Dress Circle Publishing to Release Ruby Preston's STARSTRUCK with TV Development Deal

DRESS CIRCLE PUBLISHING will release STARSTRUCK, the third new novel by Ruby Preston, on Tuesday, July 14. Ms. Preston's series - Starstruck follows Showbiz and Staged - is being developed into a series by production company Excelsior Entertainment, featuring Swedish television and music star Julia Sundstrom Sandstrom. In 2016, Sandstrom will appear opposite Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins in the feature film Beyond Deceit. To pre-order the book Starstruck, please visit www.dresscirclepublishing.com

STARSTRUCK follows the story of Scarlett Savoy, a savvy young producer. With her Broadway opening night a few weeks away, Savoy is finally ready for her brand new musical to take center stage. Only two major things standing in her way - the beautiful but mercurial Hollywood diva she's cast in the lead and the tall, dark and handsome familiar face from her past who flies back into her life. From high stakes rehearsal rooms, to paparazzi fueled scandals, to the star-studded red carpet of opening night, Starstruck is a page-turning journey behind the scenes of Broadway, all set against the glittering back drop of Manhattan. Will Scarlett make it to opening night before the curtain falls on her dreams?

"There's a whole crop of talented young producers arriving on Broadway and Ruby Preston is the first to tell their story," says Brisa Trinchero, Dress Circle Publishing co-founder. "Our mission with Dress Circle is to pull back the curtain and give Broadway fans an entertaining but authentic glimpse behind the scenes. As producers ourselves, we know first-hand how little access aspiring young producers have to what it really takes to work on Broadway."

DRESS CIRCLE PUBLISHING, founded in 2011 by Broadway producers Brisa Trinchero and Roberta Pereira, is the only publisher dedicated solely to producing books with Broadway themes by members of the Broadway community. Dress Circle Publishing's current titles include Seth's Broadway Diary by Seth Rudetsky, Jeremy Scott Blaustein's The Home for Wayward Ladies, Jennifer Ashley Tepper's The Untold Stories of Broadway, and Ruby Preston's Showbiz and Staged. www.dresscirclepublishing.com

BRISA TRINCHERO, a two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway producer, is thrilled to be combining her love of theater and books through Dress Circle Publishing. Her theatrical endeavors include over 18 Broadway shows including Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Pippin, The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess, Peter & The Starcatcher and Mothers & Sons. A lifelong entrepreneur, Brisa is an active strategic advisor to several tech and live entertainment start-ups. She serves as a creative development and fundraising strategists for individuals and organizations. In 2013, she was named a "Top 40 Under 40 Business Leader." Brisa has a degree in music, an MBA in finance and is a graduate of the Commercial Theatre Institute.

ROBERTA PEREIRA has been a producer at Bisno Productions since 2010. Bisno Productions is a theatre production company that develops and produces plays, musicals and event theatre on Broadway, Off Broadway, regionally, in the West End, and on tour. Bisno Productions was recently selected for Backstage's 1st Annual Broadway Future Power List, as "the go-to shingle for plays with a point of view." Recent productions include: A Red Orchid Theater's Off-Broadway premiere of The Opponent; Tony-nominated play Mothers and Sons by Terrence McNally, starring Tyne Daly; the revival of the beloved musical Annie; the Olivier Award-winning revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along in the West End; the revival of Peter Nichol's Passion Play starring Zoe Wanamaker in the West End; the Broadway premiere of Grace, starring Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon and Ed Asner; and the Tony Award Winning smash hit War Horse (Broadway, Toronto and US tour). A graduate of Yale School of Drama's Theater Management program, Roberta is originally from Brazil and currently lives in New York City.

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