Greasepaint Productions Presents AIDS Crisis Drama LONELY PLANET Tonight
Greasepaint Productions (Thank You For Being a Friend the Musical) is a theater company dedicated to bringing passion projects to the New York stage in quality productions. Their current producing endeavor is the lesser known, but stunningly written AIDS drama, Lonely Planet written by Steven Dietz.
Originally produced by the Barrow Group in 1994, Lonely Planet tells the story of Jody, a forty year old shop owner who has become a shut in and his younger friend Carl, a caretaker who has to convince him that not only is it ok to leave the shop, he must do so to take responsibility for his life. First, Jody has to come to terms with the fact that his community is being decimated by the AIDS virus and he must be tested before he becomes a casualty as well.
The production will open Off Broadway tonight, December 8, 2016 at the Gene Frankel Theater (24 Bond St., NYC) and will run through December 18, 2016. Tickets are now on sale via EventBrite: lonelyplanet.squarespace.com/tickets.
Lonely Planet stars Chad Ryan (The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me) as Jody and Daniel Clayton Smith ( 20th Anniversary RENT) as Carl. Direction by Nick Brennan (Thank You For Being A Friend the Musical, 20th Anniversary RENT). With set design by Michael Harbeck (Cagney), lighting by David Palmer, and costumes by Timmy Schues. Associate Producer and Marketing Manager Mallory Barrett.
For more information, visit the production's official website.
Lonely Planet Promotional Video from Dale Thomas Krupla on Vimeo.
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