LOOKING Star Raul Castillo and More Lead AROUND THE GLOBE CHAIN PLAY Reading Tonight

Starting and ending in NYC, AROUND THE GLOBE CHAIN PLAY was written as it travels around the world making 18 stops with playwrights from across the globe. Each AROUND THE GLOBE CHAIN PLAY playwright contributed the next one to four pages of text, moving the plot forward from where the previous playwright left off.

The playwrights are Kristoffer Diaz (USA), Andrew Templeton (Canada), Mariana Levy (Argentina), Mariana Hartasánchez (Mexico), Sarah Treem (USA), Ross Meuller (Australia), Michelle Tan (Singapore), Purva Naresh (India), Vera Ion (Romania), Natalia Antonova (Russia), Najwa Sabra (Lebanon), Deborah Asiimwe (Uganda), JC Niala (Kenya), Ogutu Muraya (The Netherlands), Lola Blasco Mena (Spain), Oladipo Agbouaje (England), Ian Rowlands (Wales), and Qui Nguyen (USA).

AROUND THE GLOBE CHAIN PLAY will be given a staged reading on World Theatre Day, tonight, March 27th at 7:00 PM. The reading will take place at The Lark Play Development Center (311 West 43rd Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10036). The reading will be directed by Ana Margineanu, a Romanian theatre director based in NYC. Tickets are FREE. To make reservations go to nycwtdchainplay2015.eventbrite.com.

AROUND THE GLOBE CHAIN PLAY will feature Raul Castillo (HBO's "Looking"), Frank Harts ("The Leftovers", Bway: A Raisin in the Sun), Diana Oh ({my lingerie play}, Going Rogue), Jason Liebman, Rachael Holmes (Bright Half Life), Tracey Gilbert , Pamela Shaw, Fahim Hamid, Katrina Abreu, Mary Malloy, and Zachary Percevecz.

The reading will also be live streamed on innovativetheatre.org/live. The reading will be following by a World Theatre Day Reception where a number of NYC theatre luminaries will read the International Theatre Institute's World Theatre Day Message.

The New York City World Theatre Day Coalition was formed in 2010 to create a widespread awareness of World Theatre Day in NYC by connecting the NYC theatre community to other theatre communities around the world and encouraging audiences in NYC and beyond to celebrate with us by attending the theatre. The Coalition is lead by an eight member Steering Committee that includes: The Alliance for Resident Theatres - New York www.art-newyork.org, The American Theatre Wing- www.americantheatrewing.org, The Innovative Theatre Foundation - www.nyitawards.com, The Lark Play Development Center - www.larktheatre.org, The League of Independent Theater - www.litny.org, The New International Theatre Experience - www.nitecorp.com, and The Theatre Development Fund - www.tdf.org.

About World Theatre Day: Created in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI), World Theatre Day is celebrated annually on March 27 by ITI Centres and the international theatre community. Various national and international theatre events are organized to mark this occasion, such as the creation and circulation of the World Theatre Day International Message through which, at the invitation of ITI, a figure of world stature shares his or her reflections on the theme of Theatre and a Culture of Peace. The International Message is translated into more than 20 languages, read for tens of thousands of spectators before performances in theatres throughout the world.

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