THINK GLOBAL F***K LOCAL Reading Held 3/27 At Irish Rep

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 staged readings is Think Global, F**k Local by Stella Feehily directed by Out of Joint artistic director Max Stafford-Clark (The Overwhelming, Shopping and F**king). The reading is on Friday, March 27th at 3 PM, tickets are free, and the event is open to the public. An RSVP to 212-727-2737 is required.

Think Global, F**k Local will be read by Denis Butkus* (Othello, The Coast of Utopia), Chris Chalk *(Ruined, The Overwhelming), Maria Dizzia* (The Drunken City, Eurydice), Lisa Joyce*(That Pretty, Pretty; Or, the Rape Play, Red Light Winter), Heather Raffo* (9 Parts of Desire, Palace of the End), Matthew Rauch* (Prelude to a Kiss, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) and Mickey Sumner* (Rumspringa, "Last Chance Harvey") *courtesy of AEA.

The reading of Think Global, F**k Local is being presented with the cooperation of Out of Joint and was presented last summer as part of the Royal Court's Rough Cut staged reading series.
Stella Feehily (playwright): Stella is an actress and writer. Her performing work includes A Christmas Carol (the Gate Theatre), Macbeth (the Tivoli Theatre), Ten (the Project Arts Centre), Letters to Felice (the Pavilion Theatre) and Iphigenia At Aulis (The Abbey Theatre). TV and film includes "The Ritual," "Ballykissangel" and "Fair City." Her short play Game was commissioned by Fishamble Theatre Company and premiered at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin 2003. Duck, Stella's first full length play premiered in an Out of Joint and Royal Court co-production at the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, July 2003, before playing at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, The Dublin Theatre Festival and The Royal Court Theatre, London. Stella's second full-length play O Go My Man was co-produced by Out of Joint and The Royal Court Theatre in January 2006 and was joint winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, 2007 (prize awarded to four writers). Catch (written with four other female playwrights) opened at the Royal Court in December 2006. Radio plays include: Sweetbitter-Lyric FM and Julia Robert's Teeth-Radio 3. Stella is currently under commission to The Royal Court Theatre, The National Theatre, Soho Theatre and the Manhattan Theatre Club. Dreams of Violence, her new play, opens at Soho Theatre in July 09 and co-commissioners Manhattan Theatre Club are producing a public reading on the 30th March 09, directed by Kate Whoriskey.
Max Stafford-Clark (director): Max Stafford-Clark lives and works in London where he runs his own theatre company Out Of Joint. He began his career at The Traverse Theatre Edinburgh where he was the artistic director from 1968-1972. He founded Joint Stock in 1982, which was to become one of the most innovative and exciting British theatre companies of the 80's. From 1979 to 1993 he ran London's Royal Court Theatre and during this time he initiated an exchange program with Joseph Papp's Public Theatre, which brought a number of his productions to New York including Top Girls, Tom and Viv, Rat In The Scull, Aunt Dan and Lemon, and Serious Money. Since then other productions of his work have been seen in the U.S., including: The Overwhelming at The Roundabout, Three Birds Alighting On a Field at Manhattan Theatre Club, Blue Heart and The Stewart Of Christendom both at BAM, Our Lady Of Sligo at The Irish Rep, Shopping And f-ing at New York Theatre Workshop and Macbeth, Guthrie Minneapolis and MIFA. His production of The Convicts Opera - a co-production with Sydney Theatre Company- is currently playing at The Rose Theatre, Kingston.

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. Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director, Ciarán O'Reilly, Producing Director, Jeffrey Chrzczon, General Manager

Additional Spring 2009 readings are scheduled for May 29th. There is no April New Works reading. 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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