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URL:https://kingstonhappenings.org/events/play-reading-we-keep-the-shells/
SUMMARY:Play Reading: We Keep The Shells
DESCRIPTION:We Keep The Shells\nA New Play by Laura Pittinger\nBased on the
  early life of Dorothy Day\nDirected by Michelle Cintron\n\nSet in a 1920s
  Staten Island beach house\, this new play by NYC novelist and playwright 
 Laura Pittenger offers an intimate look at the early life of Dorothy Day. 
 Long before co-founding The Catholic Worker and igniting a global movement
  for labor rights and social justice\, Day lived as a radical journalist\,
  bohemian and socialist. When an unexpected pregnancy brings her face-to-f
 ace with faith\, she faces sharp dissent from those closest to her. A stor
 y of contrasts\, this piece explores Day’s fierce drive to bridge deep c
 ultural divides\, offering a timely reflection on community\, justice\, an
 d belonging.\n\nBIOS\n\nMichelle Cintron (Producing Artistic Director\, OP
 EN CURRENT THEATRE) is an actor\, producer\, director\, and musician bring
 ing over 25 years of creative energy to stage\, screen\, and sound. Traine
 d at Franciscan University and Circle in the Square Theatre School\, her e
 xtensive credits span NYC and regional productions\, including leading The
 atre on the Road’s touring production of Dracula. Today\, she shines as 
 half of the improv comedy duo One Woman Show &amp\; David and serves as Mu
 sic Director for St. Mary’s of the Snow &amp\; St. Joseph parish\, filli
 ng Sunday mornings with live guitar and song.\n\nJon Lee (FORSTER BATTHERH
 AM) is a local landscape designer\, musician and actor. Recent credits: Pr
 ince Topher\, in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella\, Mr. Major\, in O
 ur Suburb by Darrah Cloud\, at Rosendale Theatre\, Albert Petersen\, in By
 e Bye Birdie at the Phoenicia Playhouse\, the renowned poet\, Frederico Ga
 rcia Lorca in an experimental biographical play featuring Flamenco guitar 
 and dance\, Tony Rizzo in the comedy\, What Would Ester Williams Do In A S
 ituation Like This\, written and directed by Ovi Vargas\, at the Phoenicia
  Playhouse\, a 13 year old boy\, Darius\, in the play\, What’s\nBugging 
 Greg by Darrah Cloud\, Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Wood
 stock Shakespeare Festival with Bird on a Cliff Theatre\, Joseph and Elton
  John in Amelie: The Musical at Rhinebeck Center for the Performing Arts\,
  Mr. Webb in Thornton Wilder’s Our Town\, at the Phoenicia Playhouse.\n\
 nKimberley Hellem (FREDA) is a comedian\, writer\, and producer known for 
 her highly physical style and offbeat point of view—shaped in part by he
 r early days as a musical theater kid and lifelong “weird bird.” She b
 egan her comedy career in Chicago\, graduating from the Second City Conser
 vatory Program\, and went on to write for Pottymouth TV and perform with t
 he award-winning sketch group Adjusted Gratuity. Her performance backgroun
 d spans stand-up and improv\, with past appearances at the World Series of
  Comedy\, Finger Lakes Comedy Festival\, and North Jersey Comedy Festival.
  She currently performs with Montclair Improv Comedy\, including regular m
 onthly shows at the Montclair Film Center and featured appearances at the 
 Montclair Film Festival. Beyond the stage\, Kimberley serves as a producer
 \, working closely with the teams at Cheap Old Houses and The Paul Walker 
 Foundation on creative and production initiatives. She is currently develo
 ping the feature film Sunday Gravy\nalongside Tara Cannistraci and Mario C
 andelaria.
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LOCATION:Rosendale Theater\, 408 Main St\, Rosendale\, New York\, 12472\, U
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