The Bachelors

Here's the press release for the staged reading I will be working on the next few weeks!

David Zak of Pride Films and Plays will direct an enhanced staged reading of The Bachelors, a screenplay written by Rick Kinnebrew and Martha Meyer

on Sunday, January 13, at 2 pm. The performance will be at Piven Theater, 927 Noyes Street, Evanston. 

In a small town during the Depression, an improbable business venture conceals a great love.

Based on a true story, The Bachelors introduces us to Bob Neal, a London interior decorator who returns to his failing Wisconsin hometown in 1934 and hires a local man to help him restore a historic rock cottage.

The Bachelors was a semifinalist for the Great Gay Screenplay Competition, and opens a fresh perspective on gay marriage. Your comments and feedback will help shape this new work.  Free and open to the public. 

David Zak is Executive Director of Pride Films and Plays.  He served as Managing Director of Chicago Bailiwick Repertory Theater, and has won Jeff Awards for fostering new works.

The acting ensemble will be comprised of Pride Films and Plays' artistic ensemble members David Besky, Tom Chiola, Kristofer Hyland, Joan McGrath, Beth Richards, Nelson Rodriguez, Jamie Smith, and Nick Stockwell.

Rick Kinnebrew and Martha Meyer live in Evanston, Illinois and write plays for children as part of their work at Evanston Public Library.  Proceeds from this performance will benefit the Mineral Point Public Library, where Rick and Martha researched this story.

For more information, contact Rick Kinnebrew at 847-644-7448.