Piece Projects & VS. Theatre Company to Present AMAZING FROGS AND TOADS Readings, 12/12 & 19

THE PIECE PROJECT and VS THEATRE present two exclusive Los Angeles reading of Terri Minsky's AMAZING FROGS AND TOADS on Thursday, December 12, 2013 and Thursday, December 19, 2013 at 8pm. Founded by Devon Gummersall and Andrew Carlberg, THE PIECE PROJECT is a celebrity-based theater ensemble. Every two-three months, The Piece Project hosts a play reading to benefit a local Los Angeles theater company. Ron Klier and Jacob Chase will direct these readings of AMAZING FROGS AND TOADS, whose casts include Patrick J. Adams, Brandon Barash,Brian Geraghty, Josh Pence, June Diane Raphael, and Abigail Spencer.

The founding ensemble consists of the following artists: Ed Asner (THE Mary Tyler Moore SHOW, UP), Wes Bentley(AMERICAN BEAUTY, THE HUNGER GAMES), Adam Brody (THE O.C., LOVELACE), Billy Burke (THE TWILIGHT SAGA), Andrew Carlberg (Producer), Johnny Clark (Vs. Theatre Company), Michelle Clunie (QUEER AS FOLK, MAKE IT OR BREAK IT), David Denman (THE OFFICE, BIG FISH), Devon Gummersall (STATE OF MIND, MY SO-CALLED LIFE), Elaine Hendrix (JOAN OF ARCADIA, ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION), Jon Huertas (CASTLE, GENERATION KILL), Tom Irwin (SAVING GRACE, MY SO-CALLED LIFE), Ron Klier (Vs. Theatre Company), Neil LaBute (THE SHAPE OF THINGS, NURSE BETTY), Sharon Lawrence (NYPD BLUE, RIZZOLI AND ISLES), Jenn Liu (PEDRO, TWO AND A HALF MEN), Larisa Oleynik (HAWAII FIVE-0, MAD MEN),ERIK PALLADINO (ER, ANSWERS TO NOTHING), Jeremy Sisto (SUBURGATORY, SIX FEET UNDER), Amy Smart (CRANK, THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT), Lauren Stamile (GREY'S ANATOMY, BURN NOTICE), Rider Strong(BOY MEETS WORLD, CABIN FEVER), Tessa Thompson (FOR COLORED GIRLS, COPPER) and Vincent Ventresca (THE INVISIBLE MAN, FRIENDS).

VS. Theatre Company, a Not-For-Profit 501c-(3) Public Benefit Corporation, is a small, dedicated group of passionate artists devoted to producing original works and Los Angeles Premieres by the best contemporary playwrights in America. Vs. was founded in 2004 based on a passion for riveting stories and live performance in an intimate setting. Recently named "one of the top theatre companies of the last decade" by the LA Weekly, Vs. has produced or co-produced major contemporary playwrights including John Patrick Shanley, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Adam Rapp, Itamar Moses, and Neil LaBute. To date, Vs. had produced or co-produced fourteen plays. Standouts include: the West Coast Premere of Keith Bunin's The Credeaux Canvas, which ran for nearly six months and played to sold out houses every night;In Arabia We'd All Be Kings (a co-production with The Elephant Theatre Company), named Best Production by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle in 2008; On An Average Day, produced in Los Angeles and Chicago, garnering Critic's Choice in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and Backstage, and slated for an off-Broadway run in 2012; Blackbird by Adam Rapp which was nominated for three Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards including two for Best Lead Actor and three LA Weekly Awards including Best Production; and most recently, The Los Angeles Premiere of Neil LaBute's The Mercy Seat, a co-production with the Ford Theatre as part of the Ford's prestigious 2011 [Inside] The Ford Winter Partnership Program. The Mercy Seat recently won two Backstage Reader's Choice Awards-Best Production and Best Lead Performance. For more info, please visit www.vstheatre.org

Terri Minsky is a New York-based writer, mostly for television. She has created three series -- "Lizzie McGuire" for the Disney Channel, and "Less Than Perfect" and "The Geena Davis Show" for ABC. She has been a writer/producer on many other shows, including "Sex and the City," "Flying Blind," "Cashmere Mafia," and "The Carrie Diaries." Before that, she worked as a journalist on the staff of The Wall Street Journal and the Boston Globe, and freelanced for publications such as New York Magazine, Spy, and Rolling Stone. She lives in New York with her husband David Blum and their two children, Sam and Anna. "Amazing Frogs and Toads" is her first play.

When you love someone, you give them the power to destroy you. Amazing Frogs and Toads is a play about what happens when they use that power. Stuart and Abby, Celia and Danny -- they are two couples who are the closest of friends. They know everything about each other ... including things the others don't know. In this dark comedy, support, trust, and intimacy become the instruments of fury, betrayal and loss. A best friend is one careless remark away from being your worst enemy.

AMAZING FROGS AND TOADS will take place on Thursday, December 12, 2013 and Thursday, December 19, 2013 at 8pm Admission is $20. All proceeds benefit VS. Theatre Company.

This reading will be held at VS. Theatre Company, located at W. 5453 Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90019.

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