Kelly Bishop to Lead Midtown Direct Rep's FROM UNDER THE TREE Staged Reading, 10/6

Midtown Direct Rep announces the staged reading of David Myer's From Under the Tree as part of Midtown Direct Rep's play development series focused on new and innovative American theatre: Theatre in the Loft.

Following on the heels of MDR's successful development of Rated P (for parenthood), MDR's program, Theatre in the Loft, aims to do the same for other previously unseen material. MDR now presents monthly readings or workshops of new plays and musicals one Sunday night a month at 7 PM in the SOPAC loft. With a cash bar and post show discussions with the casts and creative teams, MDR fosters a fun and collaborative environment to nurture the development of top notch theatre right here at home.

From Under the Tree by David Myers will be directed by Will Pomerantz. The Cast is led by Kelly Bishop (Gilmore Girls). The rest of the cast is TBA. $15 Tickets can be purchased at: http://sopacnow.org/631/midtown-direct-rep-in-the-loft-oct-6

From the playwright ...

The pursuit of energy ruptures a Louisiana family in this explosive new play from David Myers. To frack, or not to frack? A matriarch and her son, an expectant first-time father, struggle over the natural gas thirteen-thousand feet underground. Drilling promises security and wealth for the next generation -- but at what cost? Secrets are unearthed, and unexpected consequences are revealed, as the family forges a new relationship to their land, their legacy, and their future.

With perhaps more professional theater artists than any suburb of NYC, Maplewood/South Orange (NJ) is "where Broadway comes home to sleep." MDR, a theatre company created by and for these NJ-based artists, develops and presents relevant, world-class theatre for its community. www.midtowndirectrep.org.

Midtown Direct Rep company members include two- time Tony Winner, Norbert Leo Butz, Tony Nominee, Christiane Noll, and "Law & Order; SVU" regular, Joel de la Fuente, among others. The Company is managed by Co-Artistic Directors Sandy Rustin and Jeremy Dobrish, Managing Director Jeffrey Shubart, and Producing Director Evan Fleischer.

Photo by Walter McBride / Retna Ltd.

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