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Rebecca Harris, Austin Lysy, Kellie Overbey Set for A Wake on Chappaquiddick Reading

Austin Lysy
(© Tristan Fuge)
Austin Lysy
(© Tristan Fuge)

Rebecca Harris, Austin Lysy, and Kellie Overbey will star in a reading of Jessica Provenz’s A Wake on Chappaquiddick, part of a “New Works Reading Series” hosted by Irish Repertory Theatre on December 4 at 3pm.

The play centers on the 1969 car accident in which a young Senator Ted Kennedy who drove off a bridge on the island of Chappaquiddick leaving one woman dead and a country to wonder — did this accident derail his run for the presidency and thereby change the course of history?

Tickets are free, and the event is open to the public. An RSVP to 212-727-2737 is suggested. For more information visit www.irishrep.org.