Casting Announced for First Week of SPF Plays, 7/5-7/9

Summer Play Festival (SPF) provides 15 emerging playwrights a chance to present their work at Theatre Row throughout July. Three plays will be performed on Theatre Row (410 W 42nd St.) during the first week (July 5th through July 9th) of the festival: Millicent Scowlworthy by Rob Handel (at the Beckett Theatre); Splitting Infinity by Jamie Pachino (at the Clurman Theatre); and, The Squirrel by Alex Moggridge (at The Kirk Theatre).

Week One Schedule:

Wednesday July 5th:

6:30pm- The Squirrel by Alex Moggridge, directed by Patrick McNulty, "is a black comedy that follows a woman and her oversensitive husband, overbearing sister, and a man she just hit with her car (at the Kirk Theatre." The cast includes: Rachel Black*, Jed Orlemann*, Jeff Galfer*, Rebecca Wisocky*

7:00pm- Millicent Scowlworthy by Rob Handel, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll, "is a 'ripped from the headlines' story that finds teenagers reenacting a murder that took place in their community (at the Beckett Theatre)." The cast includes: Maria Dizzia*, Hannah Cabell*, Megan Hart, Laurabeth Greenwald, Emily Sophia Knapp*, Dan McCabe*, Debargo Sanyal*, Joe Curnutte, Gregory Keller*, Jonathan Monk*, John Summerour*, Alexis Camins*

7:30pm- Splitting Infinity by Jamie Pachino, directed by Matt Shakman, "is an explosive poignant drama about a Rabbi and his old friend, an astrophysicist, who wants to prove that God does not exist (at the Clurman Theatre)." The cast includes: Michael Rupert*, Ann Dowd*, Greg Wooddell*, Samantha Soule*, Paul Kropfl*, Priscilla Shanks*

*Members of Actors Equity Association

Thursday July 6th:

7:00pm- Millicent Scowlworthy

7:30pm- Splitting Infinity

8:00pm- The Squirrel

9:00pm- SPF/Naked Angels' Thursdays@9 (in The Living Room on Theatre Row).

Friday July 7th:

7:00pm- Millicent Scowlworthy

7:30pm- Splitting Infinity

8:00pm- The Squirrel

Saturday July 8th:

1:00pm- The Squirrel

1:30pm- Millicent Scowlworthy

2:00pm- Splitting Infinity

7:00pm- The Squirrel

7:30pm- Millicent Scowlworthy

8:00pm- Splitting Infinity

Sunday July 9th:

1:30pm- The Squirrel

2:00pm- Millicent Scowlworthy

2:30pm- Splitting Infinity

Monday July 10th:

2:00pm- The Little Shubert (422 W.42nd)- Industry Panel. "Looking for the Perfect Match: A practical dialogue between artists and industry.

4:00pm– The Little Shubert (422 W.42nd)- Industry Panel. "Where Have All The Audiences Gone? The Evolving World of Off-Broadway" (Moderated by Adam Feldman, Theater Critic, Time Out New York).

Among the Theatre Professionals for SPF's Free Industry Panels are: Bartlett Sher (Director, Awake and Sing!, The Light in the Piazza), Robyn Goodman (Producer, Avenue Q, Barefoot in the Park, Altar Boyz), Kenny Leon (Director, Gem of the Ocean; A Raisin in the Sun), Adam Rapp (Playwright, Red Light Winter), Theresa Rebeck (Playwright, Omnium Gatherum; The Water's Edge), Jenny Gersten (Artistic Director, Naked Angels), Tim Sanford (Artistic Director, Playwrights Horizons), Gordon Edelstein (Artistic Director, Long Wharf Theater), Neil Pepe (Artistic Director, Atlantic Theatre Company), Beverly MacKeen (Executive Director, New World Stages), Morgan Jenness (Agent, Abrams Artists Agency ), Vallejo Gantner (Artistic Director, PS 122).

All show tickets are $10 each. Visit TicketCentral.com or call 212-279-4200.