Fogartyville Café presents
A rehearsed reading of a new comedy
THE XXX-RATED GENIUS
A satire about the corporatization of American higher education
by Jack Gilhooley
with Jamie Butrum, Richard Caldwell, Nancy Denton, Amanda Heisey, Alana Opie
At obscure Belvedere College, President Harcourt faces a dilemma. A certain co-ed has been exposed as a porn film actress. Just as she’s about to be expelled, she wins a Rhodes scholarship.
Which way, Harry Harcourt?
JACK GILHOOLEY – a New Dramatists alum with 2 NEA grants (One Individual Artist and one International to Centaur Theatre, Montreal), Fulbright Guest Artist Fellowships to U de Salamanca and National University/Maynooth , O’Neill Conference Guest Playwright, NY Foundation for The Arts grant, recipient of the first annual John Ringling Fund Artists’ Fellowship award, and winner of four Florida Arts Council grants. His plays have been presented internationally, five through Ford Foundation development subsidies. He has been a proud union member of AEA, SAG and American Federation of Teachers and he founded and chaired two college Theatre Departments. He is married to playwright and Starlite Players producer, Jo Morello.
A panel will follow the 70-minute reading featuring Dr. Courtney Ruffner Grieneisen, SCF Professor, English and Literature, Jeff Grieneisen, SCF Asst. Professor of English, Ralph Wilson, co-founder, FSU chapter UnKoch My Campus and Rhanna Bazzini, 81-year-old political activist/hiker.
Monday, March 28 at 7 pm $7 in advance, $10 at the door
Fogartyville Café, 525 Kumquat Court, Sarasota. 941 545-5635 [email protected]
