ROEBLING - Villagers New Playwrights Series

ROEBLING will be the second staged reading in the Villagers New Playwrights Series 2005. This exciting play relates the story of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, with all its attendant tragedies and triumphs. Playwright Mark Violi from Hamilton Square, NJ sets his play primarily in New York in 1869, the first year of construction. The reading is directed by Catherine Rowe Pherson.

CAST:

John Roebling - Russ Weiss
Charles Martin - Jim Morgan
Haldis Dickey - Howard Fischer
Nathaniel Dickey - David Eppley
Horatio Allen - Keith Sampino
E.F. Farrington - Lee Benson
Washington Roebling - John O'Brien
Emily Roebling - Joy Salerno
Dr. Andrew Smith - Jon Heron
Mary Martin/Woman - Carole Mancini
Members of the East River Bridge Commission - Jon Heron, Russ Weiss, Carole Mancini
Narrator - Catherine Rowe

Performance at 2:00 PM on Sunday, February 13, 2005, at the Villagers Theatre, 415 Demott Lane, Somerset, NJ 08875. There is no admission fee for this event, and the audience is encouraged to remain after the reading for a discussion with the playwright.