Amphibian Stage Productions Presents A Staged Reading of Two Rooms 1/30

Amphibian Stage Productions is set to present a staged reading of Lee Blessing's drama, Two Rooms. Illana Stein directs the first "'Phibs at The Modern" reading of 2012 on January 30 at 7 PM.

About the Play
An American teacher is held hostage in a dark room after being captured in Beirut. His wife holds a vigil for him in an empty room in their house outside DC. Michael dictates unsent letters to his wife from his cell, while Lainie vies between Walker, a journalist intent to tell her story to the public, and Ellen, a State department official who wants to keep her quiet. Lee Blessing's Two Rooms navigates the worlds of politics, journalism, and terrorism, while examining the ties that bind people together and the forces that would tear them apart.

Two Rooms will be presented in Fort Worth on Monday, January 30 at 7 PM at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $5 for students.
To purchase tickets, theatergoers may call 817-923-3012, write to boxoffice@amphibianproductions.org, or visit www.amphibianproductions.org. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is located at 3200 Darnell Street, Fort Worth, TX 71607.

About Amphibian Stage Productions
Amphibian Stage Productions is a non-profit theatre company founded in 2000 by three alumni of TCU's Department of Theatre who strive to produce innovative and engaging works of theatre that challenge the way we see the world around us. Now in its thirteenth season, Amphibian has produced numerous groundbreaking and challenging plays (some regional premieres, others US or world premieres) that foster a deeper understanding of ourselves as members of the global community. The company is widely recognized for its stylistically and thematically varied scripts.
Committed to nurturing young and diverse audiences, Amphibian has developed a strong internship program, a summer acting workshop for teens, and a dynamic outreach project, Tad-Poles!, that is steadily increasing the company's visibility and following. The group travels to schools and community centers, performing and spreading a message of multicultural collaboration and tolerance.

Amphibian is generously funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, Ann L. & Carol Green Rhodes Charitable Trust, Amon G. Carter Foundation, Alcon Foundation, the Nell V. Bailey Charitable Trust, Wells Fargo Bank, Mrs. Betty J. Sanders, The Rug Company, Out of Nowhere Website Design, Bates Container, Pier 1 Imports, and the Devonian Society, a group of Amphibian's devoted donors who are proud to be the force behind nurturing the next generation of artists and audiences.

Biographies
Lee Blessing (Playwright) is best known for his play, A Walk in the Woods, which was nominated for both a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize. Recent plays include A Body of Water, Whores, The Scottish Play, Black Sheep, Fortinbras, and many others. He graduated from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop and the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa, and he currently heads the graduate playwriting program at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.
Illana Stein (Director) is a freelance director originally from Fort Worth who now resides in New York City. Directing credits include: Darker (2011 Cincinnati Fringe Festival; Critic's Pick & Acclaimed Production), Home Free! (Oregon Shakespeare Festival Midnight Project), A Midsummer Night's Dream, In Love with Shakespeare (Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Educational Tours), Burying Barbie, The Woolgatherer, Autobahn, As You Like It, and Ophelia's Story. She was Assistant to the Artistic Director for 3 years at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company where she served as resident assistant director/dramaturg on over 20 productions and assisted with casting. She is co-founder and former Artistic Director of ORASI Productions and has a B.F.A. in Drama from the University of Oklahoma.

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