In recognition of Pride Month, Chatham Community Library will host a live performance of The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey written by Celeste Lecense on Saturday, June 29, from 2:00-4:00 pm in the Holmes Family Meeting Room. This event is free and open to the public. 

In this one-man show Warren County (NC) artist and actor John DuVall portrays every character in a small Jersey Shore town in the story of Leonard Pelkey, a tenaciously optimistic and flamboyant fourteen-year-old boy who goes missing. 

Adapted from Lecesne's 2008 young adult novel by the same title,  Leonard Pelkey is an orphan, a cousin who Phoebe never knew she had. When he comes to live with Phoebe’s family, he upsets the delicate balance of their lives. He inspires the people around him. He sees people not as they are, but as they hope to be. 

When Leonard goes missing, Phoebe, her family, and her community fight to understand what happened, and to make sense of why someone might want to extinguish the beautiful absolute brightness that was Leonard Pelkey.

Please note that this play contains some adult language.

Funding for this program is made possible by the generous support of the Friends of the Chatham Community Library.

Residents may visit the libraries’ website www.chathamlibraries.org, or contact the Library at (919) 545-8084 for more information on this and other events and programs.

Members of the media interested in attending/covering this event are asked to please notify Public Information Officer Kara Lusk in advance at 919-542-8258 or kara.lusk@chathamcountync.gov.