Phillips Academy Presents 'Brighton Beach Memoirs'

This was provided by the Phillips Academy Communications Department.

The Phillips Academy Department of Theatre and Dance is pleased to present Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs, part one of an autobiographical trilogy, portraying Simon’s years as a young teen living with his parents and extended family in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, New York, in 1937.

Starring fictional character Eugene Morris Jerome, a Polish-Jewish teenager, Simon recalls his daily life through Eugene’s narrative.  As the central character living in a crowded, lower middle-class walk up, Eugene humorously walks the audience through his experiences and hardship with puberty, sexual awakening and a search for his identity.  The character of Eugene is played by Adam Brody ’14 of Andover.  Eugene’s father, Stanley, is played by Hemang Kaul ’13, also of Andover.

Brighton Beach Memoirs will be performed in Tang Theatre on the Phillips Academy campus, Friday, March 1^st and Saturday, March 2^nd at 7:30 p.m.  Admission is $5 and tickets can be reserved by calling the Phillips Academy box office at (978) 749-4433.  For more information please visit www.andover.edu.