New Jersey Stage 2016: Issue 1 | Page 72

On Stage: Theatre House of Blue Leaves 400 Jasper Street, Camden, NJ Set in Sunnyside, Queens in 1965, on the day Pope Paul VI visited New York City, this black comedy features nuns, a political bombing, a GI headed for Vietnam, a zookeeper who dreams of making it big in Hollywood as a songwriter, and his wife Bananas, a schizophrenic destined for the institution that provides the NewJerseyStage.com play’s title. South Camden Theatre Company presents House of Blue Leaves by John Guare now through January 31. The production is directed by Susan Jami Paschkes and stars Damian Muziani, Gabrielle M. Affleck, and Susan Chase. 2016 - ISSUE 1 Table of Contents 72