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Jan

28 2020

Meet Anthony Wilkinson

10:30AM - 11:50AM  

JCC of Middlesex County 1775 Oak Tree Road
Edison, NJ 08820
732.494.3232 shorwitz@jccmc.org
http://www.jccmc.org

Contact Sue Horwitz
732.494.3232
shorwitz@jccmc.org
http://www.jccmc.org

MEET ANTHONY WILKINSON
LEARN ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS
ENTERTAINER’S/DIRECTOR’S CAREER AND HIS
NEWEST GIG AT THE AVENEL ARTS CENTER
Presenter: Anthony Wilkinson, Executive and Artistic Director,
Avenel Arts Center
A born and raised New York native, Anthony is a graduate of NYU’s College of Arts and Sciences for
English Creative Writing. He started his career as an Intern Writer at ABC Daytime’s One Life To Live in
1996 and during his fourteen years there he worked his way up to the position of Associate Director.
While in that position he earned three Daytime Emmy Awards, seven nominations and was a two-time
recipient of the Directors Guild of America Award.
Anthony’s original production of My Big Gay Italian Wedding started his other passion in the theatre
world, when it opened Off-Broadway in 2003 at the Actor’s Playhouse and later moved to Theatre Four
in the spring of 2004. Anthony restaged My Big Gay Italian Wedding in September of 2009 at the
St. George Theatre for an audience of almost 2,000 people. After much discussion and huge debates
with regards to the topic, its rave reviews and success prompted an explosive revival on Restaurant Row
with a full out Equity cast in April of 2010. The run was expected to last six weeks, and wound up
extending 14 times in the same location.
Learn what it takes to build a career in the entertainment field and what is offered at the new Avenel Arts
Center, right here in our own backyard!
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
10:30 am
Free and Open to the Community. Pre-registration requested