Midtown Direct Rep to Present Sandy Rustin's STRUCK, 3/8

MIDTOWN DIRECT REP (MDR), the theatre company in residence at the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC), concludes their Theatre in the Loft series with a staged reading of a new serio-comedy by the playwright of Rated P (for Parenthood)andThe Cottage, Sandy Rustin. STRUCK will be directed by Will Pomerantz (The Blue Flower). The reading of STRUCK is on Sunday, March 8 at 7:00 pm at SOPAC (One Sopac Way, South Orange, NJ, 07079).

The reading is open to the public, and $15 tickets are available at www.sopacnow.org.

The cast will feature MDR company members Adam Dannheisser (Rock of Ages), Michelle Federer (Wicked), and Stephanie Kurtzuba (Annie, the movie), with special guest Matthew Gumley(Elf) and more TBA. MDR company member Terrence Witter (Chicago) will be the stage manager.

Vera Resnick was struck by a bicycle in the East Village. Now she feels a strange and out-of-character connection to the college-aged biker who hit her. Was the collision just coincidence, or did larger forces bring them together? Vera, her husband, and their hippy-chic Texan neighbor seek truth in the face of deception in this surprising and soulful serio-comedy that explores fate, family and identity.

Tickets: $15. Tickets can be purchased online http://www.sopacnow.org/507/mdr or by calling 973-313-ARTS (2787). Same day student tickets are available for $10 at the Box Office only (subject to availability, one ticket per ID, two-hours prior to curtain).