New Mexico Actors Lab presents

DIZZY AND LOVE & THE TRIAL OF MOTHER JONES Reading Weekend at New Mexico Actors Lab

New Mexico Actors Lab will present staged readings of two exciting new plays: DIZZY IN LOVE and THE TRIAL OF MOTHER JONES .

One of the most influential and fascinating prime ministers to ever lead British politics was the Earl of Beaconsfield, aka Benjamin Disraeli aka “Dizzy”. What he knew of life and love can hardly be summed up in a witty one-person play, but that’s the aim of Santa Fe playwright Rosemary Zibart’s DIZZY IN LOVE.

THE TRIAL OF MOTHER JONES is inspired by real events. It’s 1914 and the Colorado Coalfield War, the bloodiest labor dispute in U.S. history, is raging. A 77-year-old Irish hellraiser named “Mother” Mary Harris Jones has issued a call to arms, summoning 500,000 union minors to rise up and fight against a renegade National Guard unit run by Lt. “Jesus Christ” Linderfelt. Her battle cry, “Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living!” A few nights later she’s ambushed in a union meeting hall by Clarence Darrow, John Mitchell (U.M.W. President), and John D. Rockefeller Jr., in a desperate attempt to stop her.

Credits:
DIZZY IN LOVE: written by Rosemary Zibart, directed by Emily Rankin, performed by Nicholas Ballas
THE TRIAL OF MOTHER JONES: written by Roger Holzberg, directed by Robert Benedetti, performed by Suzanne Lederer, Brent Black, Robert Benedetti, Danielle Redick, and Jennifer Graves.

Dates and Times:
Friday, June 21 at 7:30pm: DIZZY IN LOVE followed by talkback with the audience
Saturday, June 22 at 7:30pm: THE TRIAL OF MOTHER JONES followed by talkback with the audience
Sunday, Jun 23 at 2pm: DIZZY IN LOVE followed by TRIAL OF MOTHER JONES, which will then followed by talkback with the audience

Admission: Pay What You Will

Venue: The Lab Theater (aka Actors Lab) @ 1213-B Parkway Drive, Santa Fe, NM

Website: http://www.nmactorslab.com/

For More Information, Contact: nmal.publicity@gmail.com or 505-395-6576 (messages returned after 4 pm.)