Stephen Spinella Joins Staged Reading of 'A Perfect Future' by David Hay, 7/19

Tony Award-winning producer Andy Sandberg (Hair, The Last Smoker in America) will present a staged reading of the provocative new play, A Perfect Future, by David Hay (The Maddening Truth) with direction by Tony Award-nominee Wilson Milam (The Lieutenant of Inishmore). Prior developmental readings of the play were presented by Naked Angels Theater Company (Next Fall).

The four-member cast will feature Donna Bullock (Ragtime, A Class Act) as Natalie, Roderick Hill (Butley, Lestat) as Mark, Cotter Smith (Next Fall, An American Daughter) as John, and Tony Award-Winner Stephen Spinella (Angels in America; Spring Awakening) as Elliot. The invitation-only reading is set for Monday evening, July 19th.

At its core, A Perfect Future explores the question of whether people can be married and truly love each other when their political persuasions are diametrically opposed. Set in 2005, the action takes place in the apartment of two well heeled New Yorkers, Natalie and John, who are hosting a dinner for Elliot, a friend from their days as college radicals. Also invited to the party is Mark, a straight-laced young man from John's risk management firm. Over the course of a raucous evening filled with wine and merriment, their basic belief systems are upended, as the four must come to terms with each other's true politics and behavior.

David Hay (Playwright) Hay's play The Maddening Truth, about legendary writer Martha Gellhorn, had a successful Off-Broadway run at the Clurman Theatre. Produced by the Keen Company and hailed by The New York Times as "a fascinating portrait," the production starred Lisa Emery. A graduate of the UCLA Film Theater and Television School and a renowned cultural critic, Mr. Hay has also written and directed three films, including Dirt Cheap.

Wilson Milam (Director) U.S. credits include Martin McDonough's The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Mark Taper Forum, LA; Atlantic/Lyceum, New York-- Tony Award Nomination for Best Director), Glengarry Glen Ross, The Seafarer (Seattle Rep), Poor Beast in the Rain (Matrix), Closer (Berkeley Rep), Bug (Woolly Mammoth), Tracy Letts' Killer Joe (Next Theatre, Chicago; 29th Street Rep/Soho Playhouse, New York), Pot Mom (Steppenwolf), and The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (A Red Orchid, Chicago). UK and Ireland credits include Harvest, Flesh Wound, Fresh Kills (Royal Court); Lay Me Down Softly, Defender of the Faith, On Such As We (Abbey, Dublin); Othello (Shakespeare's Globe); The Lieutenant of Inishmore (RSC Stratford/Barbican/Garrick); Hurlyburly (The Peter Hall Company at the Old Vic/Queens); True West (Bristol Old Vic); A Lie of the Mind (Donmar Warehouse); The Wexford Trilogy (Tricycle); Chimps (LIverpool Playhouse); Bug (Gate, London); Killer Joe (Traverse/Bush/Vaudeville-- Scotsman Fringe First Award). Other: Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (BBCi).

Andy Sandberg (Producer) is a director, actor, writer, and Tony Award-winning producer. On Broadway and London's West End, Andy has been a producer of the hit revival of HAIR (2009 Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle Awards). In the fall of 2009, Andy produced the New York premiere of Morris Panych's Vigil, starring Tony Award-nominees Malcolm Gets and Helen Stenborg. Recent/Upcoming Producing Projects: The Last Smoker in America, a new musical by Tony Award-nominee Bill Russell and Drama Desk nominee Peter Melnick; Paradise Found, a new musical co-directed by Hal Prince and Susan Stroman (Menier Chocolate Factory). B.A. Yale University.

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