New Theatre announces a play reading of J.T. Roger's THE OVERWHELMING
At New Theatre, 4120 Laguna Street, in Coral Gables On Sunday, September 11, 2005 at SEVEN P.M. Admission is Freehttp://www.new-theatre.orgJoin us to hear a brand new play by award-winning writer J.T. Rogers. THE OVERWHELMING by J.T. Rogers is the gripping story of an American family, newly arrived in Kigali, Rwanda, in early 1994, who come face-to-face with the realization that nothing and no one around them is what they understood it to be. Finding themselves embroiled in events beyond their understanding, three Americans struggle to discover who they can trust and what they will do when faced with matters of life and death.Background: J.T.Rogers is the author of WHITE PEOPLE (L.A. Drama Critics Circle and Barrymore Award nominee for the best play of the year,) SEEING THE ELEPHANT (American Theatre Critics Association and Kesselring Prize nominee for best new American play.) He is currently under commission from the Salt Lake Acting Company and was selected as one of ten playwrights in the nation to receive a NEA/TCG Theatre residency for 2004-2005. Rogers is a graduate of the professional actor training program at the North Carolina School of the Arts. His play MADAGASCAR won the Elizabeth Osborne Award this year and is receiving a regional premier at New Theatre.
The reading will be directed by New Theatre Artistic Director Rafael de Acha, with David Kwiat, Tara Vodihn, Korken Iskenderian, Robert Strain, James Randolph, Lela Elam, Wayne Robinson, and Rudy Mungaray.