Atomic Bill and The Payment Due-LI Premiere-Award Winner
South Country Peace Group's 44th annual Aug. 6 event in remembrance of Hiroshima & Nagasaki Survivors. Admission Free! RSVP to Reserve.
ATOMIC BILL AND THE PAYMENT DUE*
Staged Reading ~ Hiroshima Commemoration
Premieres on Long Island!
- ATOMIC BILL AND THE PAYMENT DUE will be presented in a special staged reading on August 6 in commemoration of the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is being hosted by the South Country Peace Group together with several LI Cosponsors for one night only performance at the Bellport Community Center, 29 Bellport Lane, 6 PM SHARP start (doors open 5:45pm. RSVP: southcountrypeace@outlook.com to secure space!
*Winner International Uranium Film Festival Special Script Award 2026
TANYA MAUS, Director of the Wilmington College Peace Resource Center:
“Libbe HaLevy’s Atomic Bill and the Payment Due reveals the way in which individuals become caught up in the powerful forces of governments seeking to produce false narratives to gain public support for nuclear weapons use and development. The character Jessie’s powerful drive
to tell the truth about Laurence’s complicity in the U.S. government’s censorship and cover up of the effects of the atomic bombings compels Atomic Bill to finally come to terms with his moral failing as a journalist and citizen of the United States. Thus the audience is led to reflect
upon its own assumptions about nuclear weapons and nuclear power and their continued destructive impact today on human lives in the United States and throughout the world.”
VIVIAN NOBLE - Wilmington College sophomore, campus leader:
"Wow, what a play that was. It blew any expectation I had out of the water… It was very emotional and I found myself drawn in and wanting more… This play truly was a piece of art. I will truly never see nuclear the same way."