‘Gun Shy’ runs through July 31

J CITY Theater opened their fifth season on July 21 with the Off-Broadway hit “Gun-Shy” by Richard Dresser, at The Underground Theater at St. Michaels Church at Hamilton Park, in downtown Jersey City.
Performances run Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. Audiences are encouraged to reserve tickets due to limited seating and a limited run.
This laugh out loud comedy should come with a warning label. It’s a tale about a level of passionate anger that can only be reached through years of growth in the fertile soil of marriage. The dialogue crackles through clenched teeth, as Evie and Duncan, a divorced couple, find themselves snow-bound and trapped together with their new partners, Carter and Caitlin.
When the dust clears, a car has been torched, a man has been shot, and a divorce is in shambles. Variety called the play, “Out and out funny, wonderfully barbed.”
The breakout hit of the 21st Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays, “Gun-Shy” went on to a successful run Off-Broadway.
“I had the privilege of working at Actors Theater of Louisville during the original production,” says Sandy Cockrell, J CITY’s artistic director. “I fell in love with the fast-paced chaos of the show, the complication of relationships and the pure joy of living. I promised myself that if we ever had a chance to stage it ourselves, we would jump at the opportunity. And here we are.”
“Gun Shy” is scheduled to run from July 21 through 31 on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8 p.m. at The Underground Theater at St. Michaels Church, Hamilton Park,
252 Ninth St. Jersey City. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased through www.jcity.org or by calling (800) 838-3006.
J CITY Theater is once again supporting local artists by converting the lobby into a gallery that will present an exhibition running in conjunction with the production. Curated by Hernando Rico Sanchez, the show will feature artworks by Daniel Brophy and Nelson Alvarez. “The exhibition is a perfect complement to the production,” says Mr. Sanchez. “It explores the relationship between reality and the deformities of our infatuated and interrupted memories.”