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TERRE HAUTE

BY EDMUND WHITE

DIRECTED BY MARCY GAMZON

STARRING TERRANCE BRENNAN AND JAMES HEATH

  • AT 243 ROSEDALE ST. (BREAD & WATER THEATRE AT NEW LIFE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH)
    LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF MONROE AVE. AND ROSEDALE ST.

    PLOT:  A famous author comes face-to-face with America's most notorious terrorist.  One has a story to write, the other has a story to tell.  As the clock ticks on death row, a strange bond grows between the two men.  Filled with clever sparring and raw emotion, this is a taut drama that touches on the definitions of freedom and the need for love.

    ABOUT THE CAST:  Terrance Brennan (James Breevort) and James Heath (Harrison) are both making their BWT debuts.  Mr. Brennan has acted, directed and taught throughout Rochester for more than thirty years.  Among the companies at which Mr. Brennan has worked are Rochester Children's Theater, the Jewish Community Center's Centerstage, Shakespeare Players, Downstairs Cabaret Theater and Blackfriars Theatre.  From 1971 to 1985, Mr. Brennan was the co-founder and director of the summer theater program of the Greece Performing Arts Society, which produced four musicals a year.  A retired drama teacher from School of the Arts, Mr. Brennan has also done extensive work in film, television and radio.  Mr. Heath has appeared in Rochester theatres for over a decade with his most memorable roles including the title character in William Shakespeare's Hamletas well as Orlando in As You Like It.  Both productions were presented at the Highland Bowl as part of the annual Shakespeare in the Park productions.  Mr. Heath has also been featured in a number of films produced in and around the Rochester area.

    ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: Marcy Gamzon has directed several productions for Shipping Dock Theatre (The Magic Fire, Exits and Entrances, Vita and Virginia), Blackfriars Theatre (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Midsummer's Night Dream), Shakespeare Players (Richard III, Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing), JCC, RAPA, Rochester Children's Theatre and the University of Rochester Summer Theatre.  A former Equity stage manager, Ms. Gamzon has worked for GeVa Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, and the Carolina Regional Theatre.  She has a BFA in Directing from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MA in English Literature from the University of Rochester.  Ms. Gamzon currently teaches creative writing and English at School of the Arts.

    PERFORMANCE DATES: February 26, and 27; March 5, 6, 12, and 13 at 8pm; March 7 and 14 at 2pm.

    TICKET PRICES:  $12 (general admission) and $6 (students and seniors)
                                       Purchase online at BWT's box office (http://www.breadandwatertheatre.org/boxoffice/box_office.htm) 

    FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit www.BreadandWaterTheatre.org or call 585.271.5523.
     
    PARKING: Theatre parking is located, free of charge, at the parking lot at the end of Rosedale St.