John Cariani to Star In Industry Reading of MEMOIRS OF A FORGOTTEN MAN

D.W. Gregory's political thriller Memoirs of a Forgotten Man will receive an industry reading on Thursday, December 1 at 2:30 p.m. Directed by James Glossman, the reading takes place at the Mary Rodgers Room at the Dramatists Guild (1501 Broadway, Suite 710, entrance on 43rd Street). The reading is free and open to the public. Reservations, which are recommended, can be made by emailing memoirsofaforgottenman@gmail.com.

Long before fake news was a trending topic, it was called propaganda. And in Stalin's Russia, it was the grease that kept his machinery of terror in motion. Memoirs of a Forgotten Man traces the fates of three people caught up in that machine: A journalist with the gift of total recall, the psychologist who works with him, and a government censor desperate to track him down. A haunting and suspenseful political thriller inspired by a true story.

The cast features Tony Award-nominee John Cariani (Fiddler on the Root, The Band's Visit); Steve Brady (Broadway's Inherit the Wind); Amie Bermowitz (Ruthless! Off Broadway); and Andrea Gallo (Night Mother Off Broadway).

Memoirs of a Forgotten Man is a cautionary tale for our time; an examination of what happens when a nation grants one man the power to define its reality, and he defines it with lies.

Memoirs of a Forgotten Man received a rolling world premiere through the National New Play Network, with productions at Contemporary American Theatre Festival, New Jersey Repertory, and Shadowland Stages. It also received a production at Washington Stage Guild in Washington, D.C.

D.W. Gregory (playwright) was called a "a playwright with a talent to enlighten and provoke" by the New York Times for Radium Girls, her most produced play, with more than 1,500 productions in the U.S. and abroad. Other works include The Good Daughter, October 1962, and Molumby's Million, which was nominated for Philadelphia's Barrymore Award for best new play.

James Glossman (director) recently directed the world premiere of Safe Home, which he co-wrote with Tom Hanks, at Shadowland Stages; the American premiere of John Cleese's farce Bang Bang!, and the east coast premiere of Jeff Daniels' Flint. He also co-wrote and directed the music-theatre piece Shostakovich and The Black Monk, with Philip Setzer and the Grammy-winning Emerson String Quartet, which was performed around the world, from Tanglewood and Wolf Trap to the Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul.