Dorian Palumbo Premieres DIVINATION at The Dramatists Guild's Mary Rogers Room

Dorian Palumbo, whose play, Carnegie Hill, was optioned for Broadway by Tony winning producer, John O'Boyle (A Catered Affair, LaCage Aux Folles-2010), premieres her latest work, Divination, as a staged reading at The Dramatists Guild's Mary Rogers Room at 1501 Broadway, on Thursday, July 19 at 6:30 p.m. JMAE.events@gmail.com for reservations. Ken Coughlin directs.

The all-female cast centers on Asian American, Tara Cornfeld and her attempt to decrease her job-related stress by delving into spiritualism. Divination - through Palumbo's trademark intellectual humor and clever plot twists - examines the individual crossroads in each of the women's life. With each journey starting at a ritual at an old crustal shop, they each see that point in their lives - the point at which you must leave the past behind and not care about the future but enjoy - even worship - the present.

Dorian Palumbo, a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts' Dramatic Writing Program, studied with Pulitzer Prize-winner Tad Mosel. A respect screenwriter as well, Palumbo's work garnered accolades from the Final Draft "Big Break" Screenwriting Competition; the Austin Film Festival; Scriptapalooza 2015; and many others. Palumbo also works as a film director and producer. She served as Associate Producer on the independent feature film, Anne B. Real, featuring Carlos Leon ("Empire"), Mike Starr ("Dumb and Dumber", "Ed") and Ernie Hudson ("Grace & Frankie").