Previews For THE HOUSEWIVES OF MANNHEIM Begin 4/16 At The New Jersey Repertory Company

The New Jersey Repertory Company located at 179 Broadway in Long Branch is proud to present the world-premiere of “The Housewives of Mannheim”, a compelling new comic-drama by Alan Brody. The play centers around four women living in an apartment building in Brooklyn in 1944, during World War II. "The Housewives of Mannheim" by Alan Brody is directed by Suzanne Barabas and stars Corey Tazmania, Pheonix Vaughn, Wendy Peace, and Natalie Mosco.

May is the neighborhood beauty who is struggling with a growing restlessness. Alice is the local busy-body and self-proclaimed moral compass of the community. Both of their husbands are overseas fighting the Nazis. Billie is a free-spirited entrepreneur selling linens out of her apartment to make a better life for her son.

The three women are part of a tight-knit Brooklyn community where everyone knows everyone else as well as everyone else’s business, and they are marking the days until the war is over and the men return.

Every day has its unhurried rhythm as the women care for their children, maintain their households, visit one another to catch up on gossip, drink coffee, trade ration cards, listen to the radio and shop at Waldbaum’s.

Into this carefully crafted world enters Sophie, an older woman who has fled the horrors of war-torn Europe. The sophisticated Sophie brings with her a view of life that the other women have been sheltered from, and her appearance on the scene threatens the delicate equilibrium that May, Billie and Alice have so skillfully created.

“The Housewives of Mannheim” opens in preview Thursday, April 16 and runs thru May 24. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 2:00 p.m. with selected Sundays at 7:00 p.m. Special reduced price previews are April 16 and 17 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Opening night with reception sponsored in part by Richard’s Deli of Long Branch, will be Saturday, April 18 at 8:00 p.m. An additional 2:00 p.m. matinee has been scheduled on Thursday, April 30.

For tickets and additional information call 732-229-3166, email info@njrep.org or visit www.njrep.org.

Tickets: Adults $40; Opening Night with reception: $60; Previews, seniors (65+), full-time students (17-25): $35; Additional discounts for groups of 10 or more.

Reservations: Online at www.njrep.org or call 732-229-3166.

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