LUNA GALE I December 12, 13 at 7pm, December 14 at 2pm
By: Rebecca Gilman
Directed by: Liza Milinazzo
presented by the Company of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 120 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016
A passionate social worker ruthlessly does what it takes to save baby Luna Gale from her drug-addicted teen parents. But the path is shadowed by hidden motives and long-held family secrets. Luna Gale is a tale of moral ambiguity, love, and the value assigned to each human life, inviting us to question our every assumption & judgment.
The Hills of California I September 22-24, 7pm
By: Jez Butterworth
Directed by: Barbara Rubin
presented by the Company of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, 120 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016
In the blistering heatwave of 1976, the Webb sisters return to their childhood home, a crumbling guest house on the English seaside, to bid their ailing mother a final farewell. Sifting through memories, they are haunted by their mother's lost dreams for their success, and the music that once promised them an escape. When long-buried secrets and betrayals resurface, the sisters must reckon with the ties that bind – and break – a family.
Jez Butterworth’s darkly funny and emotionally tender play explores memory, sisterhood and the price of ambition.