Bloom play premiere is November 12-15

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Here is the poster for “Wild Black Yonder,” the latest play written by Lary Bloom, former Beacon Magazine editor.  The world premiere by Margreta Stage Company will be at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural  Arts Center in Old Saybrook CT.  Performances will be November 12-15 at 8 p.m. with a 2 p.m. performance November 15.

The play stars former news anchor Janet Peckinpaugh in a drama of love and loss. The wife of an Air Force navigator believes that her husband, who disappeared 40 years ago in the Vietnam war, is still alive. A journalist — a natural character in a Bloom play — is researching a book on the fate of the navigator, his childhood friend.

Bloom also is co-author with Tom Ridge, former secretary of Homeland Security, on a book that came out this fall, "The Test of Our Times."  Ridge, describes the challenges he and his new department faced, including Anthrax scares and reports (both real and false alarms) of new Al-Qaeda operations sprouting up in the United States

Bloom as a writer and former editor has helped establish and expand the genre of creative nonfiction. His book on writing, The Writer Within (Contemporary Books, and now Bibliopola), is considered a classic text. It is a natural result of the lessons of 35 years as a Sunday magazine editor. His monthly column in Connecticut Magazine has won an unprecedented two consecutive Silver Awards for column writing from the City and Regional Magazine Association. In addition, Bloom established and hosts the Connecticut Bloomer Awards, to honor citizens who have improved the quality of life in the state. He lives in Chester, Connecticut.


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