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Staged Reading of Fay Ellen Graetz’s ‘The Pact’ at Theatre Conspiracy on February 22 (02-13-16)
Fay Ellen Graetz has written a two-act play called The Pact. It’s about a couple who sell everything to live aboard a boat in a backwater boatyard with intentions of sailing the Caribbean. But the vessel needs some work and questions abound. Can they get it seaworthy before their wanderlust dissipates? Before their money runs out? Before their marriage is scuttled? Find out at the Foulds Theater inside the Alliance for the Arts on 
February 22. That’s when Theatre Conspiracy will hold a staged reading of the play.
Anne Dodd directs an all-star cast that consists of Patrick Day, Jason Drew, Todd Fleck, Jennifer Grant, Mark Haffner and Kathleen Moye.
Day Day is an engineer by day and thespian by night. He was last seen on the Lab Theater stage playing Comet in The Eight: Reindeer Monologues. Before that, he was the bubbly Eduardo in Happy and Emperor Joseph in Amadeus. He has performed at the Herb Strauss Theater 
in Sanibel, Theatre Conspiracy in Fort Myers, and Cultural Park Theater in Cape Coral. Some of Patrick’s favorite roles include Greg in Sylvia, George Hay in Moon Over Buffalo, David Kahn in Social Security, Serge in Art, and Matthew Perry in A Little Murder Never Hurt Anybody.
Jason Drew gave memorable performances as Julian Berniers in Theatre Conspiracy’s production of Lillian Hellman’s Toys in the Attic and as Cliff Bradshaw in Lab Theater’s blockbuster revival of Cabaret.
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graduate of Indiana University and former member of The Ensemble of Artists at The Bloomington Playwrights Project in Bloomington, Indiana, Todd Fleck starred opposite Stella Ruiz and along with Patrick Day in last summer’s Happy. He has previously played Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Marty Pascal in The House of Yes and Larry in Relatively Speaking. He has appeared in independent and feature films, and has also worked on TV shows for The Discovery Channel and The History Channel while residing 
in Chicago.
Theatre Conspiracy audiences will remember Jennifer Grant from The Whale.
Mark Haffner just completed a run as son Chris in Lab Theater’s production of Eric Coble’s The Velocity of Autumn. He is an Emmy Award winning music, video and entertainment professional working for over 25 years as a writer, producer, songwriter, singer, voice actor and creative director for TV, film and radio ads 
and programs. He studied jazz composition, piano, and sax at North Texas State University and completed his BBA in Music Business at Belmont University in Nashville. Prior to moving to Southwest Florida to raise his three children, he established his career in San Francisco and Los Angeles working with broadcast and film clients worldwide. He has recorded his original music works with the Seattle Symphony and composed the theme for the Magical World of Disney on the Disney Channel. 
Haffner advanced his acting skills through voice-acting by working with and learning from some of the world’s top voice actors in L.A. Though he has worked extensively on dramatic and narrative storytelling projects in film and TV, The Velocity of Autumn marked his reintroduction to the theatrical stage since being a student actor and performer.
Kathleen Moye is an accredited public relations professional, specializing in content marketing and storytelling for businesses, individuals and projects. Local audiences will remember her roles in last year’s production of Mr. Burns A Post-Electric Play at Theatre Conspiracy and opposite Todd Fleck as the incomparable Jackie O in House of Yes. Kathleen is no stranger to staged readings, either, having directed Huddle House Secrets for Lab Theater in January of 2015.
There will also be a talk-back after the reading.
The Alliance for the Arts is located at 10091 McGregor Blvd., just south of the intersection with Colonial Boulevard. The reading starts promptly at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are just $5 at the door.
