The Presentment is headed for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in Scotland from August 6 through August 29, 2011.  The production will be staged at The "Studio Theatre", which is located within Augustine’s Church, located on St. George IV Bridge, in the heart of Edinburgh, Scotland. 

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The Presentment is a six-character, family drama.  The Rev. Samuel Jennings, a priest, attorney, and patriarch of the family, has been asked to serve as the  prosecutor of a "presentment," in which a parish priest, David Thompson, is charged with heresy for performing same-sex marriages.  In his passion to “save the Church,” Samuel overlooks the diverse and complex relationships within his own family.  When he and his wife, Eleanor, leave their home in Indiana for New York City where the trial is being conducted, they visit their actor son, Michael, and daughter-in-law, Rebecca, who now share their apartment with a friend who has taken seriously ill.  He is Jonathan Malone, Samuel’s former organist back in Indiana, and like an “adopted son” to the entire family.  With the pending trial agitating old wounds, the family is forced to face the truth and tragedy of their past, and the repressed guilt and explosive acrimony of the present.  With secrets now made transparent and the family on the verge of imploding, Samuel must make the difficult decision to proceed or to abandon his role as the prosecutor for The Presentment. 

After a recent reading of the play, we received this note:

"It takes an issue that evokes so much emotion, confusion and division, and provides a safe place in which to explore all facets. It would be hard to emerge from the play feeling sure about anything, except that in the final analysis we are all human beings with deep flaws and an even deeper need for acceptance."

              -Kerry Morrison, Executive Director, Hollywood Property Owners Alliance