The Theater Project Presents 'Manuscript'

The Theater Project, Union County's Professional Theater Company, will kick off its 2010 season with a three-weekend run of Paul Grellong's dark comedy "Manuscript" opening April 15 and running through May 2.

Performances will take place in the Roy Smith Theater at the Cranford campus of Union County College. Performance times are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. Tickets range from $10-25 and can be reserved by contacting Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-8006. Information is also available at www.thetheaterproject.org.

"Manuscript" centers on three ambitious college freshmen whose discovery of an unpublished manuscript drives them into a series of startlingly cruel consequences. Little is what it seems in this hip, witty and unpredictable dark comedy that is full of provocative twists and turns. No one can be trusted as the three lose control on their manipulative quest for fame and revenge in this universal tale about deception, ambition and loyalty.

Written by Paul Grellong, an award-nominated writer for NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "Manuscript" ran off-Broadway in 2005 and again in 2007. Variety called the play "a twisty dark comedy about ambition and ruthlessness, with a fancifully elaborate Hitchcockian revenge plot up its sleeve."

The Theater Project's exciting 2010 season continues in July with the New Jersey premiere of Christopher Durang's recent off-Broadway smash hit: "Why Torture is Wrong…and the People Who Love Them" (running July 8-August 1) and in September with the Regina Taylor musical "Crowns" (running September 23-October 17).

ABOUT THE THEATER PROJECT

Created in 1994, The Theater Project is known as Union County College's Professional Theater Company. An award-winning Associate Member of the New Jersey Theater Alliance, The Theater Project is recognized for its color-blind casting policy and provocative "actor's view of theater" seating where the audience literally sits on stage with the actors where the action is. More information is available at thetheaterproject.org.