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ShoreLine Arts Presents: Emergency Used Candles

Acclaimed actress and playwright Chiara Montalto, has since revised the original script - a tale based on her own experiences. This one-woman play addresses the profound effect a grandfather and his granddaughter have on each other as one's life is ending as the others is beginning.   

Emergency Used Candles is a heart-warming and relatable story that emphasizes the unique and interpersonal dynamics one finds while caring for a beloved family member.  Montalto remarked in an interview with Denis Hamill for the New York Daily News, "I started writing the play when my grandfather was alive, but could never figure out how to end it.  When Grandpa died, I was devastated.  But I soon learned that he had provided me with the ending I was searching for.  Even my grandfather's death taught me about life. I want people to come away from the play with a sense of how to live life by being kind, and by treating each other well."

 Filled with pasta, pizza, politics, and passion Emergency Used Candlesis now being directed  by Ronnie Marmo.  Mr. Marmo is the artistic director and co-founder of Theatre 68 (aka the 68 Cent Crew Theatre Company) in Los Angeles, California and New York City.  Other credits include:

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