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NEW
CITY, NEW BLOOD READINGS SERIES
For
35 years, Pulitzer Prize winning THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY has nurtured
hundreds of playwrights through its EMERGING PLAYWRIGHTS PROGRAM. In
June, 2006, we launched NEW CITY , NEW BLOOD, a play reading
series designed to serve our audiences and writers even better. Curated
by Michael Scott-Price, TNC Literary Manager, NEW CITY , NEW BLOOD will
provide a hearing for worthy plays in earlier stages of Development.
Audiences will get the opportunity to provide feedback, and artists
will gain valuable insight from audience response. Be sure to check
www.theaterforthenewcity.net for details about upcoming readings. Please
join us!
NEW CITY, NEW BLOOD READINGS:
Next Reading Monday, March 8, 7:00pm
Wine and Cheese. COME EAT AND DRINK WITH US AND MEET THE WRITER!
Contribution: $5
I'M NOT DEAD by LINDA LESEMAN
Henry de la Page is 43 years old and sleeping on his mother Mildred’s living room floor in a one-bedroom apartment in Texas. He reads a book review in a tabloid newspaper that names him as the author of an astounding new novel. The paper also says that Henry is dead.
Henry has never written a book in his life. He’s alive…but just barely.
The ensuing action of the play reveals the dark backgrounds of Henry and Mildred, their respective addictions, and the prison of a relationship they’ve created for each other. Their normal routine is interrupted by a phone call from Henry’s teenage daughter, who he has not seen or heard from in fourteen years. She, too, has read the book review in the newspaper, and she has tracked down her father’s phone number to find out whether he is, in fact, dead, a brilliant author, and/or willing to re-enter her life as a father.
Bio
Linda Leseman is a Texas-to-New York transplant who would like to replace the over-abundance of NYC winter with an increased ubiquity of authentic Mexican food. But, other than that, she's pretty happy to be here. She has a B.A. in Theatre and Dance from the University of Texas at Austin and just finished an M.A. in Journalism at NYU. Her work as a playwright has been seen at the FronteraFest fringe festival in Austin, TX, and in the David Mark Cohen New Works Festival, also in Austin. As a journalist, she's written for numerous print and online publications including Village Voice Media alt-weeklies, the Brooklyn Rail, and Beatblogging.org. She think that writers can wear more than one hat without having any conflict of interest.
Please rsvp to: literary@theaterforthenewcity.net
FUTURE NEW CITY, NEW BLOOD READINGS :
2009/2010 season will include the following writers: Michael R. McGuire, David Kerry Heefner, Lucile Scott |
