BOOK LAUNCH!

April is a pretty big and busy month for me, theater-wise, which is something I'm finally able to look forward to after months of kinda wanting to just hide out. I'm starting with this little event later this week.

One of my favorite things to happen in the past year was the selection of Universal Robots for New York Theatre Experience's Plays and Playwrights 2008 (and not just because I now have a fur coat of my own and don't have to fondle James's or Qui's any more!). Last week I got to hear readings from several of the other plays (Crystal Skillman's The Telling Trilogy, John Regis's Linnea, and Leslie Bramm's Magnificent Shrine), and I gotta say, it's pretty sweet to be in an anthology with those plays.

We will be doing a ten-minute scene from the second act of Universal Robots, which includes angry robot action - and who doesn't like that? So if you're free and inclined this Thursday, check it out!

You can also hear Carolyn Raship, John Regis, Robert Attenweiler, and myself talking about our plays and processes on a podcast here (WARNING: I stammer).

--SlowLearner

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Please join us at T. Schreiber Studio for our celebration of Plays and Playwrights 2008!

The event will begin with a brief, informal reception, followed by performances from five of the plays featured in the book:

UNIVERSAL ROBOTS by Mac Rogers
A riveting sci-fi cautionary tale inspired by the lives and works of Czech writer/activists Karel & Josef Capek, especially the play R.U.R. which gave us the word "robot." Performed by Esther Barlow, Jason Howard, David Ian Lee, Michelle O'Connor, Ridley Parson, Nancy Sirianni, Tarantino Smith, Ben Sulzbach, Jennifer Gordon Thomas, and James Wetzel. (In the photo are Barlow, O'Connor, Lee, and Wetzel in a scene from the original production.)

ANTARCTICA by Carolyn Raship
In this sometimes surreal fantasia on growing up, Magda and Winnie set out to become the first American Girls to make an expedition to the South Pole. Performed by Maggie Cino and Melle Powers.

IN OUR NAME by Elena Hartwell
A triptych of short, breathtaking one-acts about the ways that the War in Iraq has hit home, especially among American women. Performed by Elena Hartwell.

LINNEA by John Regis
A young writer who is obsessed by Dostoyevsky lives out his own NYC dream version of The Idiot in this remarkable coming-of-age tale. Performed by Benita Robledo and Ken Trammel.

MARVELOUS SHRINE by Leslie Bramm
17-year-old Marvelous isn’t sure if he’s gay, but he knows he wants to play music. His parents battle over his destiny, and nobody wins in this moving drama. Performed by Paul Hufker and Sara Thigpen.

EVENT DETAILS
WHERE: T. Schreiber Studio, Gloria Maddox Theatre, 151 West 26th Street

WHEN: Thursday, April 3, 2008

WHAT TIME: Doors open at 6:45pm; performances begin at 7:30pm

HOW MUCH: Free!!!!

WILL BOOKS BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE? Definitely, $18 each.

MORE INFO: Martin Denton's nytheatre i blog

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Tell Elena hello from me!

xxo.

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