ART UPDATE

ART is proud to announce that editing on the film version
of our World Premiere stage production, Player's Joy, which 
was shot live, in performance, at the Naro Expanded Cinema 
in Norfolk, Virginia, as the climax to the December 2002 
Tidewater Festival of Jewish Film, has now been completed.

Once again starring author Ralph Elias, and restaged for 
the 300-plus seat venue by ART Artistic Director 
Jonathan Marten, this production of Player's Joy was seen 
by a standing room only crowd of more than 600 people 
over the two days of filming.

The film was produced by Star Circle Films of Virginia Beach, 
VA, in association with ART.  Directing the film was talented 
young filmmaker, Kimball Carr.

 

Rodney Bonds, former Chairman of the Baltimore Playwrights 
Festival calls Player's Joy "...a work of passion and power.
I was moved from laughter to tears and back again.  This
show is a must-see for anyone who loves the theatre."

Star Circle Films is currently working to enter the feature in 
next year's Sundance Film Festival as well as other film
festivals around the country, before releasing it to cable
and broadcast television.  

Click this link for more information and to see pictures from 
the film version of Player's Joy.