DMT to Host Staged Reading of THE UNAVOIDABLE DISAPPEARANCE OF TOM DURNIN, 9/28

The Douglas Morrisson Theatre (DMT) is excited to announce the first production in the 2015-2016 "Bare Bones" staged reading series: The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin by Steven Levenson, a riveting story about the price we pay for defaulting on our loved ones.

The play will have one performance on Monday, September 28, 2015, at 8:00pm, at the Douglas Morrisson Theatre, 22311 N. Third St. in Hayward, CA. Tickets are $10 (open seating), and are available through the Box Office at (510) 881-6777 or online at www.dmtonline.org.

Tom Durnin has just finished a five-year stint in prison for a Bernie Madoff-like crime. As the curtain rises, Tom sits on his son's couch, begging for a spot to crash. It's pretty clear his family is trying hard to hold onto their new life - one without Tom in it. Is Tom living in a fantasy world, has he actually morally evolved , or is he just a bully and a liar? In The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin, Levenson paints a vivid portrait of a man who may have burned all his bridges, and a family working to repair the damage, heal and move on.

The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin was commissioned and originally produced by Roundabout Theatre Company, premiering on May 27, 2013, directed by Scott Ellis.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT Steven Levenson is an award-winning playwright, and writer and co-producer of Showtime's Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated Masters of Sex. His plays include The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin (Roundabout Theatre Company, Outer Critics Circle Award), Core Values (Ars Nova, Drama Desk Nominee for Best Play), The Language of Trees (Roundabout) and Seven Minutes in Heaven (Colt Coeur; Emerging America Festival/Huntington Theatre Company). His work has been seen and developed by Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Atlantic Theater Company, MCC Theater, Hartford Stage and Ensemble Studio Theatre, among others.

Mr. Levenson attended Brown University to study acting but became passionate about playwriting during his senior year, inspired and encouraged by one of his professors , playwright Paula Vogel. He interned, then worked in the literary department at Playwrights Horizons; two years later one of his plays, The Language of Trees, was produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company, leading to the commission that eventually became Tom Durnin. Mr. Levenson's first musical , Dear Evan Hansen, played this past July and August at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., and will premiere at New York's 2econdStage Theatre in Spring 2016.

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