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Tony Award nominee John Herrera will participate in Bristol Riverside Theatre’s reading of 2007 Pulitzer Prize finalist Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue by Philadelphia native and Tony Award-nominee Quiara Alegría Hudes. The reading, the final event in BRT’s America Rising: Voices of Today reading series, will take place at St. James Parish Hall, on May 3 at 5 p.m.
The play traces the legacy of war through three generations of a Puerto Rican family and focuses on 19-year-old Elliot, a boy who found his strength and courage in military service in Iraq. Herrera will play Grandpop. The cast will also include Sandy Alvarez as Elliot and Catalina Medina as Ginny.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students, and include authentic Latin cuisine from the Latino Leadership Alliance of Bucks County and music from Magdaliz Roura of Trio Crisol. A portion of the proceeds of the reading will benefit the Alliance’s college scholarship fund.
Hudes received a Tony nomination for the book to In the Heights, and also wrote the book and lyrics for Barrio Grrrl! Her other plays include Yemaya’s Belly (Clauder Prize), and 26 Miles.
For more information, visit www.brtstage.org.
