Welcome to the official home of ANOTHER DAY ON WILLOW ST, a play by Frank Anthony Polito.
ANOTHER DAY ON WILLOW ST had its premiere staged reading at The Dayton Playhouse in Dayton, OH on July 28, 2007 @ 3PM.
The play was first produced at the 2007 New York International Fringe Festival from August 10-26 by the award-winning* Woodward Avenue Productions in association with Theater By The Blind.
Directed by IKE SCHAMBELAN, the cast includes FRED BACKUS as "Ian," CRAIG BENTLEY as "Mark," FRANK ANTHONY POLITO as "Paul," and PAMELA SABAUGH, as "Stacy."
FOR MORE INFO CONTACT: frankanthonypolito@yahoo.com
* (Pamela Sabaugh--FringeNYC 2000 "Best in Performance," WOMAN IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM)
ABOUT THE PLAY
In Brooklyn Heights at the dawn of the New Millennium, two couples--one straight, one gay--struggle to learn the meaning of love, sacrifice and living for today...before it's too late.
Ian Brown and his wife, Stacy Gold, live in a beautiful
brownstone on Willow Street. He is a Wall Street investment banker and she a book publicist, eight months pregnant.
When Stacy quits her job to be a stay-at-home Mom, she soon gets bored with sitting on the Promenade, sipping Starbucks. With time on her hands, Stacy begins to fear losing what little intimacy she and Ian have left once the baby arrives.
Mark Gray and his lover, Paul Green, have been living apart
for the past two years. Mark also lives on Willow
Street and is pursuing a career as an actor while Paul works as a lawyer in Boston, to be near his sick mother.
When Mark is faced with the reality of coming out to his parents so that he and Paul can marry before Paul's mother dies, he soon discovers what committing himself fully to another person entails.
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY:
"Best play I've ever seen in the Fringe!"
--Marle Becker, WBAI Radio
"There is a great deal to recommend ANOTHER DAY ON WILLOW ST, including an ending that truly surprises and yet feels completely organic...a very worthy evening of theatre, [deserving of] attention."
--David Hilder, NYTheatre.com
"Three Stars"
--Stacy Hillegas, Time Out New York
"Polito's beautifully rich relationship drama...
captivate[s] from engrossing start to heart-breaking finish with its richly detailed characterizations."
--Russell Florence, Jr., Dayton City Paper
