StrangeDog Theatre Returns to Madison with Futuristic Play

StrangeDog Theatre will bring another play by Ben Clawson to Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey this week. 

Shows are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

"We'll See Tomorrow" is described as "a futuristic, cutting-edge, state-of-the-art meld of comedy and drama featuring 15 characters portrayed by three actors." It is considered appropriate for ages 17 and older.

Artem Yatsunov will direct actors Annalisa Ledson, Scott Cagney and Brian Parks in the play, which premiered last month at the New Jersey Science and Engineering Festival.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students, seniors and Playwrights Theatre subscribers. Call (201) 500-7364 or go online to www.strangedogtheatre.com.

Last year, StrangeDog presented another Clawson play, "Omnivores," at the Madison theater. Parks also performed in that show.

Clawson is a 2007 graduate of Montclair State University, and StrangeDog is composed of MSU graduates.

Playwrights Theatre's artistic director John Pietrowski said the theater company has been working with StrangeDog for the past three years. "We're very excited to host their new evening by Ben Clawson. They always put on a great provocative evening."

Playwrights Theatre's reading series of 16 new plays begins next week. Staged readings are scheduled at 7 p.m. Nov. 30-Dec. 5, Dec. 8-12 and Dec. 15-19 at the Madison theater and will be followed by discussions with the author and audience.

The first week features work by New Jersey writers, including John Wooten, artistic director of Premiere Stages in Union, and three writers from the master of fine arts program at the Mason Gross School at Rutgers University: Samuel Brett Williams, Lia Romeo and Carrie Louise Nutt.

The schedule also includes "A User's Guide to Hell Starring Bernie Madoff," by Lee Blessing, author of the Tony and Pulitzer nominee "A Walk In The Woods," on Dec. 10 and "Mickey and Jean" by Richard Dresser, who wrote "Rounding Third," on Dec. 9. Russell Davis, who wrote "Mahida's Extra Key To Heaven," which was produced at Playwrights Theatre last spring, will be represented by "Trespasser in a Promised Land" on Dec. 8.

Tickets for one reading are $10, while a $25 Forum Pass allows entry to all of the readings. Make reservations online at www.ptnj.org or by calling (973) 514-1787 ext. 10.