Staged Play Reading by the Theater Project: "The Real Lives of Imaginary People"

Members of The Theater Project will present a staged reading of The Real Lives of Imaginary People, a new work by Luigi Jannuzzi. Real Lives is made up of ten comedic one-acts and four monologues, and is set in Imaginary Place, where all the fairy tale people live . . . and trespass (Jack), use dangerous substances (Alice), violate endangered species laws (Red Riding), and harass each other (W. E. Witch). From the Mad Hatter to the Big Bad Wolf, from the Gingerbread People to Tinker Bell, the truth is revealed. Mr. Jannuzzi won the 1986 Goshen College Playwriting Peace Prize for “The Barbarians Are Coming.” He was awarded New Jersey State Council of the Arts fellowships for “A Bench at the Edge” in 1987 and “Night of the Foolish Moon” in 1999. He won the Samuel French One-Act Competition in 1995 for “The Appointment” and for “With or Without You” in 1996. The Theater Project is an acclaimed, New Jersey-based professional theater group and the winner of two New Jersey Tony Awards. Following the reading, the audience will have the opportunity to discuss the play with the author. Admission is free and all are welcome. The program is sponsored by the Friends of the Cranford Public Library.