(Newton, MA.) Playwright Lawrence Kessenich's new play The Patient will have a staged reading at the Newton Woman's Club in Newton, MA. Feb. 10, 2019. https://www.newtonwomansclub.com/ The event will start at 6PM. The staged reading is presented by the Playwright's Platform http://playwrightsplatform.org/about-us/
This play is adapted from a short story by poet Doug Holder The Quiet Room https://medium.com/the-coil/the-quiet-room-fiction-doug-holder-1caac5e02755 that is very loosely based on Holder's experience at McLean Hospital. Holder worked at the hospital for 36 years and used to run poetry groups for psychiatric patients there.
The lead actor is Greg Hovanesian-- who will play the mental health worker, actor Paul Walsh will play the patient; the nurse TBA.
Playwright: Lawrence Kessenich http://playwrightsplatform.org/playwrights/lawrence-kessenich-secretary/
Actors:
Paul Walsh http://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/paul-v-walsh/
Greg Hovanesian https://newplayexchange.org/users/12261/greg-hovanesian
*****Anybody is welcome to come — be prepared to sit through a 10-minute critique of the play, and there’s no guarantee that The Patient will be read first, so you may hear some other fine plays read, too.
Paul Walsh http://playwrightsplatform.org/actors/paul-v-walsh/
Greg Hovanesian https://newplayexchange.org/users/12261/greg-hovanesian
*****Anybody is welcome to come — be prepared to sit through a 10-minute critique of the play, and there’s no guarantee that The Patient will be read first, so you may hear some other fine plays read, too.
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