Irish Rep Theatre Hosts New Works Reading Series

 The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) is hosting a 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 monthly staged readings is For Nina by Robert Emmet Lunney. The reading is on Friday, March 28th at 3 PM, tickets are free, and the event is open to the public.  An RSVP to 212-727-2737 is
required.

For Nina  will be read by Lisa Emery* (The Maddening Truth, Abigail's Party) Peter Friedman* (The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island, Twelve Angry Men) Steven Goldstein* (The Voysey Inheritance, Romance)  Louisa Krause*  (Iphigenia 2.0, In A Dark Dark House) Larry Pine* (Secret Order, Stuff Happens) and Jennifer Van Dyck*  (Orson's Shadow, Hedda Gabler). *courtesy of AEA.

In For Nina, Nina Dalton is a forty-something stage-actress/movie-star performing in a new play written by her celebrated novelist husband Brian Bartov. Brian, in his early seventies, fights a dual battle against early stage Alzheimer's Disease and the temptation to rewrite Nina's part for a younger woman in the film version of his play. Their world is shaken by the surprise return of Gar Jackson who after thirty years away has finally completed a play of staggering beauty written especially for Nina.

Robert Emmet Lunney is a writer/actor/director living in New York City. He is co-founder of The Barker Project, a loose affiliation of theatre artists inspired by the early works of contemporary British playwright Howard Barker, and founded on the principle that argument and entertainment need not be mutually exclusive. His first play, FOR NINA, was a semi-finalist for the 2007 O'Neill Playwrights Conference and a finalist for the Abingdon Theatre's Christopher Brian Wolk Award.

Additional readings are scheduled for Friday, April 25, May 23, September 26, October 24, November 21 and December 5, 2008.  All 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.

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