SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY Opens This Friday at Writers Theatre of New Jersey

After a week of previews, Writers Theatre of New Jersey is happy and proud to open the 2017-18 season with the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of Surely Goodness and Mercy, a beautiful play by Ms. Chisa Hutchinson that serves to remind us of the better angels who walk among us and dwell within us, no matter how trying times get or what we face.

The play is set in Newark, which prompted our Artistic Director, John Pietrowski, to produce the piece there, honoring Chisa's vision, as the landmarks, sights, and people of Newark she saw growing up as a Newark native are at the heart of the play. Additionally, the play is co-produced with Yendor Productions, a Newark-based nonprofit arts organization. Yendor's Artistic Director, Rodney Gilbert, is directing the play. Please join us for this heartwarming story of friendship and love. "Surely Goodness and Mercy" has one preview left, on Thursday, September 5 at 7:30 PM and officially opens on Friday, October 6 at 8 PM. It will run through October 14. Performance times are as follows: Thursdays at 7:30 PM, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM,

and Sunday matinees at 4 PM. Student matinees are offered on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10 AM. General admission is $25, senior citizen tickets are $20, and tickets for students with valid student ID are $10. The two Thursday performances are "pay what you can" evenings. (Note: There will be a 2 PM matinee on Saturday, October 14. The play is suitable for ages 15 and older.) Performances will be held at Newark Symphony Hall, located at 1020 Broad St. in Newark, New Jersey. For more information or to purchase tickets, click here.

This NNPN Rolling World Premiere will see the play produced in Newark, NJ at Writers Theatre of New Jersey; in Salt Lake City, UT at the Salt Lake Acting Company, and in Chicago, IL at Redtwist Theatre. (For more information, please visit www.nnpn.org) We commissioned the piece as part of the NJPAC Stage Exchange, a program of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center - John Schreiber, President & CEO, and Writers Theatre of New Jersey, in partnership with the New Jersey Theatre Alliance. This production and educational outreach were made possible by a generous gift from the Kenneth Goldman Donor Fund.