James Rana News

BOREDOM is a Dick Zigun play adapted from MAXIM GORKY's trash-talking Coney Island essay about his 1904 visit.

One-hundred-and-fifty-years ago, on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, President and Mrs. Lincoln attended 'Our American Cousin' at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. During the third act, John Wilkes Booth entered the President's box to fire the fatal shot.

Luna Stage begins 2015 with a revival of A Perfect Ganesh, Terrence McNally's beautiful story of love and redemption. A Perfect Ganesh opens to previews on Thursday January 29, 2015 and runs Thursdays through Sundays through February 22nd. Opening night is Saturday January 31, 2015. Select performances are followed by Talkbacks with the creative team. Tickets range from $25-$35. Group sales available. $10 Student Rush tickets available one half-hour before curtain. Individual tickets can be purchased at lunastage.org, or at the box office Tues.-Fri. 10am-3pm (973-395-5551).

On Sunday, January 25, Elizabeth and Stuart Hodes are hosting their annual fundraiser for the award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company at 3:00 p.m. in their home located at the corner of 31st Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan.

?The award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company announces its 2015 Cape May Mainstage Season. This is ELTC's 35th year of delighting audiences with classic gems, a world premiere, and radio-style productions. The theme for 2015 is 'Unexpected Encounters."

?At East Lynne Theater Company's annual fundraising event on November 10 at Aleathea's Restaurant at The Inn of Cape May, Evan Smilyk was named the eighth recipient of the Historic Jackson Street Neighborhood Association Scholarship Fund (HJSNA) in the Name of Bob and Toni Green.

The award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company presents its annual fundraiser on Monday, November 10, and since the last two trivia events were so popular, we're presenting 'The American Songbook III.' Once again, everyone may test their skills with a Music Trivia Contest, with the focus this time on mysteries and crime since the theme for 2014 is 'What is legal?' Questions could be about music for popular detective shows or crime movies from the past eighty years. To add to the fun, music is performed live, once more, by Chris Sooy, Lew London, and Jennifer Bissell, and winners receive prizes.

Now that the world premier of 'Zorro!' has opened and is enjoying ever-growing and receptive audiences of all ages, the adaptor of this famous swashbuckling tale, James Rana, had time to answer a few questions. This is the third world premiere in three years written by Rana, and produced by the Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company, with its artistic director, Gayle Stahlhuth, directing.

On Friday, August 22 at 8:30p.m., there will be an American Sign Language Interpretation of 'Zorro!' produced by the award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company.

The award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company continues to offer savings to its patrons, and many theater lovers take advantage of these various discounts regularly.

For those who didn't have the opportunity to meet the cast of the award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company's "Zorro!" at the opening night after-show party at the Washington Inn on July 23, another chance is to be had on Friday, August 1 at an after-show Q&A. It's a wonderful opportunity for patrons to ask actors, director, and technical team such questions as "why do they do what they do?" and "how do they do it?"

The award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company's next production is a swashbuckler: the world premiere of 'Zorro!' based on Johnston McCulley's 'The Curse of Capistrano' (1919) adapted by James Rana. Spanish for 'fox,' Zorro fought the oppressive colonial government in Spanish California with a quick sword and wit. Wearing a mask, he kept his identity secret, even to the woman he loved. In 1939, Bob Kane and Bill Finger gave credit to McCulley's masked avenger, with his dual identity, as their inspiration for 'Batman.' Like Bruce Wayne and Batman, Don Diego and Zorro are never seen together at the same time.

Classic gems, a world premiere, and a radio show - it's all part of the award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company's exciting 2014 Cape May Mainstage Season. This year's theme is 'What is legal?'

Classic gems, a world premiere, and a radio show - it's all part of the award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company's exciting 2014 Cape May Mainstage Season. This year's theme is 'What is legal?'

The award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company is hosting a free juggling class with James Rana on Tuesday, March 18 from 7:00p.m.-8:30p.m. His workshops have been so popular, that the company had to bring him back. Ages 8 on up are welcome, with or without juggling experience. Participants are asked to wear comfortable clothes, and juggling items will be provided. The workshop is held at The First Presbyterian Church of Cape May, 500 Hughes St., where ELTC is in residence.

On Wednesday, March 12 at 7:00p.m., meet 'The Reluctant Dragon' at the West Cape May Elementary School, 301 Moore St., West Cape May, performed by fifteen students under the direction of East Lynne Theater Company's artistic director, Gayle Stahlhuth, assisted by Sally Bingham and Lee O'Connor. The script is based on the Kenneth Grahame classic about a poetry-loving dragon and the youngsters who protect him against the townsfolk, and St. George, the famous dragon slayer.

Just because East Lynne Theater Company isn't currently producing weekly shows in Cape May doesn't mean the company is idle. During the winter, there are Murder Mystery Weekends and a Playwriting Get-Away at The Henry Sawyer Inn, touring shows on the road, and the New Jersey Theatre Alliance's (NJTA) 'Stages Festival' in March.

There are four opportunities guests can test their sleuthing skills with Murder Mystery Weekends: February 21 and 22; March 7 and 8; March 21 and 22, and March 28 and 29.

The award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company announces its 2014 Cape May Mainstage Season. As usual, it includes classic gems, a world premiere, and a radio show. This year's theme is 'What is legal?'

This is the seventh year in a row that Elizabeth and Stuart Hodes are hosting a fundraiser in Manhattan for the nonprofit East Lynne Theater Company. The date is Sunday, January 26 at 3:00p.m. Although ELTC performs mostly in Cape May, NJ, the Hodes are longtime friends of the company, and artistic director Gayle Stahlhuth wrote a two-person play just for them. The musical titled 'The O'Tooles Tonight,' premiered in Cape May in 2000 under Stahlhuth's direction, receiving excellent reviews, including in 'The Newark Star-Ledger.'