Kim Gambino and Polly Adams Cast for Reading of LIFE AND OTHER DISASTERS

Polly Adams (Ensemble Studio Theatre founding member and recently seen as Frau Schmidt in The Radicalization of Rolfe, NY Fringe) has been cast in the role of Martha, and Kim Gambino (Bug by Tracy Letts) has been cast in the role of Brooke, for a reading of a comedy LIFE & OTHER DISASTERS by Julie Richardson on September 19, 7pm, at the Bernie Wohl Center as part of the 29th Street Playwrights Collective NEW WORKS SERIES.

The cast is completed with Christopher Armond as Frank (Alan Squire in The Petrified Forest, multiple productions at New Jersey Shakespeare), Pamela Bowen as Lorraine (Loving, The Player, Shoot the Moon), Mik Haddad as Hayley (My Crazy Love), and Terri Weagant as Erin (Seattle Shakespeare Company). Directed by Heather Arnson (The Permanent Night, Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman, WASP).

In Life & Other Disasters, as if being a lesbian trying to get pregnant isn't hard enough, try throwing in a closeted girlfriend, wildly inappropriate mother and a blast from the past no one saw coming. One family is rocked to the core by revelations, threats to their livelihoods and one destructive force who just won't take no for an answer.

The 29th Street Playwrights Collective develops the voices of emerging, mature playwrights and fosters new work for the stage via the NEW WORKS SERIES.

The NEW WORKS SERIES 2016 continues throughout the Fall with 3 more plays by Resident Playwrights:

BONGANI, by Gabrielle Maisels, (October 17) delves into the transition from apartheid to democracy in South Africa and a love that could never be. A COLD DECEMBER by Michael Wells-Oakes (November 14) explores extraterrestrial sparks, marital infidelity, and a winter so cold it could freeze a family's Heart. ABRAHAM'S DAUGHTERS by Emma Goldman-Sherman (December 12) in which a modern Abraham moves to Tel Aviv and tries to get his American Jewish family to accept their estranged Palestinian Muslim cousins.

The reading is free and open to the public and takes place at The Bernie Wohl Performing Arts Center at Goddard Riverside Community Center, 647 Columbus Avenue @92st Street. For more information, visit www.29thstreetplaywrightscollective.org

29th Street Playwrights Collective New Works Series is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.