Ars Nova to Present Reading of LIQUIDATION PLAY, 11/13

Ars Nova presents, as part of the Out Loud series, a FREE reading of LIQUIDATION PLAY by Sarah Burgess, directed by Mike Donahue. The cast includes Dylan Baker, Mike DiSalvo, Jessica Love and Ben Rappaport.

When a family-owned suitcase company accepts a buyout from a Manhattan private equity firm, it seems like a win-win situation. But secret ambitions, philosophical clashes, and media scrutiny ensure that no one is working with the same information.

Sarah Burgess's plays include Earthsiege: Commence (Steep Theatre workshop, Chicago; Naked Angels' First Mondays, New York), FAIL: Failures (ANT Fest), Camdenside (The Ground Floor 2013, Berkeley Rep) and Liquidation Play (Out Loud workshop, Ars Nova). Sarah was a writer for The Tenant (Woodshed Collective), The Living Newspaper (Joe's Pub, New York), and "Naked Radio," Naked Angels' monthly podcast series. In 2013, she was a member of The Working Farm at SPACE on Ryder Farm. Sarah is a second year member of Ars Nova's Play Group. BFA NYU Film - 2007 Faculty Commendation for Body of Work.

Mike Donahue: Upcoming: world premiere of Matthew Lopez's The Legend of Georgia McBride (Denver Center), Assassins (PlayMakers Rep). Recent Productions: Jen Silverman's Phoebe in Winter (Clubbed Thumb), Lauren Feldman's Grace, or the Art of Climbing (Denver Center), Ethan Lipton's Red-Handed Otter (Playwrights Realm), Moscow, Cheryomushki (Chicago Opera Theater), Henry IV & V, A Number (PlayMakers Rep). Readings/workshops: Soho Rep, NYTW, MCC, Williamstown, O'Neill, Clubbed Thumb, The Lark, Ars Nova, Studio 42. Fellowships/Awards: Fulbright to Berlin, Drama League Fall Fellowship, Sagal Fellowship (Williamstown); alum, Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab; Artistic Director, Yale Summer Cabaret (2007 & 2008); Graduate, Harvard and Yale School of Drama. www.mikemdonahue.com

LIQUIDATION PLAY will be read on Wednesday, November 13 at 11:00am in the Ars Nova Loft. The OUT LOUD Series is FREE and open to the public. Reservations are required. Ars Nova is located at 511 West 54th Street. For more information and to reserve tickets, please visit www.arsnovanyc.com.