News: "Friendly's Fire" Shows How Far A Man Will Go to Preserve His Veteran Friend's Sanity; Opens May 3
Photo credit: N-K Photography Beginning May 3, 2019, award-winning Rising Sun Performance Company presents a new comedy/drama, Friendly's Fire , under the direction of Akia Squitieri, at the 14th Street Y , 344 E 14th St. between 1st and 2nd Avenues, Manhattan, NYC. Friendly's Fire , written by John Patrick Bray, had its world premiere in 2017 and has won and been nominated for several awards. The synopsis reads: "In a cabin in Alaska, Guy Friendly, a Gulf War veteran and bee-herder, has just had a tooth stolen during casual sex. His best friend Todd, a pawn-shop owner dressed as an astronaut, finds Friendly in a fevered state. Trapped by the snow, Todd has little choice but enter Friendly’s fevered dream, to unravel the events of the night before – and the events of the Gulf War that led Friendly to becoming a shut-in. An homage to Western movies, He-Man action figures, and the playwright's belief as a child that the Sesame Street Muppet Guy Smiley was in fa...