Formerly "Once In, Never Out"… Written/performed by June Ballinger, Directed by Janice L. Goldberg
A Female Codebreaker
Remembers Bletchley Park
“The true story of a spirited Bletchley Park codebreaker during WWII England and after when she moves to America and is faced with the social constraints of the 50s and 60s.”
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Actress June Ballinger stars in this profoundly moving play, inspired by a box of letters, keepsakes, and a WWII diary discovered the day after her mother’s death.
“…one of the most spell-binding and extraordinary true-life adventures I’ve ever witnessed as it is inspired by her mother’s wartime diaries and correspondence. Humorous, inspiring and also startling in its revelations”
— Simon Saltzman – President of the Outer Critics Circle
“[Ballinger] slips in and out of characters like a DuPont nylon stocking – graceful and smooth.”
— Jacquelyn Claire – NY Theatre Guide
“The play is theatre magic. The magic begins when a daughter portrays her heroic mother, in an era when only men were considered heroes; a woman who helped break the Nazi code which led to victory. This remarkable woman, so ahead of her time, fights the same battle that women nowadays fight—to be acknowledged, to be appreciated, to count, to matter in the world. “
–William Mastrosimone- playwright, and Emmy Award winning screenwriter
“Ballinger was powerful, articulate, charming, innocent, sexy, dramatic, comedic. (She) hopped between characters and eras to show us the power that women have and how it has been squandered for decades by society.”
Bob Greene, Outer Stage Journal
“An amazing, important accomplishment… every movement, every gesture”
— Yusef Komunyakaa – Poet Laureate, State of New York
“ It left me feeling grateful for growing up during this more modern era. Not all the problems are solved, but I’ve been able to take the fact that I can work for granted…It’s a very human show”.
— Jaime Parker- Arts Program Director, Trenton Soup Kitchen
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Remembrance Day has also been performed under the title
Once In… Never Out!
An 80-year-old former British code breaker at Bletchley Park attends a Remembrance Day service in England. She looks back on her life and the secrets about her work and identity that she has held onto for 50 years. Will she ever be truly known by her children? How will she be remembered?
Written and performed by June Ballinger and inspired by her mother’s work at Bletchley Park during WWII, the story is created through memories, letters, and a diary discovered after her mothers death in 2013.
Running time is 70 minutes, with a talk-back lasting 20 minutes.
JUNE BALLINGER (writer/performer) – June Ballinger is an actor of British-American heritage and currently based in NYC. . She has worked on Broadway, off-Broadway, regional theater and in television and film. She is a member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre in NYC since 1993, a company member of NYC’s The Actors Center, and Artistic Director Emeritus of Trenton’s Passage Theatre Company. As a writer she has created and co-created numerous plays for teens and adults developed from writing workshops and interviews. June works privately as an acting coach with young adults, and teaches mixed groups of teens, adults, and seniors and is currently in collaboration with Bucks County Playhouse www.JuneBallinger.com
JANICE L. GOLDBERG (Director) – Janice is based in New York City, and has directed over 80 new plays Off-Broadway and in theaters across the United States. She was honored nationally by Washington DC’s Kennedy Center with the Gold Medallion Award for her work with original scripts. Her play Rose Colored Glass (co-written with Susan Bigelow) is published by Samuel French, Inc. and has had productions all over the world. She served as Artistic Co-Director of AND Theatre Company in NYC for 15 years. http://www.janicelgoldberg.com
Remembrance Day! was initiated and originally developed in a solo performance workshop taught by
FAY SIMPSON – Artistic Director and co-founder of Impact Theatre and The Lucid Body, a physical process for acting training. She taught at The Yale School of Drama, the New School’s Eugene Lang, Michael Howard Studios, The Studio/NY, Marymount Manhattan College, and at the Actor’s Center. She currently teaches this technique at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU’s Graduate Acting Program, and privately at the Lucid Body House. Fay wrote The Lucid Body; A Guide for the Physical Actor, published in 2008 by Allworth Press. She has a two-year Lucid Body Teacher Training program now in place. www.lucidbody.com
Performances of Remembrance Day may be booked for your event, school, or theatre. Pricing depends on the size of your venue, ticket prices, and Ms. Ballinger’s travel expenses. Organizations outside of the greater NYC area will need to provide a stage manager or technician capable of operating lights and sound. Alternatively, JRB Productions can provide a Stage Manager for locations within a day-trip of New York City. Please contact June directly for availability. Or JuniperProductions.com for UK and Philadelphia US booking and pricing.
For inquiries feel free to send me an email: June Ballinger
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