HOLLYWOOD, NEBRASKA
Written by KENNETH JONES
Directed by SUSAN FENICHELL
Featuring: SETH ANDREW BRIDGES+, NORA CHESTER*+, SHANNON KOOB*, ALYCIA KUNKLE*, ALEX WEBB*, LYNN WRIGHT*+
*TACT Company Member
+Member, Actors Equity Association
Performances:
Wednesday, June 15th, 7:00pm
Thursday, June 16th, 7:00pm
Synopsis:
In the panhandle of Nebraska, two actresses of a certain age are making a homecoming in their small town. Jane’s in from L.A. to check up on her ailing mother. Andrea’s back from New York City to bury her father.
Hollywood, Nebraska is a rueful yet romantic comedy about the urge to be creative, the itch to move away, and the ache of reconnecting with the family, friends, and feelings that were left behind.
About the Playwright:
KENNETH JONES is a playwright, librettist and lyricist. His play Alabama Story, developed in newTACTics in 2014, was a 2014 Finalist in the O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference and a 2016 nominee for the Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award. It had its world premiere by Pioneer Theatre Company in 2015 and this year will have productions in Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois. His play Two Henrys, a Semi-Finalist in the 2015 and 2016 O’Neill Playwrights. Conferences, was seen in Pioneer’s 2016 Play-By- Play series and had private table readings by Florida Studio Theatre and TACT. With Karen Azenberg, he co-conceived Pioneer’s 2015 holiday musical It Happened One Christmas. His darkly comic Christmas revue Naughty/Nice (with composer Gerald Stockstill) is published by stagerights.com. His musical Voice of the City (with composer Elaine Chelton) was developed by York Theatre Company and Human Race Theatre Company. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, BMI and The 72nd Street Playwrights Collective. He writes about his own plays and advocates for other playwrights, new plays and theatre makers at his website ByKennethJones.com.
