Forever After Productions presents BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS

A portrait of the writer as a young teen living with his family in a crowded, lower middle-class Brooklyn walk-up. Eugene Jerome, standing in for the author, is the narrator and central character. Dreaming of baseball and girls, Eugene must cope with the mundane existence of his family life in Brooklyn: formidable mother, overworked father, and his worldly older brother Stanley. Throw into the mix his widowed Aunt Blanche and her two young (but rapidly aging) daughters and you have a recipe for hilarity, served up Simon-style. This bittersweet memoir evocatively captures the life of a struggling Jewish household where, as his father states "if you didn't have a problem, you wouldn't be living here." “Watch as a cast of local talent brings life to the Jerome family” states Connor Rhoades of Plymouth, Director, PCEP grad, and theater education student at Eastern Michigan University. “Enjoy a Professional quality theatrical experience in a new and intimate way at the Playhouse at the PARC.”

This production is outrageously funny, though it does feature some adult situations, so it receives a PG-13 rating.

“Forever After Productions is a great way for young people come together and create something wonderful!” says Rhoades. “In the case of Memoirs, these students get the opportunity to dig into meatier and more challenging material that they otherwise wouldn’t get the chance to do in a school or youth theatrical setting.” Forever After also hosts a variety of other productions throughout the year, and also provides opportunities for youth to perform in various summer camps.

Forever After Productions is a community theater company based in Plymouth, Michigan. Since 2009, they have produced over 50 full-stage musical and dramatic productions throughout metro Detroit including the Power Center in Ann Arbor, The Berman Center in West Bloomfield, and The Village Theater in Canton.

General admission tickets are $10 and are currently on sale for all 6 performances May 19th-22nd - Thursday at 7pm, Friday at 7pm, Saturday at 2pm & 7pm, and Sunday at 1pm & 5pm. They can be purchased at www.iheartforeverafter.com or by calling Forever After Productions at (734) 547-5156. The Plymouth Arts and Recreation Complex (PARC) is the repurposed Central Middle School located in Plymouth between downtown and Old Village at 650 Church Street, Plymouth, MI.