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Enjoy your Friday the 13th tomorrow night by attending this event at the Underground Theater in Hamilton Park. J CITY brings together prominent local figures for readings of funny and inspiring short stories, and for good measure they throw in the best of the best of local musical acts. The resulting mix is a fantastic night of laughter and song. Below is the email sent by Executive Producer Clay Cockrell of J CITY Theater:

J CITY Theater invites you to Jersey Shorts – Bad Luck / Good Love. This is our one night / free event celebrating the short story and the best of the best of local musical acts.

Modeled after National Public Radio’s “Selected Shorts at Symphony Space”, we have invited prominent local residents to read funny and inspiring short stories. After each story, there will be a music set by some of Jersey City’s most talented musicians and singers.

It’s a wonderful night of story telling and song – a perfect way to celebrate Friday the 13th and an early Valentines. And it’s Free!

Come join us at our new home: The Underground Theater at St. Michael’s Church on Hamilton Park. We look forward to seeing you there!

Scheduled to appear:
Sam Pott, Artistic Director – Nimbus Dance Works
Dujuana Sharese – Cypher Movement
Ruth Mitchell – Jersey City Resident
Walt Boraczek – Hudson Diversity Action Council
Glen Coleman, guitar and vocals
Kevin Gosa, contemporary saxophone
Chrissy Roberts, piano and vocals
Steven Jon Kaplan, piano and vocals
The Bitter Poet – indescribable

Jersey Shorts – Bad Luck and Good Luck
When: Friday February 13, 2009 8pm to 10pm
Where:The Underground Theater at St. Michael’s Church on Hamilton Park
Address: 252 Ninth Street between Jersey and Erie, Jersey City
Admission: FREE

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 4, 2009

Contact: Clay Cockrell, J CITY Theater, 917-685-8461 / clay@jcity.org / www.jcity.org

J CITY Theater presents
Jersey Shorts – Bad Luck and Good Love
February 13, 2009 (Friday the 13th!)
8:00pm to 10:00pm
FREE
At
The Underground Theater at St. Michaels Church – Hamilton Park
252 Ninth Street (Between Erie St and Jersey Ave), Jersey City, NJ 07302

On Friday February 13, 2009 J CITY Theater will present “Jersey Shorts” at their new home: The Underground Theater at St. Michaels Church – Hamilton Park.  This free event runs from 8pm to 10pm.

“Jersey Shorts” is a wonderful evening of music and story telling.  Modeled after National Public Radio’s “Selected Shorts at Symphony Space”, J CITY brings together prominent local figures for readings of funny and inspiring short stories, and for good measure they throw in the best of the best of local musical acts.  The resulting mix is a fantastic night of laughter and song.

Short story readers scheduled to perform include:

Sam Pott, Artistic Director – Nimbus Dance Works
Dujuana Sharese – Cypher Movement
Ruth Mitchell – Jersey City Resident
Walt Boraczek – Hudson Diversity Action Council

Musical performers scheduled to appear:

Glen Coleman, guitar and vocals
Kevin Gosa, contemporary saxophone
Chrissy Roberts, piano and vocals
Steven Jon Kaplan, piano and vocals
The Bitter Poet – indescribable
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“As a theater company, we have always been captivated by ‘the story’ and the many ways it can be told” says J CITY Theater Artistic Director Sandy Cockrell.  “Jersey Shorts allows us to celebrate the short story and showcase fellow Jersey City artists.  It’s always a great night, and by adding music to the evening it really becomes a great sampling of Jersey City’s top performers.”  This is the third incarnation of “Jersey Shorts”, having previously been produced with great success at Star Bar and The Brennan Court House in 2007.

“Jersey Shorts” marks the beginning of J CITY Theater’s forth season which is their first full season in their new home: The Underground Theater.   “We are so grateful to finally have a permanent home for the company” says Executive Producer Clay Cockrell.  “In the past, we have produced shows as space has become available and we’ve had some wonderful opportunities in many different venues.  But it is very difficult to develop a loyal audience when the company travels to different spaces.  We are tremendously thankful to Father Vic Kennedy and everyone at St. Michael’s and the Parrish of the Resurrection for allowing us to put down roots.”

Now that J CITY has a home, a full season of main stage productions is planned.  First up: The God Committee by Mark St. Germaine, an explosive play which explores the patient selection process for heart transplants.

J CITY Theater (www.jcity.org) is a not-for-profit professional theater company based in Jersey City, New Jersey.  It is a founding company of the Hudson County Theatre Alliance (www.hudsonall.org) and has been producing locally since 2006.  Recent productions include Archibald MacLeish’s J.B., Douglas Carter Bean’s As Bees In Honey Drown, this summer’s smash hit: Moon Over Buffalo, and most recently A Tuna Christmas.  They are also known for their engaging one act’s (Compression of a Casualty and The Spot) during HCTA’s annual One Act Festival.  J CITY Theater’s mission is to create quality, high energy theater that is told with sophisticated simplicity.

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