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Ruskin Group Theatre presents the World Premiere of The Alamo, a new play by Ian McRae, directed by Kent Thompson. Touching on themes of nativism, racism and war, The Alamo paints a humorous yet heartbreaking portrait of eight working class Bay Ridge natives who always seem to find themselves on the front lines of change in America. In the blue collar Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn sits a rundown neighborhood institution called The Alamo; the last great American bar. The owners and bar patrons watched, from the roof, as the World Trade Towers fell, taking down their relatives and friends. Today, with an aging clientele, the place is fighting to keeps it’s doors open and the only hope seems to be the arrival of artist/gentrifiers who are moving into the neighborhood and wanting to adopt the bar as an entertainment hangout. Bay Ridge locals and Alamo regulars don’t want to surrender their bar, much less their neighborhood, to these young neo-carpetbaggers without a fight. Continue reading
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Feb 15, 2018 /prREACH/ -- Ruskin Group Theatre presents the World Premiere of The Alamo, a new play by Ian McRae, directed by Kent Thompson.
Opening on Saturday, February 24, 2017
8pm Fridays and Saturdays, 2pm on Sundays through March 31, 2018
Ruskin Group Theatre located at 3000 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Santa Monica, CA (February 5, 2018) In the blue collar Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn sits a rundown neighborhood institution called The Alamo; the last great American bar. The owners, Munce and Carmen, along with some of their regulars watched, from the roof, as the World Trade Towers fell, taking down their relatives, friends, and neighbors.
Today, with an aging clientele, the place is fighting to keeps it’s doors open and the only hope seems to be the arrival of artist/gentrifiers who are moving into the neighborhood and wanting to adopt the bar as an entertainment hangout. Bay Ridge locals and Alamo regulars don’t want to surrender their bar, much less their neighborhood, to these young neo-carpetbaggers without a fight. Touching on themes of nativism, racism, and war, The Alamo paints a humorous yet heartbreaking portrait of eight working class Bay Ridge natives who always seem to find themselves on the front lines of change in America.
Director Kent Thompson is widely known for directing both classics and new plays. He is a vital advocate and developer of new plays and served as Producing Artistic Director of the Denver Center Theatre Company (2005-2017) and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (1989-2005). Kent created the Colorado New Play Summit, the Women’s Voices Fund, Off-Center (for immersive, interactive theatrical experiences) and the Southern Writer’s Project. He has produced close to fifty world premieres that have subsequently been staged by theatres such as Playwrights Horizons, Goodman Theatre, South Coast Rep, Mark Taper Forum, Chance Theatre, Victory Gardens, Old Globe, Donmar Warehouse (U.K.), and more.
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