9/11 Cultural Festival Script in Hand Reading Series Set for The Playroom Theater, 8/16 & 9/12

9/11 Cultural Festival in association with The Playroom Theater presents new Off Broadway plays of The 9/11 Plays. The 9/11 Cultural Festival Script in Hand Reading Series is five plays that will be performed in one day by one company as part of the 9/11 Cultural Festival.

From the streets to Off Broadway, Playwrights Exavier Wardlaw, Carla Cubit and Zoe Wilson open their 9/11 plays St. Mark's Place, Naked Uncle Sam, 9/11 & The Youtube Tapes, Horrors of Cocaine and To Kill Eric Garner Off Broadway on Saturday, August 16th at The Playroom Theater. As former squatters from 13th Street in the East Village, NYC, Exavier Wardlaw and Carla Cubit have come together to present the 9/11 plays as part of the 9/11 Cultural Festival Script in Hand Reading Series premier at The Playroom Theater. The 9/11 Cultural Festival is a festival for peace in which an honest dialogue about 9/11 is encouraged through the arts, theatre, dance, music, poetry and the visual arts and crafts. Artists will be performing independent, original plays, music, dances, and poetry reading to commemorate the 9/11 tragedy.

The 9/11 Cultural Festival Script in Hand Reading Series will take place at The Playroom Theater August 16th, 10am - 2pm and a performance September 12th, 2pm-6pm at The Playroom Theater as part of the 9/11 Cultural Festival. Tickets are $5 at the door August 16th and are now on sale for performances September 12th.

Exavier Wardlaw (Director and Producer of the 9/11 Cultural Festival) has been a theatrical producer for over 30 years. He has produced plays Naked Uncle Sam, 9/11 & The Youtube Tapes, Mumia: The Judgement, Lollipop Forest and Echoes of Justice: The Larry Davis Story that has premiered at The Living Theatre,

Carla Cubit (Playwright) from the gallery walls to the Off Broadway halls she will be premiering her new play "Horrors of Cocaine" at The Playroom Theater. She is an artist whose artworks have been shown in galleries throughout the New York CIty area. As a former Squatter in the East Village, NYC, she has produced the play "Squat".

Zoe Wilson (Playwright) is a child actor and will presenting her play the musical St. Marks Place.

Tickets can be purchased online at Eventbrite - www.eventbrite.com/e/911-cultural-festival-script-in-hand-series-tickets-12445893001. The 9/11 Plays at The Playroom Theater, 151 West 46th Street, NYV (between B'way and 6th Ave). For more information visit http://facebook.com/911culturalfestival.