MVLCT presents New Normal and Waiting for Salinger

MVLCT - The New Normal, a new play by local playwright Joe Jennison, will be performed one night only Friday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. at the First Street Community Building Auditorium, 221 First St. NE, Mount Vernon. There is no charge to attend the event.

Directed by Brian Markowski and starring Bryant Duffy, Brett Engmark, Nick Hayes and Carole Martin, with support from Duane Larson and Amy White, this original production was inspired by the Floods of 2008 and concerns the lives of five adults, two children, two cats and one dog who share a small two-bedroom, one-bath house just outside of the Flood’s path. The play is both funny and dramatic, and focuses on just four characters, all of whom struggle to find meaning and hope as they rebuild their lives post-Flood.

The play was chosen to be part of the Theatre Cedar Rapids Underground One-act Theatre Festival and was performed Nov. 7 at Theatre Cedar Rapids as part of a ten-play competition through the American Association of Community Theatres AACTFest 11.

The Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Theatre production will include all of the original performers from the Theatre Cedar Rapids production and will be offered to the general public free of charge, although donations to the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Theatre are welcome. Also included in the evening of theatre is a new short play, Waiting for Salinger, by Duane Larson and Rich Kimball. Waiting for Salinger was also part of the TCR Underground event.