Hofstra Entertainment Presents "Night of January 16th" by Ayn Rand

Directed by Bob Spiotto; Originally produced to great acclaim in 1935 – Presented in Conjunction with Hofstra University's 75th AnniversaryHofstra University, Hempstead, NY … Hofstra Entertainment presents the acclaimed but rarely performed play Night of January 16th by Ayn Rand, January 14 to 23, 2011, at the Helene Fortunoff Theater, located at Monroe Lecture Center, California Avenue, South Campus. Show times are 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Tickets are $25, $22 senior citizens (over 65), $18 matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID. For tickets and more information call the Hofstra Box Office at (516) 463-6644, 11 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Monday through Friday, or visit www.hofstra.edu/hofstraentertainment. (Note - the Hofstra Box Office will be closed December 23, 2010 – January 3, 2011).

During each performance of Night of January 16th, members of the audience will be selected to serve as the jury in this stirring courtroom drama. The cast actually includes members of the legal profession, including The Honorable Dana Winslow, Supreme Court Judge, Nassau County. Following every performance, legal commentary/discussion will be provided by attorneys from the Nassau County Bar Association. 

WHO WAS BJORN FAULKNER?  To the world, he was a startlingly successful international tycoon and head of a vast financial empire. To his beautiful secretary — and mistress — he was a god-like hero to be served by her mind, soul and body. 

To his aristocratic young wife, he was a singular force of nature to be tamed. To his millionaire father-in-law, he was a giant whose single error could be used to destroy him. 
What kind of man was Bjorn Faulkner? Only YOU can decide! 

On one level, Night of January 16th is the destruction of a brilliant and ruthless man. On a deeper level, it is a superb dramatic objectification of Ayn Rand’s vision of human strength.