Producer's Club Presents Davenport-Produced Reading of AMELIA 3/15

Broadway and Off-Broadway producer Ken Davenport (author of the popular blog, www.TheProducersPerspective.com) will present the first selection of THE DAVENPORT DEVELOPMENTAL READING SERIES, four readings of new works (plays and/or musicals) on Monday, March 15th at the Producer's Club (358 West 44th Street, between Eighth & Ninth Avenues).

The inaugural selection is AMELIA, a romantic drama chronicling one woman's desperate search for her husband through the battlefields of Civil War America, transforming her from farm girl to Union soldier. Under the direction of Robert Richmond, the March 15th presentation of AMELIA will be performed by Alex Webb and Shirleyann Kaladjian.

Davenport explains, "It amazes me how many passionate writers are out there in the world. Every day, scripts are submitted to us from hopeful writers who have committed their idea to paper, and now want to share it with as many people as possible. I have been brainstorming all year on how to thank everyone for their submissions and offer some sort of props for their passion to the process of creating theater. After much deliberation, I decided that what writers really want, even more than money, is to have their work performed in front of an audience. So, I started THE DAVENPORT THEATRICAL DEVELOPMENTAL READING SERIES to do just that."

Information regarding submissions for the three remaining reading slots in the series can be found at www.davenporttheatrical.com.

The readings will take place at 8 PM on Monday, March 15th for AMELIA and on the following dates for the three remaining slots: Monday, June 14th; Monday, September 13th; and Monday, December 13th.

Seating is limited. To make a reservation please email RSVP@davenporttheatrical.com.

Alex Webb wrote and directed, Hove (The Wind), with Olympia Dukakis, which was an official selection at the Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Boston and Montreal World Film Festivals (www.hovethewind.com). He is the recipient of a Panavision New Filmmaker Award. His first film, The Girl in 2C, received a silver medal at WorldFest - The Houston Int'l Film Festival and was also seen at the acclaimed Clermont-Ferrand Festival in France. His script, Welcome to L.A., was awarded Honorable Mention in the Cinequest screenplay competition. Alex was a company member of the critically acclaimed Aquila Theatre Company for many years where he played a variety of roles from Zeus to Lady Bracknell and collaborated on the script for A Very Naughty Greek Play, an adaptation of Aristophanes' The Wasps. Alex has been seen as an actor in many feature films; notably Prime with Meryl Streep, Tailspin with Michael Murphy and Boiler Room with Giovanni Ribisi and Ben Affleck. He had a recurring role on NBC's "Homicide" as well as on HBO's "Oz." On stage in New York, Alex has performed at Carnegie Hall, Joe's Pub, CSC, The Public Theatre, and the Culture Project. Regionally, he has appeared at Arena Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, St. Louis Rep and the Kennedy Center.

Ken Davenport's recent Broadway productions include Oleanna starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles, Speed-the-Plow starring Raul Esparza, Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America, Blithe Spirit starring Angela Lansbury, and 13. Ken is the only independent producer to have had three shows running simultaneously Off-Broadway - Altar Boyz, The Awesome 80s Prom and My First Time. He was recently featured on a national commercial for Apple's iPhone, named one of Crain's "Forty Under 40" in 2008, and dubbed the "P.T. Barnum of Off-Broadway" by the New York Times. Current projects include Broadway revivals of Godspell and Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men, Ken's musical adaptation of Somewhere In Time, and a documentary on one of the top unsigned rock bands in the country - Red Wanting Blue. Ken also runs a number of theatrical websites including Broadway's #1 social networking site - BroadwaySpace.com. His blog,

TheProducersPerspective.com, has been featured in Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The Gothamist and many others. He has written articles for Forbes, Mashable, Imedia and others.
For more information, visit www.davenporttheatrical.com.

 

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