Waterwell Announces Second Annual New Works Lab at PPAS, 5/2-5

Waterwell continues its annual series of new play workshops at the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan with the Nothing Is The End Of The World (except for the end of the world), a new play by Bekah Brunstetter (Oohrah!) and directed byStephen Brackett (After). Performances will be Wednesday, May 2^nd through Saturday, May 5^th at 7p, with an additional Saturday matinee at 2p.

In the near-distant future, an NYC charter school becomes the first to welcome artificially intelligent students. The social experiment becomes a reality show and suddenly priorities and moralities turn inside-out as the AI's try to integrate and everyone tries to survive junior year. High school dramedy meets invasion sci-fi in this new dark new play by one of theater’s boldest new voices. 

Designed to stimulate the creation of high-quality new plays for young actors, Waterwell’s New Works Lab @ PPAS offers emerging and established playwrights the chance to develop their work with the support of professional directors and designers and a cast of exceptionally talented high school artists. This annual workshop series presents stripped down, actor-centric productions that add to the canon of thematically rich, complex and original scripts and roles for student actors. 

The creative team for Nothing Is The End Of The World (except for the end of the world) also includes Daniel Zimmerman (Scenic Designer), Tilly Grimes (Costume Designer), Greg Goff (Lighting Designer), M.L. Dogg (Sound Designer) and Danielle Thomson(Stage Manager). The cast of eight is comprised entirely of high school students at the Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS). 

Performances at the PPAS Black Box are Wednesday May 2^nd through Saturday, May 5^th at 7p, with an additional Saturday matinee at 2p. Tickets are $10 for PPAS students, $15 dollars for adults and can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com. PPAS is located at 328 W 48^th St in New York, NY. For more information, visit http://www.waterwell.org.