Theatre East Hosts Last Installment of 2011 NEIGHBORHOOD READING SERIES

Theatre East will present the last installment for 2011 season in its NEIGHBORHOOD READING SERIES upstairs at O'Lunney's, 145 West 45th Street (bet. Broadway & 6th Avenue), Tonight - Monday, November 21st. 6:00 pm is a Mixer with the reading at 7:00 pm. All readings are FREE, but please RSVP to readingseries@theatreeast.org. For November, Theatre East will present Independent Spirit Award Nominee Cyndi Williams’ “A Name For A Ghost To Mutter”. The cast includes: Kelly Kunkel, Mary Ruth, Douglas Sheppard, Valerie Redd, Adam Hadas, Babs Winn, Todd Eric Hawkins, Sarah Brill, and Christa Kimlicko Jones.

“A Name For A Ghost To Mutter”. is New York premiere play about a family that gathers to clean out their deceased cousin’s home, and the memories and mysteries found therein. A truly wonderful family play for the holiday. Come and see what the Austin Chronicle hailed as "...trailblazing glory..." and "...all the right moves..."

This fall, Theatre East premiered it's Third Monday Mixers by offering a free evening of theatre to the mix with the NEIGHBORHOOD READING SERIES. Theatre East advances the dialogue of the shared human experience through works that utilize simple storytelling, providing our community with a platform to deepen its understanding of themselves, each other and the world we share. The Neighborhood Reading Series helps us do just that while fostering relationships with playwrights and their work. Theatre East is also committed to celebrating all forms of theatre. The Neighborhood Reading Series allows us to do this even further without the confines of producing. In addition, it provides a platform for discussion and community by celebrating plays you may have heard of along with some that might be a bit more obscure. Since the readings are free and open to the public, it also aids us in our dedication to the ideal that theatre is not a luxury but should be accessible to everyone, no matter one's economic or social status. http://www.theatreeast.org/

Theatre East (Judson Jones, Artistic Director; Christa Kimlicko Jones, Associate Artistic Director) is a New York based theatre company committed to ensemble collaboration through production of vivid theatrical works that explore our mortality and the shared human experience. They seek to build community by confronting isolation, allowing for a better understanding of their audience and ourselves.

Judson Jones has been working professionally as an actor, director, and producer for over a decade. He produced the Off Broadway premiere of Tim Blake Nelson’s Eye of God, as well as a producing partner of Christopher Durang’s The Vietnamization of New Jersey (NY Times Critic Pick) and of Harvest (Smith and Kraus Best New Plays of 2008; Backstage Critic’s Pick), which he also co-directed. Prior to forming Theatre East, he served as Associate Director for Alchemy Theatre Company of Manhattan (2005–2008), and was a founding member of the dirigo group in Texas. Judson has appeared in over twenty regional theatre productions, including tours performing in Julius Caesar and the title role in Henry V.

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