MY NAME IS ASHER LEV July 19 - Aug 25 MY NAME IS ASHER LEV a new play by Aaron Posner, adapted from the best-selling novel by Chaim Potok. This production is an area premiere and winner of the 2013 Outer Critics Circle Award for “Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play”. MY NAME IS ASHER LEV takes place during Post-World War II at various locations in Brooklyn, New York. MY NAME IS ASHER LEV follows the journey of a young Jewish painter torn between his Hassidic upbringing and his desperate need to fulfill his artistic promise. When his artistic genius threatens to destroy his relationship with his parents and community, young Asher realizes he must make a difficult choice between art and faith. This stirring adaptation of a modern classic presents a heartbreaking and triumphant vision of what it means to be an artist. There will be brief nudity in the context of a woman modeling for a painting. AMERICAN STAGE EVENTS Hawk and Wayne’s News of the Weird: LIVE – Sun, July 7. Ever wonder what happened to that guy who ate the other guy’s face in Miami? What about the lady that drove all night in a diaper? Using some of the stories from Chuck Sheperd’s nationally syndicated News of the Weird column, comedy duo Hawk & Wayne bring you their most original, hilarious and truly weirdest improv comedy show ever. At 8 pm The Vagina Monologues - Sat, July 13. The Vagina Monologues introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices, including a six-year-old girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a vagina workshop participant, a woman who witnesses the birth of her granddaughter, and a feminist happy to have found a man who “liked to look at it.” Featuring SUZY DEVORE, MELANIE SOUZA, and COLLEEN CHERRY at 8 pm. LARK EDEN - Sun, July 28. Tracing the life-long friendships of three Southern women beginning in the Depression era and continuing through the early years of the new century, Lark Eden offers a poetic exploration of the ties that bind us together as tightly as family, and as surely as love. Tickets: “Pay-What-You-Can” (Suggested donation $10-$20) or $15 advance tickets. www.americanstage.org www.AccentOnTampaBay.com
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