Ringwald Theatre Presents ELIZABETH THE BEAUTIFUL Reading

Acclaimed playwright Kim Carney and the gang at Who Wants Cake? will team up for a one-night-only reading of her newest play. Elizabeth the Beautiful tackles the issues of beauty, fame, and celebrity as told through the ravishing mega-celebrity Elizabeth Taylor. The one-time reading will take place on Friday, January 29 at 8:00 PM at The Ringwald Theatre, 22742 Woodward Ave, Ferndale, MI 48220. Reservations are not needed. Admission is free.

Elizabeth the Beautiful is the story of the many loves of screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, and the significance (or insignificance) her great beauty had in her life. Starring Joe Bailey as Elizabeth, Jamie Richards as Richard Burton and Joe Plambeck as everybody else!

Kim Carney is an award-winning playwright whose work has appeared throughout Michigan, as well as in New York and California. Her newest play, Geoffrey & Jeffrey, was recently produced at the Performance Network in Ann Arbor. Other Michigan productions include Labor Day, Only Me and You and Nooner at Jeff Daniels' Purple Rose Theatre, Photographic Memories (at the Boarshead/Michigan Public Theatre, and at the Baldwin Theatre in Royal Oak), Bombshells (also at the Boarshead, as well as University of Detroit's Theatre Company), Life Is A Beach (Millenium Theatre), I Love Christmas (1515 Broadway) and Lib (Planet Ant). A graduate of Wayne State University's theater department, Carney received its 1998 Alumni Achievement Award.

Who Wants Cake? opened the doors to their resident home, The Ringwald, in May 2007 with Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy. Quickly, The Ringwald became a mainstay of Detroit's theatre community. Since opening their doors, Who Wants Cake? has been offering up slice after slice of successful shows including Southern Baptist Sissies, Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical, Killer Joe, The Bad Seed, The Book of Liz, Rent, and Evil Dead: The Musical. Who Wants Cake? was named the 2008 and 2009 Best Theatre Group in Channel 4's Vote 4 The Best contest and the 2009 Best Theatrical Troupe by Real Detroit.