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River Union Stage Presents BOXING WITH GAIA or Love Your Mother from June 20 through August 22, 2010

What do you get when you mix the writings of naturalist John Muir, the true story of Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai, and a bit of Thoreau and Hemmingway with ensemble director and playwright Steven Dennis, six energetic young actors, and a percussionist?  In River Union Stage’s case, you get BOXING WITH GAIA or Love Your Mother, an original play, suitable for the whole family, developed in ensemble theatre style that whisks the audience on a playful and, at times, touching romp that includes chasing bears, planting a billion trees, and a battle of wills between a cranky old man and a loon.

Running selected Sundays  from June 20 through August 22 at the Sawmill at Prallsville Mills in Stockton, NJ and the National Hotel in Frenchtown, NJ, BOXING WITH GAIA features the work of the River Union Stage Ensemble Players including James Michael Evatt, Alison Gilheany, Jeffrey Lanigan, Katie Joan Morton, Brendan Moser, Julia Salvo, and Lee Clarke on bass fiddle and percussion.  Developed with the ensemble, the play is written and directed by Steven Dennis.

Shows in June and August will run at the newly renovated sawmill at the Prallsville Mills complex in Stockton, NJ, show time at 2:00 PM.  Three shows in July will run at the National Hotel in Frenchtown, NJ. The ticket price includes dinner (cash bar for drinks) with show time at 4:00PM.

Click HERE for performance dates, times, locations, and ticket prices.  For further information call River Union Stage at (908)996-3685

Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Hunterdon County Board of Chose Freeholders, through funds administered by the Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission.

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