'Light & Music' Begins July 22nd

John MacDonald & Maggie Maes will present LIGHTS & MUSIC, written by PATRICK CERVANTES LETTERII and directed by JEREMY QUINN. The production will run from July 22 through August 3 at the 45th Street Theatre.

Four disenfranchised youths struggle with love, friendship & the absurdity of life in their small apartment microcosm. LIGHTS & MUSIC deals with a lost generation growing up in a chaotic post 9/11 world. The only thing protecting them from the outside world is their apartment. But when the world comes to them, they are forced to make a difficult decision in order to discover their place in all of this.

In the summer of 2004, the New York State Summer School of the Arts accepted John MacDonald, Patrick Letterii, Haley Rawson & Nick Bonnar to the Theatre Conservatory.  It was there that they took classes cultivating their art (studying with James Luse, Peg Denithorne, Landford Wilson & Jo Twiss) & where they made lasting friendships.  This brought them to the middle of December 2006, on winter break, early in the morning at John's apartment, where they had a cold reading of a play Patrick Letterii had written the previous spring, called Lights and Music. With sparse stage direction & ambiguous love scenes, the piece was hardly what it is today, but possessed a certain energy that resonated amongst its readers. The next year, Patrick moved to France for five months & John continued to pursue theatre in New York. In June of 2007, Patrick, Haley, John & Nick met up again, this time in Paris, with a new cast of characters. They began to develop the realization that creating independent art was possible

The characters (and the actors) in LIGHTS & MUSIC are all in their 20s. Likewise, the music featured in the play is a reflection of a new generation of artists. The soundtrack features the well-known Canadian band Born Ruffians, New York- based mandolinist Beauregard, and Boston-based Berklee super-group Wifflebat.

Featured in LIGHTS & MUSIC are Nicholas Bonnar, Patrick Letterii, John MacDonald, Haley Rawson & Lindsay Teed.

From July 22 – August 3. For tickets visit www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showCode=LIG6

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