PATCHOGUE, NY – JUNE 5, 2006 – The Clare Rose Playhouse, a community theatre located on the Patchogue campus of St. Joseph’s College, will end its 2005-06 season with "Over the River and Through the Woods", an endearingly warm-hearted comedy by Joe DiPietro. The show will run from July 7 through July 23, 2006.

A single Italian-American guy from New Jersey, Nick has been offered his dream job as a marketing executive and is ready to move to Seattle to begin a new life. Meanwhile, Nick’s four Italian-American grandparents are not prepared to let their devoted grandson, who eats dinner with them every Sunday evening, get away that easily. Therein lies the problem, which leads to an outbreak of unsolicited advice, meddling, familial guilt and even an attempt at matchmaking, all wrapped up in heaps of food. "Over the River and Through the Woods" is a hilarious, family comedy, loaded with laughs every step of the way.

General admission tickets cost $14 each with a reduced rate of $12 for students and senior citizens. Group rates, season subscriptions and dinner and lunch packages also are available. Shows begin at 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday evenings, with Sunday matinees starting at 3:00 p.m. For reservations or further information, please call the box office at (631) 654-0199.

The Clare Rose Playhouse, which serves as a major teaching facility for the College’s theatre courses, is accessible via the South Service Road of Sunrise Highway, just east of Exit 52 (Waverly Avenue) in Patchogue, on the northeast corner of the campus of St. Joseph’s College. A former cottage converted in 1985 through the generosity and guidance of the man for whom it is named, the Playhouse serves as a major teaching facility for the college’s theater courses and is a training ground for young actors. The Playhouse is the site of community theater productions of musicals, dramas, comedies, cabaret acts, musical performances, dance troupes and comedians.

About St. Joseph's College

St. Joseph’s College has been dedicated to providing a diverse population of students in the New York metropolitan area with an affordable education rooted in the liberal arts tradition since 1916. Independent and coeducational, the College provides a strong academic and value-oriented education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, aiming to prepare each student for a life characterized by integrity, intellectual and spiritual values, social responsibility, and service. With campuses located in the Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn and in Patchogue, Long Island, the College offers degrees in over 21 majors, special course offerings and certificates, affiliated and pre-professional programs through its School of Arts and Sciences and its School of Professional and Graduate Studies. Graduate degrees are also offered including an Executive MBA, a Master of Science in Management, a Master of Arts in Literacy/Cognition and a Master of Arts in Infant/Toddler Early Childhood Special Education.