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Award-winning actor/writer Bill Connington attended the closing of the Boston International Film Festival, where his short film ZOMBIE was screened on April 17th.

Award-winning actor/playwright Bill Connington will coach well-known Mexican actor Jorge Urzua in the solo play ZOMBIE. Connington penned the play, based on the novella by famous American author Joyce Carol Oates. Urzua will perform the play in Spanish on Friday, May 6th at 8 pm at 353 Studios, 353 West 48th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues, 2nd floor. Urzua translated the play into Spanish, and a production is planned for Mexico City. The performance is an hour long, with an audience discussion to follow. It is free to the public. For reservations contact: billconnington@gmail.com.

The award-winning play ZOMBIE by Bill Connington, based on the novella by famous American author Joyce Carol Oates, will be presented as a free reading on Friday, May 6th at 8 pm.

Cataumet-based writer Donald Marcus will premiere his first short film at the Boston International Film Festival. Shot entirely on Cape Cod, Patrimony will help kick off the festival on Friday, April 15 at 6 pm at the AMC/Loews Theater on 175 Tremont in Boston.

The new film ZOMBIE will be screened on Sunday, April 17th as part of the Boston International Film Festival. The showing will be in central Boston at the AMC/Loews Theater on Boston Common, at 175 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02111. For tickets: HYPERLINK 'http://www.bifilmfestival.com' www.bifilmfestival.com.

The new film ZOMBIE will be screened on Sunday, April 17th as part of the Boston International Film Festival. The showing will be in central Boston at the AMC/Loews Theater on Boston Common, at 175 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02111. For tickets: HYPERLINK 'http://www.bifilmfestival.com' www.bifilmfestival.com.

New York: ZOMBIE will be screened at the Cleveland International Film Festival on Friday, April 1 at 11:15 pm. The festival takes place at Tower City Cinemas in Tower City Center at 230 West Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 44113. For tickets: 877-304-3456 or in person at the Ulmer & Berne Film Festival Box Office. www.clevelandfilm.org.

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ZOMBIE has won the Best Short Film (Horror) award from the Washington DC Independent Film Festival. The ZOMBIE team of director Thomas Caruso, lead actor/screenwriter Bill Connington, and producer Michael Cooper, attended the screening of the film on March 7th in Washington. ZOMBIE is a short film based on the award-winning play penned by and acted in by Connington. It was presented at the New York International Fringe Festival, Off-Broadway at Theater Row for an extended run, and at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater in New York. ZOMBIE is based on the award-winning novella by famous American author Joyce Carol Oates. The ZOMBIE team is currently developing the property as a feature film.

The ZOMBIE team of director Thomas Caruso, screenwriter/lead actor Bill Connington, and producer Michael Cooper, attended the Washington DC Independent Film Festival.

Bestselling author and American literary giant Joyce Carol Oates, who recently penned her 116th book A WIDOW'S STORY about the death of her husband of 47 years, has had her novella ZOMBIE adapted into a short film. Written by Bill Connington, and directed by Thomas Caruso, the 19 minute film will be screened at the Washington DC Independent Film Festival on Monday, March 7th at 7 pm. The screening will be held at the Gala Theatre, 3333 14th Street NW, Washington DC, 20010. Metro stop: Columbia Heights. Tickets are $10. ZOMBIE will be shown with the films SISSY and AMBER ROSE as part of a program entitled 'Hot Topics - Dirty Little Secrets.' The director, Thomas Caruso, and the screenwriter/lead actor Bill Connington, will take part in an audience discussion after the screening. Also in attendance will be producer Michael Cooper. www.zombiethefilm.com

The stars of the film THE THORNHILLS OF PARK AVENUE appeared at The National Arts Club at 15 Gramercy Park South in New York on Friday, February 11 to read from the new book 'In the Mean Time,' by Anthony Haden Guest. Mr. Guest, along with Bill Connington (ZOMBIE) and Juliette Bennett (AS GOOD AS DEAD) read satiric selections for a packed room of people from the theater, art, and journalistic worlds. The three performers just wrapped shooting the comedic film THE THORNHILLS, directed by acclaimed director Thomas Caruso.

Bestselling author, cartoonist and performer Anthony Haden Guest will be appear with Bill Connington, star of ZOMBIE, and Juliette Bennett, star of AS GOOD AS DEAD on Friday, February 11th at 6:30 pm at The National Arts Club at 15 Gramercy Park South (20th Street) between Park Avenue and Irving Place, New York NY. For information: 212-475-3424. Mr. Guest will discuss his latest book, IN THE MEAN TIME. Connington and Bennett will read from the book.

New York Times Bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates attended the staged reading of her play I STAND BEFORE YOU NAKED on Sunday, November 28th.

Newly announced Broadway stars complete the casting for Joyce Carol Oates' I STAND BEFORE YOU NAKED. Nikka Lanzarone (WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN), Becca Ayers (SOUTH PACIFIC, AVENUE Q), and Randy Redd (PARADE) join Barbara Walsh (COMPANY, HAIRSPRAY, FALSETTOS), Stephanie D'Abruzzo (AVENUE Q), Mary Stout (BEAUTY AND THE BEAST), Janet Carroll (LITTLE WOMEN), and Bree Williamson (ONE LIFE TO LIVE) in performing a staged reading of New York Times-bestselling-author Joyce Carol Oates' play on Sunday, November 28th at 7 pm.

Newly announced Broadway stars complete the casting for Joyce Carol Oates' I STAND BEFORE YOU NAKED. Nikka Lanzarone (WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN), Becca Ayers (SOUTH PACIFIC, AVENUE Q), and Randy Redd (PARADE) join Barbara Walsh (COMPANY, HAIRSPRAY, FALSETTOS), Stephanie D'Abruzzo (AVENUE Q), Mary Stout (BEAUTY AND THE BEAST), Janet Carroll (LITTLE WOMEN), and Bree Williamson (ONE LIFE TO LIVE) in performing a staged reading of New York Times-bestselling-author Joyce Carol Oates' play on Sunday, November 28th at 7 pm.

Broadway stars Barbara Walsh (COMPANY, HAIRSPRAY, FALSETTOS), Stephanie D'Abruzzo (AVENUE Q), Mary Stout (BEAUTY AND THE BEAST), Janet Carroll (LITTLE WOMEN), and Bree Williamson (ONE LIFE TO LIVE) will perform in a staged reading of New York Times-bestselling-author Joyce Carol Oates' I STAND BEFORE YOU NAKED on Sunday, November 28th at 7 pm. It will be presented at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 899 Tenth Avenue at 59th Street in New York.

On Sunday, November 28th, a reading of Joyce Carol Oates' I Stand Before You Naked will be presented at the Gerald Lynch Theater at John Jay College.

Razors Edge Productions and The New York Society Library presented Bill Connington

Razors Edge Productions and The New York Society Library presented Bill Connington (ZOMBIE), Stephanie D'Abruzzo (AVENUE Q), Michael Laurence (TALK RADIO), Annmarie Benedict (ROBESON), Juliette Bennett (AS GOOD AS DEAD), and Nick Sullivan (FOOTLOOSE) in A CHEEVER EVENING by A.R. Gurney on October 21.