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<P><FONT face=System>FIRST MONDAYS presents a reading of BLATNOY BLUES, a quirky
new comedy by Eoin Carney on Monday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m. <SPAN
class=358540203-16042012>at Judson Manor.</SPAN> <SPAN
class=358540203-16042012>W</SPAN>inner of the 2012 Lake Erie
Playwright Competition sponsored by Cuyahoga Community College<SPAN
class=358540203-16042012>,</SPAN> BLATNOY BLUES tracks the meteoric rise
of Pyotr Shcherbarov, a Russian physicist who alternately charms and strong-arms
his way to the top in a Midwestern University. The cast features Jonathan
Wilhelm as the wily Shcherbarov and includes Joe Verciglio and Stuart Hoffman.
<BR><BR>Originally from Ireland, playwright Eoin (pronounced Owen) Carney
is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at the University of Pittsburgh.
His first play, <EM>Underlings</EM>, was read at the 2004 Pittsburgh New Works
Festival and, in 2008, at the Great Plains Theatre Conference. His ten-minute
plays have been produced in the USA, the UK, South Korea and
Malaysia.<BR><BR>Judson Manor is located at 1890 East 107th Street in University
Circle, just across the street from University Methodist Church, affectionately
dubbed the "Church of the Holy Oil Can" because of its unusual roofline.
Admission is $5 at the door. Park free in a gated lot that is steps away
from the Judson lobby.<BR></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>