Ken Urban Celebrates Play NIBBLER at the Drama Book Shop

Join award-winning playwright Ken Urban at this free event to celebrate the recent publication of his Christmas-themed play, "Nibbler" (produced in New York this year by the Amoralists and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater). Members of the original cast will read scenes from "Nibbler" and two of Urban's other acclaimed works.

After the readings, Robert Lewis Vaughn of Dramatists Play Service moderates an audience chat with Urban and cast members. A reception with refreshments - including nibbles - will follow. Gift-sets of Urban's plays will be offered for sale, and attendees will receive a specially designed, limited-edition tote bag to hold their purchases.

WHEN:

Monday, December 18, 2017, 5:30-7 PM

WHERE:

Drama Book Shop, 250 West 40th Street, Manhattan. Accessible by all MTA lines into Times Square.

Call 212-944-0595 or dramabookshop.com for directions

TICKETS:

No tickets are required for this free event, but seating is limited. Arrive early for best seats.

DETAILS:

In addition to the world premiere production and publication of his play "Nibbler," New York City playwright Ken Urban had a second world premiere, "A Guide for the Homesick," at Boston's Huntington Theatre Company, helmed by Colman Domingo ("Fear the Walking Dead"). A third world premiere, "The Remains," will be produced in May 2018 at the Studio Theater in Washington DC. Also this year, Urban was named head of playwriting at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and sold a television pilot to the American arm of the UK's ITV network.

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