Ars Nova Announces Reading of Andy Bragen's THIS IS MY OFFICE, 3/28

Ars Nova presents, as part of the Out Loud series, a FREE reading of: THIS IS MY OFFICE by Andy Bragen, directed by Hal Brooks. The one-man play will be read by Greg Keller.

"When I found out I was chosen, I was over the moon." Offered a nine month artist residency in an abandoned office space near Wall Street, Andy Bragen starts his year with bright hopes and big plans. But Andy soon finds himself succumbing to doughnuts, lethargy and a paralyzing sense of deja vu. A humorous, genre-bending exploration of fear, art, gluttony and a legacy of failure.

Andy Bragen's honors include a Workspace Residency with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission, a Tennessee Williams Fellowship from Sewanee: The University of The South, a Jerome Fellowship, a New Voices Fellowship from EST, a Dramatists Guild Fellowship, and residencies at Millay Colony and Blue Mountain Center. His plays and translations have been seen and heard at numerous theatres across the country, including The Guthrie, The Goodman, PS122, The Playwrights Center, Queens Theatre in the Park, Rattlestick, EST, Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep, Repertorio Español, the University of Rochester, Soho Rep and the Lark. For more info: www.andybragen.com.

Hal Brooks is a Brooklyn-based freelance director and the Associate Artistic Director at the Ojai Playwrights Conference. He directed the Obie winning No Child...by Nilaja Sun (Long Wharf, Center Theater Group, Berkeley Rep, Lookingglass, Woolly Mammoth, ART as well Edinburgh & Dublin). He also directed the world premiere of Pulitzer Finalist Will Eno's Thom Pain. Hal has developed new work at Ojai, The Public, PlayPenn, Cape Cod Theater Project, Sundance Theatre Lab, Clubbed Thumb and other theaters around the country. A Drama League Fellow, Hal is also a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab and is a recipient of the 2007-09 NEA TCG Career Development Program for Directors. Last Fall, he was an adjunct professor at Yale College. Urge for Going opens at the Public this April.

THIS IS MY OFFICE will be read on Monday, March 28 at 7pm. The OUT LOUD Series is FREE and open to the public. Reservations are required. Please call 212-977-1700 or email rsvp@arsnovanyc.com. Ars Nova is located at 511 West 54 Street. For more information, visit www.arsnovanyc.com.