Anika Larsen, Peter Freidman & More Set for THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS Reading

Tony Award-nominee Anika Larsen, Tony Award-nominee Peter Freidman, Mark H. Dold, Laura Frye and Sean Hudock will appear in a invited reading of Alice Austen's new play THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS. Paula Suozzi will direct.

Presented by Titan Theatre Company, official company in residence at Queens Theatre, and produced by Titan Artistic Director Lenny Banovez, the reading will take place at 8:00 pm on Monday April 11 at the New Ohio Theatre located at 154 Christopher Street.

A 2013 Terrence McNally Award top-five finalist, THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS is set to music and told over the span of three generations, it tells the story of a good natured priest who cares for his aging, ill-tempered father and the fateful visit that sparks a confrontation over family tragedy and a war never fought.

Alice Austen is a playwright and screenwriter/producer. Recent theatrical credits include ANIMAL FARM (Steppenwolf Theatre, Fall 2014), FOURTH BLOOD MOON (2015 Blue Ink Finalist), NINTH MAN OUT (Kilroys Inaugural "The List", Goodman Theatre Commission 2013), BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS (Terrence McNally Award Premier Five), PLAZA HOTEL BALLROOM (2014 Eugene O'Neill Semi-Finalist). Recent Film credits include COMING TO YOU (2016 - post-production) Writer/Producer with Kirill Mikhanovsky and Drew Houpt; GIVE ME LIBERTY (2016 - pre-production) Writer/Producer with Mikhanovsky, Houpt and Dan Janvey; THE MERCY SEAT (development) Writer with Alix Delaporte. Alice is a member of the Timeline Theatre Company Playwrights Collective and has received Residencies from the Royal Court (London), the Goodman Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, and the Hangar Theatre. She's the recipient of a Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination for Best New Work for WATER. Alice studied creative writing and law and Harvard University.

For more information, please email contact @titantheatrecompany.com.