Kurt Vonnegut Play Presented in Readers Theatre

Posted October 27, 2014 at 5:43 am by

A “ghostly tribute” to Kurt Vonnegut is the center of San Juan Community Theatre’s latest On Book! Readers Theatre presentation on Wednesday and Thursday, October 29 and 30 at 7:30 p.m.

Happy Birthday, Wanda June is a quirky comedy set during 1960’s America. It features big game hunter and war hero Harold Ryan who returns home to America after having been presumed dead for several years. Harold finds that his wife Penelope has developed relationships with men very much unlike himself, and that his son, Paul, has been pampered and grown unmanly. Harold Ryan, the prolific killing machine, is very unsatisfied.

The “Wanda June” of the title is a young girl who died before she could celebrate her birthday. She was run over by an ice cream truck, but she is very pleased with her situation in Heaven. She and several other deceased connections to Harold speak to the audience from Heaven.

The reading is directed by Tony Vivenzio, with cast members Megan Vivenzio, Rotor Luigs, Dorian Oliver, Bo Turnage, John Cornell, Don Cooper, Chiara Power, Nick Power and Linda Guernsey.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. with festival seating in the Gubelman Theatre. Admission is FREE. For more information on the series and other Theatre events, visit www.sjctheatre.org

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