 2009 SEASON THE ART OF JUSTICE SERIES

The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College announces its Fall 2009 Season The Art of Justice Series, which integrates the performing arts and issues on justice, at theGerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 899 Tenth Avenue, NYC.

This season the Gerald W. Lynch Theater launches a new JustIce Theatre Festival, which showcases new plays that address themes of justice. The theme for Fall 2009 is FLESH & BLOOD: Justice and the Family.

"The theme of justice and the family has been a vigorous and visceral part of theatrical literature since the ancient Greeks," said Executive Director Shannon Mayers who curates the Art of Justice series (or festival). "These plays are fresh looks at how families grapple with issues such as illegal immigration, murder and incarceration, and. Within each story lies the hope of reconciliation and the hope that justice will serve to unite families, rather than tear apart the primal bond we have as human beings."

The Gerald W. Lynch Theater's Fall 2009 Season Justice Series includes:
* "DE NOVO" - Part 1: Lil' Silent
* HIDDEN VOICES
* IL FURIOSO: The Birth of Modern Justice

"DE NOVO" - Part 1: Lil' Silent
Written and directed by Jeffrey Solomon
A Workshop Production presented by Houses on the Moon Theater Company
The Art of Justice Series
Thursday - Saturday, November 12 - 14, 2009 at 7pm
A gripping true story of fourteen year-old Edgar Chocoy, who fled Guatemala to escape the largest gang in Central America, only to be sentenced to death by a flawed U.S. immigration system. Talkbacks follow each performance.
Tickets $15 (CUNY Students FREE)
For tickets, call Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com.

HIDDEN VOICES
Directed by Carli Gaughf
The Art of Justice Series
Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 2pm
True stories of abandonment, drug abuse, loss, motherhood, imprisonment, healing and freedom are voiced by the women who lived them.
Tickets $15 (CUNY Students FREE)
For tickets, call Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com.

IL FURIOSO: THE BIRTH OF MODERN JUSTICE
(a dual language adaptation of Aeschylus' Eumenides with drums)
Directed by Seth Baumrin
Presented by John Jay's Department of Communication & Theatre Arts
The Art of Justice Series
Wednesday - Sunday, November 18 - 22, 2009 at 8pm
Il Furioso uses drumming, dance and Aeschylus' classical text, with a new bilingual translation spoken in English and Spanish, to dig up the roots of justice, from bloody revenge to fair trail in multi-tribal Athens.
Tickets $10 (Students $5)
For tickets, call the Communication and Theater Arts department at 212-237-8363.

Since opening its doors in 1988, the Gerald W. Lynch Theater has been an invaluable cultural resource for John Jay College and the larger New York City community. Under the new direction of Executive Director Shannon R. Mayers, the Theater is dedicated to the creation and presentation of performing arts programming of all disciplines with a special focus on how the artistic imagination can shed light on the many perceptions of justice in our society.

About John Jay College of Criminal Justice: An international leader in educating for justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York offers a rich liberal arts and professional studies curriculum to upwards of 14,000 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 135 nations. In teaching, scholarship and research, the College approaches justice as an applied art and science in servIce To society and as an ongoing conversation about fundamental human desires for fairness, equality and the rule of law. For more information, visit www.jjay.cuny.edu.

For more information, visit www.jjay.cuny.edu/theater.php.

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