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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

World Premiere of Leave of Absence January 28 through February 1.

Berkeley CA – Leave of Absence, the latest offering by renowned playwright James Keller, plays January 28th through February 1st at the Berkeley City Club

(2315 Durant Ave., Berkeley).

Leave of Absence focuses on Harriet, a housewife in her mid-sixties disappears from home, as she takes leave of her memory with the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease. Hank, her husband who retires with the sudden disappearance of his pension fund, realizes too late that he has been “absent without leave” from his life since he lost his mother at the age of ten, and now must work full-time to pay for his wife’s nursing home. Their story intermingles with the visits of one of their sons, Tom and his wife, Kate who have to face a personal crisis of their own.

Leave of Absence will be performed evenings on Wednesday January 28, Thursday January 29, Friday January 30, Saturday January 31and Sunday February 1 at 8 pm with matinees at 2 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $20. Parking is available at the Telegraph/Channing garage (2431 Channing Way) 1 block east of the Club.

Oakland based playwright James Keller is known to bay area audiences as a prolific wordsmith. His original plays include “Iris and Her Girls,” "Senior Moments," "the Hypochondriac" and “Climbing with Alma.” “Leave of Absence” is his latest original offering.

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