Dialogue with Three Chords Launches 6th Season with BORN DRY BUT DETERMINED TO DROWN Tonight

Dialogue with Three Chords (D3C) kicks off their sixth season of independent theatre in Greenwich Village with BORN DRY BUT DETERMINED TO DROWN. Written by Stephen Gracia and directed by Michael LoPorto, the full-length original play sees its debut at 8pm tonight, August 25, downstairs at Mr. Dennehy's on 63 Carmine Street, New York, NY 10014. Admission is free with a $3 suggested donation.

BORN DRY BUT DETERMINED TO DROWN tells the story of two friends traveling the 'corpse road' from Tennessee to California to dump an acquaintance's ashes into the pacific ocean.

D3C has developed two serialized dramas in their years of producing free theatre in New York City. To celebrate the start of their sixth year, the group has revisited the first of these season-long epics: SHIPYARD SOULS AND A COMPASS ROSE. Gracia, who co-founded D3C with LoPorto, explained that "Born Dry but Determined to Drown" takes one of the timelines from SHIPYARD SOULS and turns it into its own, stand alone, full-length play.

LoPorto and Gracia together expressed that this new work expanded on the original narrative which concerned "ghosts, sunken ships, and rock and roll." Said LoPorto: "we spent a year developing the characters and themes seen in SHIPYARD SOULS and the full-length play BORN DRY BUT DETERMINED TO DROWN is the fruit of our labor."

D3C has been a home for musicians and performers during their years in residency at Dennehy's, at a time when New York has struggled to retain the vibrant arts and cultural scene that's long been an integral part of the city. In addition to mounting original shows, D3C have hosted benefits for area veterans, and also raised money for undergrad actors at Brooklyn College, the alma-mater of Gracia and LoPorto.

Season six of D3C will focus on a series of full-length plays, continuing into 2017. BORN DRY BUT DETERMINED TO DROWN is the first of these, which Gracia calls "a play about the land-locked, the shipwrecked, and those floating in space, and it's about the songs we sing softly to ourselves."

More information on Dialogue with Three Chords can be found at www.facebook.com/dthreec.

BORN DRY BUT DETERMINED TO DROWN features: Larry Greenbush as Whitney, Kendra Leigh Landon as Paula, Ridley Parson as Alex, Cristina Pitter as Leonora, Conor Sullivan as Howe and Steve Weinblatt as Joshua.

Dialogue with Three Chords was founded by Stephen Gracia and Michael LoPorto and applies the do-it-yourself philosophy of punk to the stage and features short plays and live music. Their work has also been produced at HERE Arts Center, Dixon Place, The SOHO Gallery of Digital Art, Sargent Theatre, Makor Theater, DUMBO Theatre Exchange, Levenson Hall at Brooklyn College, and the Theaters at 45 Bleecker.

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