Monday, September 15, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at the Waterville Opera House

Maine native and Broadway and folk composer Will Holt, and Hollywood screenwriter Tom Sawyer will present their original opera, "JACK", the story of the Kennedy family’s rise to power and John F. Kennedy’s journey to become the first Catholic President of United States.

Through powerful musical narrative and song, Kennedy family secrets emerge. The Kennedy patriarch’s struggle for social and political power, his deep and life-long mourning for the death of his son Joe --- the first choice for political position--- leads to JFK’s rise in politics against all odds. "JACK" is about family strength, love and loss, forgiveness, and how the journey of one man’s visionary leadership and hope for America inspired a nation and politics forever.

Two months before the 2008 presidential elections, "JACK" is being performed as a staged reading (without full production elements such as sets, costumes, and full orchestra). Members of the original New York cast and other professional Broadway singers and actors along with local Maine talent will perform, offering Maine theater-lovers and political activists a chance to come together to celebrate and consider visionary leadership once again for a "New America" in 2008.

This performance will also support the Waterville Opera House’s campaign to restore this important historic theater.

For more information or to get tickets, visit the Waterville Opera House website.