Near the beginning of the movie The Jerk, Steve Martin’s character, Navin R. Johnson, gets all excited when the new phone book arrives and he sees his name in print. He makes the statement, “This is the kind of spontaneous publicity – your name in print – that makes people. I’m in print!” Hard Road feels a little like Navin R. Johnson did right now because, we’re in print, too!
Last winter, Hard Road had the privilege of presenting the state and regional premiere of the play DRINKING HABITS 2. At the time, DRINKING HABITS 2 was an unpublished work and Hard Road was the 2nd place in the world to present the play. DRINKING HABITS 2 has now been published by the Playscripts publishing (order a copy here: https://www.playscripts.com/play/2964). The production information from Hard Road’s production has been listed in the front of the script. In addition a photo from Hard Road’s production is featured and Hard Road is mentioned in the thank you comments.
It might not seem like much, but for our little theatre company, this is some great recognition. What this means is that anytime anyone anywhere picks up a copy of DRINKING HABITS 2, they will see Hard Road’s name and Highland, IL. There are theatre companies that have been around much longer than Hard Road that have never been mentioned in a published script. It’s quite an honor. So, congratulations to the cast & crew of DRINKING HABITS 2 and congratulations to Hard Road!
