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erouac's Last Call - A Play by PatricJack's Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac - AudioPlay adaptation of the Patrick Fenton play "Kerouac's Last Call"

Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac written by Patrick Fenton, is directed by award winning audio dramatist Sue Zizza, and takes place at the end of summer 1964. Based on a recording that was made in Kerouac's Northport, Long Island living room, as he and his mother, Memere, pack to leave for St. Petersburg, Florida - the place where he would finally end his many road journeys - this play blends the reality of that last night with other moments in Kerouac's life to create an image of an artist in transition.

On this last night in New York, as Jack hosts a going away party for himself, he thinks back to the America he saw, riding alongside Neal Cassady, as they drove back and forth across the US. Throughout the beer-soaked night, Jack reflects back on fame, the fame he tried unsuccessfully to hide from in Northport, and a cultural shift taking place in America that has him worried that his time has come and gone.

As the memories play through his mind, Jack also receives a series of soul-searching phone calls from his daughter, Jan, who is desperate to connect with the man she believes is her father.

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Scenes from Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac were recorded on location at Gunther's Tap Room in Northport, NY - one of Jack's favorite haunts - and features music by Composer David Amram, who scored the 1959 Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Neal Cassady film "Pull My Daisy".

A Tribute & Celebration of Jack Kerouac - "Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac" at Gunter's Tap Room in Northport, NY on Oct 24th at 2 PM. - Click Here For Directions.

News & Of Note! - A Tribute & Celebration of Jack Kerouac - October 21, 2009, will mark the 40th anniversary of the passing of Jack Kerouac. In tribute to Jack, a return performance of the Patrick Fenton play,"Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac" will take place at Gunter's Tap Room in Northport, NY on Oct 24th at 2 PM. This tribute performance will feature Drew Keil as Jack Kerouac, Sue Anne Dennehy as Jan, his daughter, Ed Dennehey as Neal Cassady; Jack O'Connell as Leo Kerouac. Phyllis March as Memere Kerouac and Stephen Ryan as the Reporter (narrator). Gunter's Tap Room is located at 84 Main Street, Northport, New York. Admission is Free, eating is limited and no reservations required.

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Also Of Note - Kerouac's Long Island -
As Jack made his farewell to New York in Northport he also spent his formative times from 1943 to 1954 in the Borough of Queens where Kerouac conceived and completed some of his most renown work such as “Visions of Body” and part of “On The Road.”

Playwright,and Kerouac Raconteur, Pat Fenton

Playwright,and Kerouac Raconteur, Pat Fenton has long championed greater recognition of Kerouac in Long Island, what Fenton refers to as “the lost years of Jack Kerouac’s Life.“

Jack Kerouac's Richmond Hill House.

In an effort to edify and facilitate scholars, students and Kerouac fans, Fenton has composed a travelogue Walking Tour book titled "Jack Kerouac's Queens - The Lost Years" that verifies the existence of these years and traces the places in Ozone Park and Richmond Hill that are significant part of the Kerouac literary legacy.

Click Here To Learn More and travel through "Jack Kerouac's Queens - The Lost Years" .

We are pleased to present Patrick Fenton's, "Jack Kerouac's Queens - The Lost Years" in electronic form here at Insomniacathon On-Line! Click Here To Learn More and travel through "Jack Kerouac's Queens - The Lost Years" .

 

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"This play shows Jack at a difficult time in his life, and it does it with a rare understanding of how he tried to deal with the dilemma of unwanted celebrity while finding a way to continue pursuing his goals as an author. Fenton has created a moving portrait of a unique artist, rather than another dreary "Beat" stereotype. Bravo!"

~ David Amram, Composer


"Playwright Patrick Fenton based his script on recordings of Kerouac's final conversations with friends [who he met] at Gunther's Bar in Northport. It's written with emotion and such attention to detail that the monologues are reminiscent of a Kerouac novel."

~ Andrea Paquin, The Lowell Sun


. "Great writing, excellent audio mix and effects...a superb piece of work."

~ Tom Lopez, ZBS Foundation


About The Author

Patrick Fenton and Larry Smith, friend of JK at Gunther's Tap Room - Click Here for More Pix.

Patrick Fenton and Larry Smith, friend of JK at Gunther's Tap Room

Writer, Author and Playwright, Patrick Fenton, the son of Irish immigrants, was born in the Irish working-class tenements of Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn on St Patrick's Day, 1941.

As a writer, Fenton's stories and articles have appeared in numerous publications including the New York Times, New York Newsday, New York Magazine and The Daily News. As a noted Kerouac scholar, Fenton's stories, "The Wizard of Ozone Park" and "Drinking With Jack Kerouac in a Rockaway Bar" are eclectic bookend perspectives of the great American author and his stories "Confessions of a Working Stiff" and "Stoopdreamer and Other Brooklyn Stories" a roadmap of his coming of age as a NYC Irish-American blue-collar Joe.

As a Playwright, Fenton's "Kerouac's Last Call" is a poignant look at Jack Kerouasc's last days in Newport, LI as he wrestled with his misconstrued career. Click Here To Learn More About "Kerouac's Last Call


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Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac premiered April 2, 2008 on PRX - the Public Radio Exchange a non-profit web-based Digital distribution network dedicated to delivering diverse programming of exceptional quality with one of the largest on-demand catalogs of public radio programs available for broadcast and Internet use. Click Here to start listening to Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac at PRX!

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Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac
has been made possible by funding from Midsummer Sound Company and the Beckerman Archives.

Special thanks to Peter Gunther and Gunther's Tap Room (Northport, NY) for on-location recording.

Thanks also to David Amram for the use of music in this production composed and performed by him.

Thanks also to the ZBS Foundation.



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