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Michael O'Day's play “Before Vinson” will be presented at LTV on September 16. JODY CHRISTOPHERSON
LTV Studios and Playwrights’ Theatre of East Hampton will host “Before Vinson” on Saturday, September 16, at 7:30 p.m. Written by Michael O’Day and produced by Josh Gladstone, “Before Vinson” is a companion piece to Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman.” The play was featured this past June at the Valdez Theatre Conference in Valdez, Alaska.
“Before Vinson” is set in early spring, 1949, and a young attorney named Bernard is about to argue his first case before the U.S. Supreme Court. As he makes his final preparations for oral argument, however, he learns that the outcome of the case will depend not upon his legal acumen, but on backyard tennis games, men’s fashion, breakfast pastries — and a certain traveling salesman who lived next door when Bernard was growing up.
Michael C. O’Day is a theater artist based in New York City. His work last appeared in the Hamptons at the John Drew Theatre, where his play “The Tragedy of King John Falstaff” was presented in a developmental workshop.
The Playwrights’ Theatre of East Hampton series, founded in 1992 by Mitzi and Perry Pazer, was recently revived with their blessings by producer LTV producer Josh Gladstone. General admission tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door at ltveh.org. LTV Studios is at 75 Industrial Road, Wainscott.
Staff Writer on Sep 2, 2023