Playwright: Allison Moore.

Superpowers, family dynamics and the nature of modern life are at the heart of a vital new play which will premiere at the professional Centenary Stage Company in February. The Strange Misadventures of Patty, Patty’s Dad, Patty’s Friend Jen and a Bunch of Other People by Allison Moore, will open February 27 and run through March 13 at the Centenary Theatre in Hackettstown. Developed in the CSC Women Playwrights Series, The Strange Misadventures of Patty, Patty’s Dad, Patty’s Friend Jen and a Bunch of Other People will mark the 5th new play to make its way from development to full production in the developmental program started by CSC over 10 years ago.

In this funny and poignant new work, young, urban professional - Patty - is a successful economist. Her friend Jen, a scientist, has superpowers, although she refuses to use them for her boyfriend. When Patty is suddenly reunited with her estranged father, whom she hasn’t seen in eight years, they must learn again the language of family in this wry look at modern life and changing relationships.

The Women Playwrights Series at CSC is dedicated to providing a working forum for women writing for the theatre today. WPS is made possible in part through the generous support of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and CSC members and sponsors. For more info call CSC at 908-979- 0900.

Allison Moore, Playwright Also see our Interview with the Playwright, Allison Moore

 Playwright
“Displaced” Texan, Allison Moore, is currently an artist in residence with the Minneapolis Playwrights Center, where she has been a two-time recipient of the Jerome Fellowship Grant and most recently, the McKnight Continuation Grant for Playwrighting. She is a graduate of the prestigious Iowa Writers Center, where she received her MFA.

This past summer Allison’s work, Urgent Fury, was chosen by Marsha Norman to be mentored in the Cherry Lane Theatre’s new plays program, under the supervision of the veteran playwright best known for her Pulitzer-winning work, Night Mother. In 2001, her play Eighteen was developed at the O’Neill Playwrights Conference in Connecticut, and her short play, American Klepto will was performed as part of the 2002 Humana Festival. Moore’s additional awards include the Iowa Arts Fellowship in Playwriting, the Kemp and Felton Fellowships, and the Rosenfield Playwriting Award.

Tickets
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