Before, after and always a play with Stage Fest

Before, After and Always
can a love that has withered bloom again?

I'm in love with you. And I have loved you since before we met, even after you left and...well, always.

Which is exactly why I want you there when my original play, "Before, After and Always," premieres at STAGEfest in Jersey City! It's a comedy that's romantic (not a romcom!) and explores three relationship stages:
Good bye (Before): Two near-strangers loosely linked by four mutual friends share a magical moment as they bid each other good-bye, changing their lives forever.
Long Lost Love Song (After): A man’s dreams of his past lover leave him hot, cold and confused. Does love take work or does it just happen?
Be Longing (Always): A man and a woman can’t get over how good their relationship actually was. During a chance encounter, they must decide what to do with their love.
I will direct and star alongside Sergio Caetano. My dear Liliane Wolf will be our assistant director.

STAGEfest at the Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre will feature 18 theatrical and musical acts. For three days, theater will fill every nook of the historic movie palace -- the mainstage, salons, lounges, everywhere! (If you've never seen the place, see it in The Strokes' video for "Under Cover of Darkness.")

“Before, After and Always” will be in the upstairs left lobby of the Loew’s Theatre, 54 Journal Square, Jersey City, NJ on March 23 at 3 pm and 7:45 pm and March 24 at 2:45 pm.

The festival runs March 22-24. Advance all-day passes (to see ALL performers) are $10; $15 for Saturday. Advance all-weekend passes are $25, $20 for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased here, where you can also find a full schedule. At-door prices are $5 higher for each ticket type. For more information, click here.

Secrets, Love, a play by Summer Dawn Hortillosa

Original drama "Secrets; Love" will premiere in Hoboken, N.J., (3/22) before its New York City performance in the 10th annual Downtown Urban Theater Festival (3/28).

SYNOPSIS:

Summer Dawn Hortillosa's "Secrets; Love" is a tale set in a modern city about crimes of passion and the nature of love – how we feel it, how we express it and how it can be a powerful secret when hidden.

The play opens with a diverse neighborhood dealing with the recent kidnapping of two members of their Filipino community – Rizalia Salem (Siouxsie Suarez), the wife of Marcus Salem (Stan Vidal), and Marcus’s best friend Marton (Clarence Ilanan).

When their next-door neighbor Diego Carbonell (Jean-Pierre Mestanza) hears mysterious, terrifying sounds coming from their house, he realizes the truth may be darker than anyone suspects. Together with the Salems’ daughter Luz (Liliane Wolf), he puts the pieces together and discovers the lengths some would go to for love.


Some content may not be suitable for audiences 13 and under. For more information, visit http://www.SecretsLovePlay.com

EVENT INFO:

Monroe Theatre space in Hoboken

Performances will run from March 22 through 24 at 8 p.m. at the Monroe Center for the Arts, 720 Monroe St., Hoboken. Tickets are $15 for the March 23 and 24 performances, $10 for students and seniors with ID. Tickets are $10 for the Friends and Family Show on March 22; priority will be given to cast and crew loved ones. Depending on availability, prices for day-of-show tickets may be higher. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.SecretsLovePlay.com.

Downtown Urban Theater Festival in New York City


The festival performance will be on Wednesday, March 28 at 8:30 p.m. at the HERE Arts Center, 145 Sixth Ave., New York City. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased at http://www.DUTFNYC.com or http://www.HERE.org.