Somers Point Theater To Host Fundraiser For Beacon Animal Rescue

SOMERS POINT, NJ — For a special fundraising night, a portion of ticket proceeds from the SPQR Theater Company’s performance on Saturday will be donated to Beacon Animal Rescue in Ocean View.

The SPQR Theater Company is currently performing “The Wreck of the Spanish Armada” at studio;space in Somers Point.

The fundraising component of the night, “Wreck for Rescues,” will offer a complimentary wine-and-cheese pre-show reception while Beacon volunteers sell merchandise and hold a 50/50 raffle.

“Beacon is really jazzed that SPQR wanted to help us in this creative way,” said Ryan Parker, executive director of Beacon Animal Rescue. “It’s a great show and it’s a great way to help support Beacon.”

Beacon Animal Rescue serves Cape May and Atlantic counties in rescuing and finding loving homes for animals.

“The Wreck of the Spanish Armada” is a two-act, two-person show set in Paris. The plot surrounds a female physician Dr. Anne Cloudy, played by New York actress Kerry McGann, who left her husband that morning and is poised to address an international conference the next morning, and a modern-day Robin Hood Drake, played by the playwright, Bill Sterritt, who leads Somali pirates in hijacking an oil tanker.

McGann has previously appeared as Stella in "A Streetcar Named Desire," as well as numerous Hallmark Channel movies including the recent "One Royal Holiday." Sterritt is an award-winning playwright whose plays have won awards at the South Coast Repertory in California, at the NY Fringe Festival, and he has been a finalist at the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference.

“It’s a pleasure to be able to host a fundraiser for a group like Beacon Animal Rescue,” said Sterritt. “It’s really a win-win – this great nonprofit gets some much-needed funds and our show gets some attention from audience members who may not have been aware of it before this.”

Studio;space is located 112 Woodland Avenue in Somers Point. The reception begins at 7 p.m.; showtime is at 8 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased at Eventbrite.com or at the door with cash only.

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