Rebecca Naomi Jones and Tracy Jai Edwards Lead EXTRACTION Reading, 6/13

Broadway and Off-Broadway producer Ken Davenport (author of the popular blog, The Producer's Perspective) will present Catie O'Keefe's Extraction as the sixth selection in THE DAVENPORT DEVELOPMENTAL READING SERIES, for readings of new works (plays and/or musicals), on Monday, June 13th at the Davenport Studio (250 West 49th Street, Suite 302, NYC). Extraction is directed by Mark Robinson and stars Nehal Joshi, Ward Billenisen, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Tracy Jai Edwards, Jonathan D. Lovitz, and Ellen Bullinger. The performance will be at 8:00pm followed by a talkback with the writer. To RSVP, visit www.extraction.eventbrite.com.

Nizwar's strange and illegal career has always created distance between himself and those closest to him; but it's only with the tragic death of a client that the true effect of his work comes to light. Extraction is a story about relationships and how close you can get to the truth without risking it all.

Extraction is the sixth presentation in the Davenport Developmental Reading Series. The series takes place every three months and highlights new plays or musicals from exciting up-and-coming writers. Information regarding submissions can be found at www.DavenportTheatrical.com.

Catie O'Keefe holds a BA in Theatre from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon and a Masters in Playwriting from Royal Holloway University of London. Her work has been performed at the Jerwood Centre, Southwark Theatre, Henley Fringe Festival, The Royal Court Upstairs, Theatre 503 and the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She participated in the Fall 2007 session of the Royal Court's Young Writers Program and also the 2008 Invitation Class back at the Royal Court. Her Play An Apartment with Grace was one of six winners to be produced for The Louisiana State University Outworks Festival in April 2010. Her latest works include a reading of The Burning Mann at the Aronoff Center in Cincinnati, Your Female Companions with First Draft Theatre in London, publication of The Space Between your Head and your Body with Original Works Publishing and Darker (winner of best new Writing at First Draft Theatre 2010) as part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival this summer. She is a recipient of the Peggy Ramsay Grant who works in the UK and the US and is currently the Playwright in residence at New Edgecliff Theatre.

Ken Davenport's Broadway productions include Oleanna starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles, Speed-the-Plow, Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America, Blithe Spirit starring Angela Lansbury and 13. He also recently released These Magnificent Miles: On the Long Road with Red Wanting Blue, a documentary on one of the top unsigned rock bands in the country. Ken is the only independent producer to have had three shows running simultaneously Off-Broadway-Altar Boyz, The Awesome 80s Prom and My First Time. He was featured on a national commercial for Apple's iPhone, named one of Crain's "Forty Under 40," and was dubbed the "P.T. Barnum of Off-Broadway" by The New York Times. Ken created and developed a smartphone app called AT THE BOOTH^TM, which gives a listing of available shows at the famed TKTS® booth in Times Square. AT THE BOOTH^TM has been featured on Entertainment Weekly's Must List and called "Ingenious! The best thing to happen to New York theater since, well, the introduction of the TKTS® booth!" Combined, Ken's productions have grossed more than $100 million worldwide and are being produced internationally in over 25 countries including Germany, Mexico, France and Korea. Current projects include bringing the first ever revivals of both Godspell and A Few Good Men to Broadway, adapting the novel and film Somewhere in Time into a Broadway musical, and his latest creative collaboration Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating and Marriage!. He also runs a number of theatrical websites including Broadway's #1 social networking site-BroadwaySpace.com, which has just launched the Broadway board game Be A Broadway Star, recently seen on the Today Show. His blog, TheProducersPerspective.com, has been featured in Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The Gothamist and more. He has written articles for Forbes, Mashable, Imedia and others. For more information, visit www.DavenportTheatrical.com.