Carlsbad Playreaders Present

A Perfect Ganesh

A TRIP TO INDIA - No passport required! Join the Carlsbad Playreaders for Terrence McNally's "A Perfect Ganesh" April 23rd at 7:30 p.m. in the Dove Library Schulman Auditorium, directed by (and featuring) award-winning actress Sandra Ellis-Troy.

A Perfect Ganesh is about the pilgrimage tradition turned on its head, when two middle-aged lady friends - Margaret and Kathrine - throw themselves into a rousing tour of India, looking to fulfill their secret dreams. They end up revealing their inner-most selves as they encounter the cheerful Hindu spirit, the Golden Elephant God Ganesha, with results both tragic and comic, by turns gut-wrenching and funny. Featuring Sandra Ellis-Troy*, Amir Khastoo*, Pat DiMeo, Jaysen Waller and Li-Anne Rowswell.

Playwright Terrence McNally is the author of Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Ragtime, and Lips Together, Teeth Apart, and is a four-time Tony Award winner.

Sandra Ellis-Troy, actress and director, last appeared with the Playreaders in The Glass Menagerie. She has been honored with 14 acting awards for best performance, is Guest Artist at Lambs Players Theatre, Resident Artist at NCRT, New Village Arts Ensemble member, and is a member of Actors Equity, Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA. Most recently she appeared in the title role of The Matchmaker at Cygnet Theatre.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Suggested donation is $5 for adults and $1 for students.

Schulman Auditorium is located at 1775 Dove Lane, El Camino Real, just north of Aviara Parkway.

A Perfect Ganesh is presented by special arrangement with the Dramatists Play Service. This project is made possible in part by support from the Cultural Arts Office, the City of Carlsbad and the Carlsbad City Library. For more information, visit www.carlsbadplayreaders.org.

*Member Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Theatre Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.