Viewing and The Liberation of Jerome Gleason, The

THE VIEWING AND THE LIBERATION OF JEROME GLEASON, two one-act plays by Anne Pié, both depict the lives of Irish families living in America as they attempt to integrate old country ideas and philosophy into modern society.

THE VIEWING, directed by T.J. Castronovo, focusses on an Irish wake as the family argues on issues of burial, redemption and eternal salvation for the deceased.

THE LIBERATION OF JEROME GLEASON, directed by Emilio Borelli, depicts the life of Jerome, an idealistic dreamer and poet who manages to maintain eternal optimism in the face of adversity and a cruelly vindictive wife.