On the heels of Nerve, Sanctuary: Playwrights Theatre will premiere the second play by Adam Szymkowicz when Food for Fish debuts. Under the direction of Alexis Poledouris, the play will begin previews on July 6th at the Kraine Theater and open on July 8th.
Food for Fish is loosely inspired by Chekhov's
Three Sisters. In the play, "young Bobbie drops pages from his novel into the Hudson River. The pages tell a story of three sisters: a stalker, an agoraphobe and a scientist with a secret plan to isolate and eliminate the gene for love. It is set in a world where men became women and women became men. But how far do you have to bend a gender before it breaks?"
Szymkowicz's plays have been developed or presented at Playwrights Horizons, DR2, Relentless Theater and Manhattan Theater Source, among others. A current Juilliard Lila Acheson Wallace Fellow, his romantic comedy
Nerve recently premiered at the 14th Street Y (where it plays through July 1) and his play
Pretty Theft premieres July 22 at the first Annual Capitol City Fringe in Washington DC.
"Sanctuary: Playwrights Theatre was founded by dramatists dedicated to presenting new plays while providing a haven for artistic development. All aspects of each production are under the direction of the playwright. At Sanctuary, it's playwrights who read and select plays (not literary managers), and playwrights who select and empower directors, designers and actors. Sanctuary: Playwrights Theatre builds community among playwrights by empowering them to ply their art in an environment that allows them to experiment, while never losing sight of the fundamentals of the playwriting craft."
Food for Fish runs July 6 - 29, Wednesday - Saturday at 8:00pm. The Kraine Theater is located at 85 East 4th Street (between 2nd & 3rd Aves -- accessible from the F train at 2nd Ave). Tickets are $17 / $10 with student ID, and are available at 212-352-3101 or
www.TheaterMania.com. For more information, visit
www.sanctuarytheatre.org.
