Stanley Martin and Tait Ruppert Star In The Jocunda Festival's Virtual Play Reading Of VEILS OF JUSTICE

The JOCUNDA FESTIVAL Presents a Virtual Play Reading of VEILS OF JUSTICE written by Tita Anntares and directed by Van Dirk Fisher on Sunday, September 27th at 8PM EST.

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Based on a true story ripped from the headlines. In Veils of Justice, a young Saudi Muslim, accused of raping and robbing at knifepoint a New York businessman, insists he is innocent. With a prosecutor determined to be the first to convict a Saudi of any crime since 9/11, Deena, his Jewish lawyer, assumes he is guilty, but deserves valid evidence and punishment, not revenge. Can Deena get a fair trial for Mazen Tamedo in NYC only a few years since the attacks by 15 Saudis among the 19 terrorists?

SPECIAL NOTE: All names and identifiers have been changed.

The Cast includes:

Stanley Martin as Mazen "Zen" Tamedo. Broadway credits include: Ensemble in Aladdin. International tour of West Side Story (Indio/Chino u/s), tour of Smokey Joe's Café (Ken, Dance Captain), Hairspray (Fulton Opera House), The King and I, Show Boat (Sacramento Music Circus).

Tait Ruppert as Blake Wingate. Broadway credits include: Candida with Joanne Woodward at the Roundabout. Off-Broadway: Jay in Lonestar, Billy & Boo in Album. Film credits include supporting roles in Diner, Swordfish, Battlefield Earth, The General's Daughter and Domestic Disturbance. TV: recurring roles on Arli$$ (HBO) and Fat Actress (Showtime).

MAGGIE MCCOLLESTER as Lynn Payne Wingate. TV credits include: guest star on Dexter (Showtime), The Unit (CBS) and Playdate (Lifetime), recurring role on The Young & The Restless (CBS) and One Life To Live (ABC).

Alice Rose DOWNES as Deena Joseph. Theatre credits include: Morticia in Adams Family Musical, Princess in A Soldier's Tale, Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing and Euridice in House of Hades.

LISA SPONAUGLE as Geraldine "Gerrie" White. Television credits include a recurring role in Pushers, co-star in You Are The President and guest star in For My Man.

DYLAN COMBS as Chris Payne. Theatre credits include: Joseph in Not That Illegal (Strawberry One-Act Festival), Beowulf in Beowulf: A Comedy (Underling Productions), Laertes in Hamlet (Underling Prods.) and Senator Norval Hedges in Born Yesterday (Monomoy Theatre).

BIJOUX LUKELO as the Narrator. Theatre credits include: Pam Kansas/Black Panther in Billie and Malcolm: A Demonstration and Melissa Parker in This Means War (Castillo Theatre).

There will be a TALK BACK afterwards with the Playwright, Director and Cast after the reading. Van Dirk Fisher, Founder & Artistic Director of the Riant Theatre and producer of the JOCUNDA MUSIC, FILM & THEATRE FESTIVAL will be the moderator.

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