SIGHT UNSEEN Opens at Town Players in July

Town Players of Newtown is pleased to announce the opening of SIGHT UNSEEN by Don Margulies on Friday night, July 22 at 8 PM at The Little Theatre.

Jonathan Waxman is a very wealthy, critically acclaimed artist - so much so that collectors buy his works "sight unseen." His father has recently died, and although Jonathan is successful and happily married, he struggles with self-doubt and seeks to recapture his artistic inspiration. While in London for a major retrospective of his work, Jonathan acts on impulse and visits Patricia, a former model and his former lover. Patricia now lives in a Norfolk farmhouse with her older archeologist husband Nick, where they work together excavating Roman ruins. She invites Jonathan to stay the night, and tensions arise over old wounds and current insecurities.

While in England, Jonathan also meets Grete, a young German scholar-journalist, who questions his motivations for his art and self-promotion. She mentions his Jewish heritage so frequently that Jonathan accuses her of anti-Semitism.

SIGHT UNSEEN explores questions about art, money, love, inspiration, their codependency and the ways in which they are inextricably entangled.

Directed by Sherry Asch of Brewster, NY, SIGHT UNSEEN features the talents of Philip Cook of Ridgefield, Christopher Cooney of Newtown, Karen Pope of Bridgewater and Stefanie Woerdeman of Norwalk. The production crew includes Nick Kaye of Bethel (co-producer and lighting designer), Christopher Cooney (co-producer), Roberto Perez of Danbury (light and sound technician) and Timothy Huebenthal of Southbury (set designer).

SIGHT UNSEEN runs July 22 - August 13. Curtain times are 8 PM Fridays and Saturdays, with 2 PM Sunday matinees on July 31 & August 7 at 2 PM. Tickets are $22; $18 for matinee performances.

Tickets may be purchased in advance by visiting the theater's website,www.newtownplayers.org. Reservations may also be made by calling the box office at 203-270-9144.

This production is made possible in part by a generous grant from the Newtown Cultural Arts Commission.

Town Players' Little Theatre is a community theater, currently in its 81st season, located on 18 Orchard Hill Road, just off Route 25 (a mile north of the Sand Hill Plaza) in Newtown, Conn.