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Skylight Theatre Company Launches a Second World Premiere this Season:

“Never Is Now”

Never is Now was adapted from Survivors by Wendy Kout, commissioned, developed and produced by the CenterStage Theatre at the Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester, Ralph Meranto, Artistic Director.

“I am ever inspired by our capacity to change… our world, our country, and ourselves. ‘Never is Now’ explores the perilous past through the prism of our perilous present as a warning for our future,” says Wendy Kout

Wendy Kout is an award-wining writer/producer. Stage credits include We Are the Levinsons, which made its world premiere at Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company, and won BroadwayWorld Regional awards for BEST PLAY and BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY. Film credits include Dorfman in Love, produced by Leonard Hill Films and starring Elliott Gould, Sara Rue and Haaz Sleiman. Television credits include Creator and Co-Executive Producer of the hit ABC series, Anything But Love, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Richard Lewis. Wendy is also a proud member of the Alliance for Jewish Theatre and on the Honorary Board for the Boston Jewish Film Festival.

Skylight continues their popular ‘Beyond Conversation’ series for audiences that want more from their theatergoing experience. The weekly post-Sunday matinee guest panel discussions allow audiences to gain deeper insights into the contemporary themes of the play and chat informally community leaders. Schedule will be posted on Skylight’s website: (www.skylighttheatre.org. Guests and discussion topics may be subject to change.

Never Is Now opens at 8:30pm on Saturday, September 21, and runs at 8:30pm Fridays, 4:00pm and 8:30pm Saturdays, and 2:00pm Sundays

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