Irish Rep New Work's Series Presents COMES A FAERY 12/17

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) launches the fifth season of the New Works Reading Series to support new plays and emerging playwrights. As part of its mission statement, The Irish Repertory Theatre "encourages the development of new works focusing on the Irish and Irish American experience, as well as a range of other cultures."

The next of the free staged readings is James McLindon's COMES A FAERY which was workshopped last summer at the 2010 O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. The reading is on Friday, December 17 at 3pm, tickets are free, and the event is open to the public. An RSVP to 212-727-2737 is suggested.

COMES A FAERY will be read by Carlo Alban (MONSTROSITY, A SMALL MELODRAMATIC STORY), Rob Campbell (LASCIVIOUS SOMETHING, THE SINGING FOREST), Deanne Lorette (LA BETE, THE LITTLE FOXES), Nicole Lowrance (DIVIDING THE ESTATE,THE MERCHANT OF VENICE) and Samantha Soule (GABRIEL, THE PHILANTHROPIST).

In James McLindon's COMES A FAERY, a single mother is deployed overseas. Her little girl is left with a less-than-willing aunt. A cantankerous Irish fairy, who may or may not have escaped from a
favorite storybook, appears. Has he come to keep the lonely child company ... or steal her soul?

Playwright James McLindon's play, COMES A FAERY, was developed this summer at the 2010 O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. He is currently in residence at CAP21 in New York developing his play, SALVATION (formerly, SAVING GRACE), which will be produced there and
at Hudson Stage Company, Giovanna Sardelli directing, in 2010-11. In the last two years, he has had 19 plays produced in theaters across America and the United Kingdom. DISTANT MUSIC has enjoyed four productions and is slated for a fifth and sixth this season at the Black Swan Theatre of Asheville as winner of the Jane Bingham Prize and at the Brigit Saint Brigit Theatre in Omaha. DUSK and A BRIEF HISTORY OF PENGUINS AND PROMISCUITY premiered at the Grove Theatre
Center in Los Angeles in June, 2007 and January, 2008 respectively. Mr. McLindon has recently workshopped FAITH at the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference in McCall, Idaho, and at the Lark Theatre's Playwrights' Week in New York. He also recently workshopped SALVATION at the PlayPenn Conference in Philadelphia. His other plays have been developed and/or produced at theaters such as the Abingdon, hotINK Festival, Irish Repertory, Samuel French Ten-Minute Play Festival, CAP21, the Estrogenius 2009, Penguin Repertory, Emerging Artists Theatre, Love Creek Productions, and HRC Showcase Theatre in New York; Crossing the Divide Festival in the West End of London; Victory Gardens, Prop Thtr, and Stage Left in Chicago; Lyric Stage and Boston Playwrights Theatre in Boston; Colony Theatre, Theatricum Botanicum, Grove Theatre Center, and Circus Theatricals in Los Angeles; the Great Plains Theatre Conference in Omaha, the Telluride Playwrights Festival, the Arkansas Rep in Little Rock, and the Ashland New Plays Festival in Oregon. His plays have been published by Dramatic Publishing and Level 4 Press.

Kara Manning, Literary Manager, hopes that the reading series will "give playwrights, both emerging and more established, the invaluable opportunity to develop their new work in a supportive, safe environment and will also introduce some Irish playwrights, especially those who might not yet have the New York recognition they merit, to an American audience." The Irish Repertory Theatre's 2007 production of Stuart Carolan's Defender of the Faith was an alumnus of the 2006 New Works Reading Series.

The 2010-2011 New Works Reading Series is underwritten in part by Alexis Doyle, Patricia Smith, and the members of our Patron's Circle.

The New Works Reading Series has upcoming readings on January 28 and February 25. Readings are at 3 PM unless otherwise noted and are located at The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street).

Tickets are free and the reading is open to the public. Seating is limited. RSVP by calling The Irish Repertory Theatre Box Office at (212) 727-2737. For more information visit www.irishrep.org.

About The Irish Repertory Theatre:

Founded by Ciarán O'Reilly, Producing Director, and Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director, The Irish Repertory Theatre opened its doors in September 1988 with Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars and is celebrating its 21st Season. The Irish Rep is currently the only year-round theatre company in New York City devoted to bringing Irish and Irish American works to the stage. Recognized with the Jujamcyn Theatres Award, a special Drama Desk Award for "Excellence in
Presenting Distinguished Irish Drama," and the Lucille Lortel Award for "Outstanding Body of Work," The Irish Rep has celebrated the very best in Irish theatre for over twenty years, from the masters to the new generation of Irish and Irish American writers who are transforming the stage. Nearly 38,000 audience members annually attend productions at our theatre located in the heart of New York's Off Broadway community. Once here, they witness The Irish Rep's engaging perspective on the Irish and their unique contributions to the world of drama.

Currently at the Irish Repertory Theater is A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES, with performances running through January 2.

For more information, visit www.irishrep.org.

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