The play was selected from over 400 submissions in the
theatre’s annual competition for unproduced scripts.
Set in the New Mexico desert,
not far from the casinos and the
spaceport, an enigmatic story
of buried secrets, improbable
friendship, and unexpected redemption follows Sheridan, a
Connecticut man who has fled
his life on the East Coast under
mysterious circumstances, and
Soledad, the wisecracking, teenage card player he befriends.
That’s the story behind Las Cruces by Vincent Delaney, which
was the winner of the 2016 Premiere Stages Play Festival and
receives a full production by Premiere Stages at Kean University
in September.
The play was selected from
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over 400 submissions in the theatre’s annual competition for unproduced scripts. Las Cruces will
be directed by Premiere’s founding producing director John J.
Wooten, and feature actors Brian
Sutherland, Charlotte Cohn, and
Diomargy Nuñez.
“Las Cruces provides a moving and fascinating exploration
of the power of friendship and
humor in the face of unspeakable tragedy,” said Wooten. “The
secret behind Sheridan’s mysterious escape to the desert has
shattered more than his spirit;
it has exacerbated a growing
debate that is quickly dividing
America.”
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