The classic Western play The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance will have a limited Off-Broadway run at The Gene Frankel Theatre from Thursday, June 26 – Saturday, July 26. The play is being staged by The Onomatopoeia Theatre Company and is directed by Artistic Director, Thomas R. Gordon.
Written by Jethro Compton, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is based on a short story written by Dorothy M. Johnson. The original story was the basis for the 1962 film of the same name, which starred James Stewart and John Wayne.
When Ransome Foster, a scholar from New York City, first arrives in the town of Twotrees he is bloody and beaten. But after a quick recovery and a promise to a young woman to help her learn to read, Foster begins to change the small town he starts to call home with love and education—which catches the attention of Liberty Valance, an outlaw who seeks to restore his view of ”the norms of society” through terror and bloodshed. Suddenly, Foster finds himself on a collision course with the experienced gunman forcing him to make a choice: to run or to stand up for what he believes in, to live or to fight for what is right…
The cast features Mari Blake, Ben-David Carlson, Derek Jack Chariton, Dillon Collins, Emily Cummings, Daniel Kornegay, Leighton Samuels, and Scott Zimmerman.
Performances are on Wednesdays – Saturdays at 8 PM, and Saturdays – Sundays at 2 PM. Running time: 1:45. Tickets are $25 (students/seniors), $35 (general admission) and are available here.
The Gene Frankel Theatre is located at 24 Bond Street (Between Lafayette & Bowery), New York, NY
