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Ed Nahhat to virtually premier original comedy, ‘Hope Canyon’
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ROYAL OAK While live theater has been put on the back burner during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ed Nahhat, longtime attorney, Royal Oak High School drama coach and founder of Shakespeare Royal Oak, used the downtime to finish a comedy he had begun writing a decade ago.
The Feb. 27 virtual premier of Nahhat’s original play, titled “Hope Canyon,” will feature six actors from the area in the form of a table read. Patrons are encouraged to sign up for a limited number of free tickets for the unprecedented event.
On Saturday, February 27 Shakespeare Royal Oak will host a virtual play reading of the new original comedy Hope Canyon by Edward Nahhat. Tickets for this FREE event with a limited number available now at shakespeareroyaloak.com.
All attendees will be invited to join the professional cast and playwright immediately after the reading for a live conversation.
Before he was a well-known area lawyer and long before he founded Shakespeare Royal Oak, Royal Oak native Edward Nahhat (BFA Wayne State 1983) was an Equity actor, an Off-Broadway produced playwright, and a director of his alma matter Royal Oak High School Drama Club. When Covid-19 brought his non-lawyer activites to a halt, Nahhat decided to finish writing the play he d been drafting for a decade, Hope Canyon.