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brings a bit of the Pine Barrens and South Jersey experience to the mix . “ The Pine Barrens are pretty creepy and I don ’ t think you realize it until you start going around there and there ’ s just nothing around ,” said Urban . “ Your mind starts to wander about what could potentially be out there . And you learn in school about the Jersey Devil and the history of New Jersey and that definitely filtered its way into the play .” Changes to the script during the rehearsal process are nothing new to Urban . He admits to being a playwright who gets heavily involved with his shows likening it as a collaboration between him and the director . He was at every audition and the first week of rehearsals - just until the actors went off book . “ As a playwright , it ’ s pretty painful for all involved to watch my facial expressions when they mess up my lines , so out of kindness - and to let them do their work - I kind of step away for a week ,” said Urban . Urban has had a play staged in the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater before , but this is his first time working with The Amoralists - a theatre company he

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