Paradise: $10 Preview Wednesday, July 30

Playwright Glyn O'Malley was called "the most talked to and talked about playwright in 2003" by Cincinnati Magazine. He and his work have been written about extensively by publications such as American Theatre, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Weekly Standard.

O'Malley, who died in 2006, was a member of The Dramatist Guild of America, and The Freedom-to-Write Committee, PEN American. He was nominated for PEN American's 2004 'Newman's Own First Amendment Award' for Paradise, and honored for this at a Master's Tea by Yale University.

Set in Dehashie Refugee Camp for Palestinians, and in various locales in Jerusalem at the height of the last Intifada, PARADISE is the story of how two 17 year old girls - a Palestinian, and an Israeli - who might in another place and time have been fast friends instead meet in a fatal intersection.


The Compass Theatre production is directed by San Diego TheatreScene's Teen Perspective columnist, Alice Cash, in association with Broadway Kids of San Diego.

"This is the kind of play which will force some honest and uncomfortable discussion. It is politically seductive just by the nature of its subject and makes one uneasy about the future in that part of the world. However, Paradise will make you think!" - Ron Levitt, Theatre Critic, Entertainment News and Views

A $10 preview is scheduled for Wednesday, July 30th. Performances continue throughout the weekend, at regular price, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at 8:00 and Sunday at 2:00.

Purchase tickets here, or at compasstheatre.com.


Sources: Wikipedia, Doolee: The Playwright's Database