Staged Reading of ROOST Held at Ars Nova Tonight, 5/12

Roost will have its New York premiere as an AEA Staged Reading at Ars Nova tonight, May 12 at 6:30pm. Ars Nova is at 511 West 54th Street (between 10th & 11th Avenues). Catered reception to follow upstairs in Ars Nova?s Loft space. This is a FREE event, but by invitation only. To request an invitation, email RTC@RitualTheatreCompany.org.

This 6-character play begins after Derek's mother is arrested for the violent murder of his father, as he and his sister's childhoods are torn asunder, sending their lives spiraling in completely different directions. After having departed years before, Derek returns home to find his sister desperately trying to sell their childhood home - the home in which their father was murdered. A home which Derek mysteriously wants to keep. When Derek's mother is released from prison, however, Derek is forced to finally confront the demons of a past he has desperately tried to bury. Family secrets are exposed, and old lies threaten to tear open even deeper wounds - wounds which will shake the very foundation of his family to its core.

Author Lee Colston is a graduate of The Brind School of Theatre at Philadelphia?s University of the Arts, and has worked in the Philadelphia regional theatre for almost a decade. In 2005, his hit play Solitary had its world premiere at the Triangle Theatre in Philadelphia. Some of his other plays include: Scab, Alvin's Will, Roost, Spoken, Ahgotnekst Vol.1, The Greatest Trick, and Acts of Faith.

RITUAL THEATRE COMPANY is a New York-based non-profit Theater company, founded upon the principles of bold, innovative, risk-taking, boundary-free Artistic expression, as it relates to and mirrors overall Life in 21st-century America.

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