Brick Theater Presents Season Two of PENNY DREADFUL Series 11/15

The Brick Theater and Third Lows Productions continue Season Two of their innovThe Brick Theater and Third Lows Productions continue Season Two of their innovative theater series Penny Dreadful on Saturday, November 15 at 11:00 PM and Sunday, November 16 at 2:00 PM with the premiere of Penny Dreadful Episode 8: Caldwell and Viernik vs. the Creatures of the Night. 

Penny Dreadful Episode 8: Caldwell and Viernik vs. the Creatures of the Night reunites Pinkerton detective Leslie Caldwell and would-be magician The Amazing Viernik in a desolate Nebraska town in 1910 as they follow clues to the truth about the mysterious creature known as The Black Dragon.  During their journey, they encounter such historical figures as publisher Joseph Pulitzer, author Jack London, and William Howard Taft.  Meanwhile, the members of the twenty-first century group of inventors known as The Impossible Club continue to be hunted by the beautiful Assassin, who seems to possess the power to turn herself invisible.

Co-creator Bryan Enk directs a cast of some of the finest performers in New York's indie theatre scene, including Fred Backus, Erik Bowie, Peter B. Brown, Jake Goldman, Ben VandenBoom, Samantha Mason, Sarah Engelke, Roger Nasser, Adam Swiderski, and Penny Dreadful co-creator Matt Gray.

Inspired by the adventure-filled dime novels of the 19th and early 20th century, Penny Dreadful is an innovative epic for the stage co-created for Williamsburg's Brick Theater by writers/directors/performers Matt Gray and Bryan Enk. Penny Dreadful has been serialized into monthly installments that began in November 2007 with Season One. Audiences can follow the labyrinthine plot twists and re-experience the cliffhanger endings through detailed summaries and video downloads of each episode following their live performance, available on the Third Lows Productions official website (www.thirdlows.com/pennydreadful).

"Our story begins in 1909 with the discovery of a bloodless body that has San Francisco abuzz. It will be up to a second-rate showman and an oddball detective of the supernatural to put together the clues - a mysterious hearing aid, a missing creature from the darkest corner of the earth, a secret society bent on world domination, a man who can control earthquakes, and the greatest magic trick ever performed. Penny Dreadful is a twelve-part tale of mystery and horror that takes place in the first decade of the twentieth century and guest stars a parade of notable historical figures such as Theodore Roosevelt and Thomas Edison as they weave in and out of the suspenseful tale," describes press notes.

Penny Dreadful will continue in December 2008 with Penny Dreadful Episode 9: A Time to Kill - The Terrible Tale of the Black Dragon.

For more information please visit www.thirdlows.com/pennydreadful

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