HENRY JAMES

Adapted
from
Henry James stories

The Marriages
and
The Author of "Beltraffio."

DIRECTED BY ALEKSEY BURAGO

Tickets: $18 at TheaterMania.com or

Call 212-352-3101

Venue: The Turtle's Shell Theater (in the Times Square Arts Center)

300 W. 43 rd Street, New York, NY 10036

Preview:
Sunday November 30, 5PM
Monday December 1, 7PM
Tuesday December 2, 7PM
Wednesday December 3, 7PM

Opening:
Friday December 5, 8PM

Saturday December 6, 8PM
Monday December 8, 7PM
Friday December 12, 8PM
Saturday December 13, 3PM
Sunday December 14, 5PM
Monday December 15, 7PM
Friday December 19, 8PM
Saturday December 20, 3PM
Sunday December 21 3PM

John W. Cooper, Artistic Director of Turtle Shell Productions, has announced the world premiere of
TO WALK IN DARKNESS , two one-act plays, THE MARRIAGES and BELTRAFFIO, adapted from Henry James stories by Martin M. Zuckerman on Friday, November 28, 2008 at 8PM at the Turtle Shell Theater, 300 West 43rd St (4th floor). The official opening will be on Friday, December 5, 2008 at 8PM.

Dark and destructive acts seal the fates of the protagonists of each play. In THE MARRIAGES, mourning the loss of their mother, Adela and Godfrey have opposing reactions to the prospect of their father remarrying. Adela opposes the intrusion of an obnoxious outsider. Godfrey, on the other hand, hopes his father's fiance will help him break the news of his own secret marriage. Adela goes to extraordinary lengths to disrupt her father's plans and risks her family's love.

THE MARRIAGES
CAST

ADELA..............Katharine Abbruzzese

GODFREY..............Alexander Harvey

GINA.......................Marisa Petsakos

BELTRAFFIO
CAST

DOLCINO...................Zoe Hochberg

BEATRICE....................Nikki Ferry

MARK.....................Matthew Conlon

RALPH.....................Bristol Pomeroy

GWENDELON...........Carol Lambert

BELTRAFFIO is set at the home of the world-renowned British author, Mark Ambient. A young American writer, drawn into the conflict between Mark and his wife, Beatrice, over the upbringing of their precocious seven-year-old son. Mark is a leading proponent of the aesthetic movement; Beatrice, a celebrated actress, has reverted to her former religious fanaticism. Realizing that Mark's philosophy will eventually win the child over, Beatrice takes drastic measures to prevent this.

Martin M. Zuckerman was a mathematics professor at City College. He has adapted nine works of Henry James, Edith Wharton, Katherine Mansfield, and John Dos Passos. His play, THE ASPERN PAPERS, was produced by Turtle Shell Productions. Other plays have been produced at the Samuel French Festival, the Strawberry Festival, the Fifteen-Minute Festival (Belfast, ME), the Women of Color Festival, and the American Theatre of Harlem.