Emerson Theater Collaborative announces its production of HOUR FARTHER
Emerson Theatre Collaborative (ETC), in association with Black Stars of the Great White Way – a Chapman Roberts and Richard Allen Center for Art & Culture, announces its production of the play, Hour Farther written by David Horace Greer, directed by Camilla Ross, and starring renowned stage and screen actor and singer, Kirk Taylor. Most recently, Mr. Taylor had the honor of working alongside the late Robin Williams and Mila Kunis in the film, The Angriest Man In Brooklyn directed by Phillip Alden Robinson.
Hour Farther, set outside a rural Kentucky town, is a play about Victor, an adopted-son waiting to meet his biological father for the first time who discovers how dangerous family truth can be. As he waits, Victor takes us on an odyssey with father-figures in his life: his adopted father, mother, and grandfather, as well as his reverend, step-cousin, step-dad, even Superman and Jesus. Hour Farther is an epic play with cosmic and biblical tones told through rural, gospel, and hip hop rhythms that explores themes of love, reconciliation, and redemption.
Said a member of Cincinnati Playwrights’ Initiative reading committee, “HOUR FARTHER reminds me of Stanley Kubrick’s A SPACE ODYSSEY. It is a beautifully constructed epic, yet humorous tale of the past, present, and future.”
Cast: Elijah Manning, Nichelle Rollins, Menelik Nesmith, Kirk Taylor, & Derrick Williams.
On October 2, 2014 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. A “Meet and Greet the Cast” will be hosted by Dennis Sirrine of Sirrine Design at Velvet Mill Studios in The Gallery, located at 22 Bayview Avenue, Stonington, CT. Wine and cheese will be served. Free and open to the public.
Hour Farther will be performed October 3 – 4 at 8:00 pm and October 5 at 4:00 pm at First United Methodist Church in Mystic, CT. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at the door or on line at www.emersontheatercollaborative.org.
In addition, ETC announces a Free Reading of the play in New York City on Monday, October 6, 2014 7:00 pm at Manhattan Plaza, Ellington Room (2nd Floor), 400 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036. All Mystic cast members will participate. RSVPs are required and should be sent to dhgreer3@yahoo.com
Key Dates and Information
What: Emerson Theater Collaborative production of Hour Farther by David Horace Greer.
When: October 3 – 4, 2014 at 8:00 pm and October 5 at 4:00 pm [Meet & Greet the Cast on Oct. 2 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm at The Velvet Mill Studios, Stonington, CT 06378]
Where: First United Methodist Church, 23 Willow Street, Mystic, CT 06355
How: Tickets are $30 and $25 for Seniors and Students at the door or visit www.EmersonTheaterCollaborative.org.
What: Emerson Theater Collaborative free reading of Hour Farther by David H. Greer.
When: October 6, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Where: Manhattan Plaza, Ellington Room (2nd floor.), 400 W. 43rd St., New York, NY 10036.
How: RSVPs are required and should be sent to dhgreer3@yahoo.com
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Creative team is available for interviews, and photos are available upon request.
Contact: Lisa Giordano, ldgldg7@gmail.com, (860) 861-3743.