Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Gay Play Weekend's HELLO NORMA JEANE

Check out this sneak preview of the cast in costume for HELLO NORMA JEANE by Dylan Costello. The show is one of the five finalists in the 2012 Great Gay Play and Musical Contest and will be performed on Saturday, April 14, 7:30 at Center on Halsted.

The reading will star Artistic Ensemble members Kris Hyland, Michelle McKenzie-Voigt, Chad Ryan, and Kelli Walker, and featuring Rachel Payne and David Geinosky. It is directed by John Nasca.

Joe has his life turned upside-down when his grandmother admits her deepest secret – that she is in fact Marilyn Monroe, coming out of hiding 50 years after faking her death in 1962. Can Joe really be the gay grandson of Marilyn Monroe? Joe's search for the truth, his self-worth, and his love for his grandmother are tested to the limit in this funny drama that is full of surprises.

Native Londoner Dylan Costello is a screenwriter and playwright. His debut movie Coronado is currently in pre-production in Hollywood and his first two plays were produced in London in 2010. His short climate change film Edge of Existence was also shown at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit in December 2009.

All five finalists will be performed as enhanced staged readings in the Gay Play Weekend April 13 to 15 at Center on Halsted, 3656 North Halsted. The readings use some stage movement, sound, and costuming to create the world of the plays.

Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com. Information: www.pridefilmsandplays.com.