122110_NightofJanuary16thtrue1334586686108acckfpayn rand, spiotto, bob spiotto, hofstra entertainment, play, drama, theater, actors, courtroom, theatreHofstra Entertainment Presents "Night of January 16th" by Ayn Rand /Hofstra_Main_Site/Home/News/PressReleases/Archive/122110_NightofJanuary16thprpgse1292965555183web2bzb1294674794997Press Release Sub TitleDirected by Bob Spiotto; Originally produced to great acclaim in 1935 – Presented in Conjunction with Hofstra University's 75th AnniversaryPress Release TitleHofstra Entertainment Presents "Night of January 16th" by Ayn RandPress Release Date2010/12/21Hofstra CategoriesCULTURALCOMMUNITYGinny GreenbergUniversity Relations202 Hofstra Hall(516) 463-6819Tickets Call (516) 463-6644prpgse@hofstra.edu/Director Bob Spiotto Discusses "Night of January 16th"http://www.hofstra.edu/Community/hofent/index.html/Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY … Hofstra Entertainment presents the acclaimed but rarely performed play Night of January 16th by Ayn Rand, January 14 to 23, 2011, at the Helene Fortunoff Theater, located at Monroe Lecture Center, California Avenue, South Campus. Show times are 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Tickets are $25, $22 senior citizens (over 65), $18 matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID. For tickets and more information call the Hofstra Box Office at (516) 463-6644, 11 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Monday through Friday, or visit www.hofstra.edu/hofstraentertainment. (Note - the Hofstra Box Office will be closed December 23, 2010 – January 3, 2011).

During each performance of Night of January 16th, members of the audience will be selected to serve as the jury in this stirring courtroom drama. The cast actually includes members of the legal profession, including The Honorable Dana Winslow, Supreme Court Judge, Nassau County. Following every performance, legal commentary/discussion will be provided by attorneys from the Nassau County Bar Association.

WHO WAS BJORN FAULKNER?  To the world, he was a startlingly successful international tycoon and head of a vast financial empire. To his beautiful secretary — and mistress — he was a god-like hero to be served by her mind, soul and body.

To his aristocratic young wife, he was a singular force of nature to be tamed. To his millionaire father-in-law, he was a giant whose single error could be used to destroy him.
What kind of man was Bjorn Faulkner? Only YOU can decide!

On one level, Night of January 16th is the destruction of a brilliant and ruthless man. On a deeper level, it is a superb dramatic objectification of Ayn Rand’s vision of human strength.

The Cast:
Judge Heath – The Honorable Dana Winslow (Supreme Court Judge, Nassau County)
DA Flint – James Bradley
Defense Attorney Stevens – Bruce Stacker
Karen Andre – Christina Myers
Dr.. Kirkland – Ivan Goldfarb
John Hutchins – Jules Jacobs
Homer Van Fleet – Bert Emmett
Elmer Sweeney – Stewart Mead
Magda Svenson - Victoria Grazioli
Nancy Lee Faulkner - Mary Caulfield
John Whitfield- Joe Ryan
James Chandler – Dan Odell
Sigurd Jungquist – Mark Sullivan
Larry ‘Guts’ Regan – Adam Griffith
Court Reporter – Erika Santosuosso
Court Officer/Bailiff/Clerk – Marc Gann

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