Candid Life Entertainment and UUYO present: A staged reading of "Faith Healer" by Brian Friel Sunday, April 13 at 2:00pm at the First Unitarian Church of Youngstown (UUYO) 1105 Elm Street, Youngstown, OH 44505 $5 admission at the door Please join us for a workshop staged reading of Brian Friel’s lyrical and haunting play *Faith Healer*, directed by Adam Michael, and performed by John Cox, Brett Sullivan Santry, and Jennifer Ruth. The reading will be followed by a wine & cheese reception and a talkback with the cast & director, featuring excerpts of a pre-recorded discussion about the play with Austin Pendleton, legendary Playwright, Director & Actor (and NE Ohio native!). Synopsis: Throughout the remote and forgotten corners of the British Isles, Frank Hardy offers the promise of redemption to the sick and the suffering. But his is an unreliable gift, a dangerous calling which brings him into conflict with his wife Grace and his manager Teddy. Their competing accounts of past events reveal the fragility of memory and the necessity of stories as a means of survival. "The night of *Faith Healer* is one that still blazes in recollection for me, as religious experiences of art do..." *The New York Times* “Faith Healer” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com