The Playgroup to Present BROKEN ANGELS This Fall

The Playgroup, LLC will present the first production of its third season at the Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park in Boca Raton, BROKEN ANGELS, written by Todd Caster and directed by Brian Reeves.

This courtroom drama, set in 1920's Virginia, is an original play based on the true Supreme Court case of Buck v. Bell. Carrie Buck is sent to the Lynchburg Colony for the Feebleminded, and is the first candidate in Virginia's new law to have the feebleminded sterilized. Saddled with a court appointed attorney, she faces a roomful of hostile witnesses who are eager to see this new law put into place. This play looks frankly at the slippery slope of marginalizing and dehumanizing certain groups of people. A powerful play with a powerful message.

Directed by Brian Reeves, with set design by Nick LoMonte, the production stars: Bruce Allen, Teresa Biber-LoMonte, Jill Brown, Todd Caster, Brian Dever, Tracy Johnson, Nick LoMonte, Rachel Swanzy, Scott Travis and Tom Turner.

BROKEN ANGELS will run for six performances at the Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton, FL, 33486. November 3, 4, and 10 at 8PM, November 5, 11, and 12 at 2PM. Rated PG-13. Tickets: $25, groups of 4 or more are $15 each. Visit www.willowtheatre.org or call (561) 347-3948.

Todd Caster, playwright, is co-founder of Theatre Arts Group in New York's Hudson Valley and The Palm Beach PlayMakers in Delray Beach, Florida. His most notable works produced by The Playgroup LLC include Little Piggies and Surfing the Rubicon. He has had over 30 short plays produced by a myriad of regional and national theaters and has had two monologues published by Meriwether Publishing and are included in Audition Monologues for Young Women and The Theatre Audition Book 2. Todd lives in West Palm Beach, Florida with his wife, Mary Ellen.

Founded in 2010, The Playgroup is committed to showcasing the work of local artists, playwrights, directors and actors. We only produce original plays by local playwrights and in addition to our three productions per year, we also hold monthly playwrights' workshops at the Glades Road Branch Library in Boca Raton, Florida where playwrights can develop their projects and network with local actors and directors. Productions of this canon include: LITTLE PIGGIES and SURFING THE RUBICON by Todd Caster, JOSEPH ANDREWS by Peter Hawkins, THE MONSTER PROJECT by Brian Harris, THE LAST OF THE AZTECS and BETTER THAN MONEY by Joe Feinstein, SCENES FROM A CHINESE RESTAURANT by Tom Andrew, and SHORTCUTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.

Pictured: Todd Caster, Rachel Swanzy, Brian Dever, Nick LoMonte