HOMEWARD BOUND to Play Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios April 10 - 25

Green Light Productions proudly presents Homeward Bound, a new play written by Armen Pandola and directed by Shannon Fillion. Performances will take place Friday, April 10 through Saturday, April 25. Official opening set for Monday, April 13 @ 7:00 PM.

Homeward Bound is the story of three GI's wounded in the Iraqi War, stuck in a hospital in Germany, waiting to go home. When two wounded Iraqi civilians are temporarily housed in the same ward, they all share the same nightmare. They have been irredeemably changed by their wounds and experiences, and now they must re-imagine their lives if they want to save themselves - and get back home, not as they left it, but as they have become.

Homeward Bound is the final play in Armen Pandola's trilogy exploring different facets of post-9/11 America. The first of the series, Terror at the White House, which follows the story of a First Family torn apart by political dissension, intrigue and betrayal premiered in June 2004 and was a Stanley Drama Award Finalist. The second play of the series, Devils Also Believe, premiered in May 2006 and was a Smith Prize Finalist for Best New American Play.

Homeward Bound features Bryant Martin, Michael Fishman, Lanna Joffrey, Christopher Tramantana, Scott Troost and Iraqi War Veteran Ed Walsh, who when asked why he wanted to be part of this project said because "somebody finally got it right."

Homeward Bound also features Set and Lighting Design by Jeff Hoenig (The Cripple of Inishmaan, Mint Theater; The Winter's Tale, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Sound Design by John Gallagher (Homeward Bound reading, Amaryllis Theatre) and Costume Design by Matthew Pachtman (White Noise, NYMF; Associate on To Be or Not To Be; MTC).

Armen Pandola (playwright) is a respected American playwright whose plays often find the "joint of political tension in today's world and make you see it as immediate human frailty and suffering." He is a recipient of a Shubert Fellowship in Playwriting and was awarded the Walnut Street Theatre's Edwin Forrest Playwriting Award for his play Forrest: A Riot of Dreams which premiered at the Walnut in 2006. Homeward Bound is the final play of his trilogy about post-9/11 USA, America's Second Coming, which he started in 2004 and includes Devils Also Believe (a New Play Network Finalist for best new play of the year) and Terror at the White House (a Stanley Drama Award finalist). His other plays include Friends For Life (Best New One Act Play Finalist Premiered March, 2006), Hedda Without Walls (Premiered March, 2005), The Gift of Giving (Premiered December, 2004), Mrs. Warren's e-Profession (Premiered March, 2004) and Zelda & Scott: Boats Against the Current (Premiered September, 2003).

Shannon Fillion (Director) is a New York based director/producer whose work includes Maggie Misplaced (Green Light Production's GLO Festival), Time Et. Al. (Fringe NYC), The High Cost of Living (Prospect Theater's Dark Nights Series), Better This Way (Fringe NYC), Yehuda Duenyas's One Million Forgotten Moments, The Turtle Tattoo (MITF), Monkey Study (6B Garden), and Hamlet (Austin Arts Center). Shannon studied with director Brigid Panet at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, with Tina Packer at Shakespeare & Company, and is a graduate of both Trinity College and the Trinity/LaMama program. She is a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab and has worked on staff at New York Theatre Workshop since 2006.

Green Light Productions (producer) was founded in 2003 by Producer and Artistic Director, Alexandria Dilks Pandola, GLP is a nonprofit corporation that has supported Armen Pandola's post-9/11 trilogy since its creation in 2004. GLP has presented over 20 shows in NYC and Philadelphia including Neil LaBute's Fat Pig and Israel Horovitz's The Widow's Blind Date (both Philadelphia Premieres). GLP also created both the New Light and GLO play festivals, which are annual showcases of women theatre artists and have premiered over a hundred new plays.

Homeward Bound will play a special limited engagement April 10 - 25 as follows: Friday, April 10 @ 8:00 PM, Saturday, April 11 @ 3:00 PM & 8:00 PM, Monday, April 13 @ 7:00 PM (official opening),

Wednesday, April 15 @ 7:00 PM, Thursday, April 16 @ 7:00 PM, Friday, April 17 @ 8:00 PM, Saturday, April 18 @ 8:00 PM, Sunday, April 19 @ 3:00 PM, Wednesday, April 21 @ 7:00 PM, Thursday, April 22 @ 7:00 PM, Friday, April 23 @ 8:00 PM, Saturday, April 24 @ 8:00 PM (closing) at Theater 54 @ Shetler Studios (244 West 54th Street). Tickets are $18 and can be purchased online at www.HomewardBoundThePlay.com.

For more info, visit www.HomewardBoundThePlay.com.