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| Photo Credit: Andrew James Bleidner |
The Spanish American War court room drama, "The Court Martial of Almirante Montojo," opened to a full crowd during its debut performance last December 8, 2018.
"I was only hoping for at least a respectable audience," said the Filipino playwright Dennis Posadas. He was worried that the cold weather that day would dampen spirits. Fortunately it did not.
During the first NYC public reading held in 2017, there was a snowstorm. Nevertheless, New Yorker Sabs Alejandrino who attended the reading gave some feedback.
"Made it to the reading today with a couple of friends, and we were pleasantly surprised by how much we enjoyed it! Not to say that we thought it would not be good, as we were aware it's an award-winning play, but no, it was history coming to life with the actors totally getting into character."
Thus, the December 8, 2018 launch of the play's first full production was met with great expectations.
Thanks to Director Ken Wolf and the excellent cast of actors, they were able to pull off an extraordinary performance that was met with encouraging audience feedback as recorded below...
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One of the matinee attendees Gidget Roth said, "Loved the play!...Awesome, awesome job! Audience was laughing...Great dialogue!"
Playwright Dennis Posadas was not able to attend the first performance but instead shared a note that was distributed to the audience.
ADMIRAL MONTOJO won 1st Place (Historical) at the 2017 Los Angeles Screenplay Contest last Dec 2017. It was also given a Special Jury Prize at the Barcelona International Film Festival last June 2017 and was an Official Finalist at both the 2017 New York and Hollywood Screenplay Contests.
It was also mentioned in the San Francisco Chronicle opinion piece by Dennis Posadas last May 30, 2017. The play was also performed to a full house off-Broadway last December 8, 2018 at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre.
Read about the play in Broadway World...
