GERTRUDE JEANNETTE'S  H.A.D.L.E.Y. PLAYERS

Roger Parris, Artistic Director

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

VOZA RIVERS/ NEW HERITAGE THEATRE GROUP

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In Association with

THE SALVATION ARMY CORPS COMMUNITY CENTER

PRESENT A READING OF

TWO ONE ACT PLAYS

WAITING FOR THE DAWN

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SEPARATE LIVES: SAME BLOOD

WRITTEN BY ROGER PARRIS

DIRECTED BY AJENE WASHINGTON

WAITING FOR THE DAWN

Feeling the excitement and anxiety of his first produced play, Cliff Russell, a young aspiring playwright, is on a creative "high." His Uncle John, a world renown director, plans to direct a stage reading and a production. He wants to cast two long time friends (Phillip and Suzanne) in the lead roles. When he meets with them he learns how their inflated egos and lack of compassion could possibly prevent the production of his dream.

SEPARATE LIVES: SAME BLOOD

Three cousins,very different in personality, class and temperament begrudgingly spend a summer together in Harlem. Their constant disagreeing and arguing, which results in a physical altercation,straining their relationships even more, is interrupted by an incident that causes them to re-evaluate the meaning of family.