Wine & Cheese Reception from 6:15pm till 6:45pm
Speaking will begin at 6:45pm SHARP
Dr. Guinness will sign copies of his books at 8:15pm
The Union League Club**
(38 East 37th Street at Park Avenue)
*Club requires appropriate attire for all persons; coat and tie for gentlemen.
Registration $35, $50 after Feb. 6. Contact David at dlapp@tkc.edu to volunteer (free admission) or sign up for one of a limited number of $15 TKC student tickets.
7p.m.
A new opera/music-theater piece by Eve Beglarian (composer and co-librettist) and Grethe Barrett Holby (director and co-librettist) based on the Prize-winning story by Stephen King.
The story tells of Gary, a nine year-old boy, whose brother had died not long ago. One day Gary goes out fishing and falls asleep. When he awakens, he discovers an orange-eyed man in a black three-piece suit looming over him. The man--whose body odor smells like burnt match heads-- tells Gary terrible things: that his mother has died while he was away, and that the man intends to eat him. Gary does not believe at first, but soon realizes that this man is actually the devil, and makes his escape by throwing his caught fish at the stranger; he then runs off as the creature stays behind to eat the catch. The things the man said were false, but Gary is still haunted by the incident for the rest of his life.
Gary tells the story from his perspective as an old, terrified man. He is haunted by his belief that he only escaped from the devil by either pure luck or his own skill. At the end of the story, he is frightened by the possibility of death. Will he go to God, whom he has prayed to all his life? Or will the man in the Black Suit return to take him away, now that he is too old to run away from him again?
FREE, but reservations are recommended
Performance Space 122
150 First Avenue - at E. 9th Street. Reservations: 1.212.431.7039
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