Theatre East's BOOGIE DOWN LOUD Series to Kick Off Friday at Bronx Brewery

Theatre East presents the BOOGIE DOWN LOUD SERIES, sponsored by Bronx Brewery, as a Summer Spin-Off of the Neighborhood Reading Series.

The series features scripts that are bold, brash, and outside the box every Final Friday this summer, May-September. As always, readings are Pay-What-You-Can and open to the public.

First on tap, LITTLE MACHINE written by Julia Rae Maldonado and directed by Bianca Puorto.

Space... a Martian transport carrying secret government cargo is hijacked by the cutest assassin in the universe. Everybody dies in this sci-fi comedy.

The cast features Elsbeth Denman, Jeff Gorcyca, Grant Harvey, Geoffrey Hymers, Laura Kay, Shelby Wong, and Yha Mourhia Wright. Original music by Jeff Gorcyca.

Taps will start pouring at 5pm and the reading will begin at 6pm. Bronx Brewery is located at 856 East 136th Street, Bronx, NY 10454. For reservations visit www.theatreeast.org.

The rest of the summer lineup includes DEMON HUNTERS by Nat Cassidy, NOTHING UNTOWARD by Clay McLeod Chapman, EXPULSION: the play by Yha Mourhia Wright, HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY by Stephanie Fagan, ROSEMARY WITH GINGER by Edward Allen Baker, BLACKSHEEP by Julia Rae Maldonado, and I KISSED YOUR BOYFRIEND by Laura Kay.

Theatre East is a 501(c)3 nonprofit theatre company whose mission is to provide the community with a platform to deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world we share through works of theatre that utilize simple storytelling.

The company was founded in 2008 by husband-and-wife producing partners Judson Jones (Artistic Director) and Christa Kimlicko Jones (Associate Artistic Director), along with Joseph Mitchell Parks, after producing such hits as the premiere of Christopher Durang's THE VIETNAMIZATION OF NEW JERSEY (NY Times Critic's Pick), and the premiere of Texas playwright David W. Crawford's HARVEST (BackStage Critic's Pick, Smith & Kraus Best New Plays of 2008), as well as earning a spot as producers to watch in 2008 on PBS's Theater Talk. Since its founding, Theatre East has mounted such critically acclaimed New York and World Premieres as Tim Blake Nelson's EYE OF GOD, Daniel MacIvor's THE SOLDIER DREAMS, Bennett Windheim's NORMALCY, Megan O'Brien's THE JUNGLE BOOK, DEVIL AND THE DEEP with original music and lyrics by Air Supply's Graham Russell, and most recently Cyndi Williams' A NAME FOR A GHOST TO MUTTER.

For more information visit www.theatreeast.org.