Monday, December 16, 2002

play about spying in libraries WOW Café Theatre announced today the world premiere of this original play for its month-long run in January 2003. Based on actual domestic defense operations, and eerily prophetic of recent government invasions of personal privacy, Spies in the Stacks begins in 1962, in the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis. A New York librarian is approached by the FBI to spy on patrons, including those people close to her. Initially opposed to such tactics, her convictions waver after the assassination of President Kennedy. When a beautiful Cuban woman begins to visit the stacks, the librarian's surveillance becomes obsessive in this play about danger, desire and spying as an erotic impulse. Spies in the Stacks, written by Lori Bonfitto and Marie Laure Léger and directed by Lori Bonfitto runs Thursday-Saturday January 2nd through January 25th (previews January 2nd, 3rd and 4th officially opening January 9th ). All performances are at 8pm, tickets are $10. WOW Cafe Theater is located at 59 east 4th street between Bowery and 2nd Avenue. For reservations call 212-777-4280 or visit the website, http://www.wowcafe.org. Ms. Bonfitto's previous writing and directing credits include Groupies, A Very Special One Hour Georgie and the cult-hit Felony Femmes on the Lam at the Hamlet on Bank Street Theater. Ms. Léger is a student of Creative Writing at New York University. 6:42:53 PM

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