Kirjahaku

Dramatic Comedy / 9m, 3f / Interior It's the 2007 NFL season and the Detroit Lions are on a winning streak - unfortunately out of work steelworker John Waite is not. With humor and humanity, playwright Vince Melocchi offers a glimpse into The Tenth Ward Club, where the patrons place their hopes on their team, and attempt to escape the creeping demise of their city and of their way of life. "[Lions] is a drama that speaks directly to our country's current state of affairs, which is to say it's a play about unemployment, hardship and economic collapse. If that sounds like a depressing thematic lineup, the play itself is far from being a downer. 'Lions' takes an unsentimental look at a ravaged cross-section of present-day Detroit and tells a story of compassion in a cold climate...Melocchi's play is a smart, humanistic...observation of working-class survivalism." - Los Angeles Times "Lions is about hope...about the endurance of a middle class getting squeezed...finding life amid the lifeless" - Drew Sharp, Detroit Free Press "...an all-around touching portrait of Middle America, a reminder that 'real Americans' need not be so reductively characterized as Joe the Plumber." - L.A. Weekly

Full-Length Play It's 1946 in Pittsburgh. An 18-year-old Andy Warhol finds himself in the basement of a working-class bar. Over the course of a summer, Andy gives and gets inspiration, guidance, and friendship from a surprising source in this fictional take of an apocryphal story of an American legend. (2M)

Full-Length Play "Julia is a very touching work by playwright Vince Melocchi written with the conviction that the little, almost incidental, acts of youth can haunt us for a lifetime... a vibrant exploration of love and regret... takes a simple story and brings it to the personal level, with immediacy, honesty and restraint." -Reviews Off Broadway Fifty years have passed since Lou broke Julia's heart. Now he's returned home to ask her forgiveness, but first must convince her son and a dear family friend that he's worthy of redemption. Gaining the men's confidence, Lou attempts to right his wrong, but is thwarted by the discovery that Julia's memories have been stolen by Alzheimer's. How do you ask forgiveness from someone who no longer knows you? With the humor of Silver Linings Playbook and the heart of The Notebook, this timeless love story questions the ethics of absolution when confronted with the fragility of the mind. (Cast: 2F, 4M)