Georgie D. at Chain Theatre

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Playwright Jessica Durdock Moreno is the 2021 recipient of the John Golden Award for Excellence in playwriting from the Faculty of NYU Tisch. Presented as a workshop production running in tandem with the Chain One Act Festival July 24th 2021 August 15th 2021.GEORGIE D, centers around Margaret Dudka, forty and forever going nowhere fast, who reunites with her damaged-goods brother Thomas at their estranged fathers deathbed to pull the plug, sell the house, and settle the old mans affairs as quickly as possible. Their efforts are complicated, however, when the chaos that has been slowly and silently tearing their family apart for generations is stirred up by their mutual longing to remember the love that might have been there all along.Directed by Rick Hamilton (Fabulous! The Queen of New Musical Comedies, AUDELCO nominated Gypsy)Starring: Cheryl Games (Bloody, Bloody, Andrew Jackson (Storyteller), A View From the Bridge (Beatrice), Patrick Grizzard (Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, A Word of Love) Constance Cooper (VICE Senior Correspondent, The Importance of Being earnest at the Morris-Jumel Mansion) David Rey (Wait Until Dark, Chasing the River).Stage Management by Ericka Conklin Lighting Design by Michael AbramsABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTJessica Durdock Moreno is a recent MFA graduate of from the Department of Dramatic Writing at New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts. Her first play To Richard! premiered at the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival, where it won the Encore Producers Award and was nominated for the Inkwell Theater Playwrights Promise Award. She began her writing training at Los Angeles City College, where she won Cinema and Television Departments Best Screenplay Award. Moreno was a part of the 2021 Chain Theatre Playwriting Lab. Following the development process the Chain Theatre decided to bring her work to full production.PERFORMANCE DATESSaturday, July 24th @ 8PM, Sunday, July 25th @ 2PM, Friday, July 30th @ 8PM, Saturday July 31st @ 2PM, Wednesday, August 4th @ 8PM, Friday, August 6th @ 8PM, Saturday, August 7th @ 2PM, Sunday, August 8th @ 2PM, Wednesday, August 11th @ 8PM, Friday, August 13th @ 8PM, Saturday, August 14th @2PM, and Sunday, August 15th @ 2PM.All performers are vaccinated. All audience members must provide proof of vaccination to enter. Everyone must be vaccinated in order to lift the social distancing limits for theaters. You can provide proof through the Excelsior Pass app or a hard copy of your Vaccination card. There will be no refunds if you are unable to provide proof of vaccination.Excelsior Pass: https://covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/excelsior-pass