SJCT’s Off the Rock Play and Workshop August 25-27

Portland’s Jonah Weston brings his national tour of Shel Silverstein’s The Devil and Billy Markham to San Juan Community Theatre on Friday and Saturday, August 25-26 at 7:30 p.m.

Weston’s visit, which also includes a two-day workshop in SJCT’s Gubelman Theatre on August 26 and 27, is part of SJCT’s Off the Rock series, which brings off-island contemporary performances and educators to the island.

Weston has been touring Silverstein’s one-act play for more than five years. It tells the story of an unforgettable character who never met a bet he didn’t take, including that of his own soul. The Oregonian said that “Weston’s pleasure in reciting Silverstein’s humorously witty and sometimes playfully raunchy poetry is apparent.” The Devil and Billy Markham first appeared as a six-part epic poem in the January 1979 issue of Playboy and subsequently as the one act play. (Note: mature themes).

Weston has been acting since age 12 and is the founding Artistic Director of Portland’s Action Talks Productions and THEATRE NOW. Weston’s two-day workshop, Foundations of Acting and Character Development, is open to beginning and intermediate actors, ages 16 and up. The class will focus on text analysis and character development through text work. Registration for the workshop is $60 via www.sjctheatre.org or the box office (360-378-3210).

The Business Partner for The Devil and Billy Markham is Friday Harbor Suites. Play tickets are $16 for adults, $8 for student reserved, with $5 student RUSH one hour before the show if there are still seats available. The Box Office is open Tuesdays through Fridays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or tickets may be purchased on-line at www.sjctheatre.org.

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