Verona resident Mark Liebert has written a new play and “Complete Game” will have its premier at Montclair’s Studio Playhouse next week. Performances run for one week at 8 p.m. on Thursday, September 26 to Saturday, September 28, with two additional 3 p.m. matinees on Saturday, September 28 and Sunday, September 29. Talk backs will follow the 8 p.m. performances on Friday September 27 and Saturday 28.
“Complete Game” is a comedy in nine innings. It is the fall of 1970 in metropolitan New York and everyone is working their way through the ins and outs of not only personal relationships but also their relationship to the national pastime. Be it attraction or repulsion, bond or divider, link to the past or hope for the future, problem or resolution or some combination of the above, “Complete Game” spins a web to snare aficionado, casual fan, and non-enthusiast alike.
The cast features Ali Archetti (East Hanover), Bill Barry (Montclair), Debbie Buchsbaum (River Vale), Samantha Carpel (West Orange), Christopher Gibbs (Fanwood), John Ivacic, Jessica Latour, Gary Martin, Robert Santarlasci, David Patrick Stuckey and Michael Turner (Hawthorne).
Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors (discounts available for prepaid groups of 20 or more). Tickets can be purchased online at studioplayhouse.org/tickets or by calling 973-744-9752. Studio Playhouse is located at 14 Alvin Place, off Valley Road near the Acme, in Upper Montclair.
