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RAT Tattoo Girl Press Release
All,
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--brad
* Press release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Theatre Double's reading series,
Underground Voices
Curated by Brad Rothbart
presents a reading of
Tattoo Girl
by Naomi Iizuka
Tattoo Girl cast members include Leigh Smiley-Grace as PERPETUA, Jessica Howard as TATTOO GIRL, Jeff Marsh as PETER, David Marcus as THE BASSOON PLAYER/ROBERT/EDMUND/CATHEDRAL BUILDER, Daniel K. Spicer as THE PORNOGRAPHER/DOG/MARSHAL FOCH/THE DUMB FRENCH GUY and Charissa Carfrey as PERPETUA'S MOTHER/THE REVOLUTION/NADIA COMANECI. The reading will take place at Theatre Double, 1619 Walnut Street in Philadelphia on Monday 03 April 2000 at 8 pm. Doors will open at 7:30. The reading is for one night only. Admission is pay-what-you-can, and the space is wheelchair accessible.
About the work, The Seattle Times said,"A melange of disjointed epiphanies hot-soldered together with hip, knowing humor, this is the work of a promising young playwright grazing on America's splintered delusions...Iizuka demonstrates a flair for disaffected poetry and a lively wit."
Please join us for this ironic romp through post-modern life. Following the performance, please stay for our free wine-and cheese reception at which you will get the chance to informally discuss the work with the director and actors.
Naomi Iizuka (Playwright)
Naomi Iizuka's other plays include Language of Angels, Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls, Polaroid Stories, and Skin. Iizuka's plays have been produced at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Dallas Theatre Center and Undermain, Frontera @ HydePark in Austin, Campo Santo + Intersection in San Francisco, San Diego's Sledgehammer Theatre, Printer's Devil and Annex in Seattle, and
Soho Rep and the Theatre at St. Clements in New York. Her plays have been read and workshopped at the McCarter, Seattle's A Contemporary Theatre, the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Midwest PlayLabs, A.S.K. Theater Projects, New York Theatre Workshop, and the Public Theatre.
Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls is published by Smith and Kraus, Polaroid Stories is published by Dramatic Publishing, Tattoo Girl is included in From The Other Side of the Century II published by Sun and Moon Press, and Skin is included in the anthology Out of the Fringe published by TCG. Iizuka is the recipient of a Whiting Award, an NEA/TCG Artist-in-Residence grant, a PEN Center USA West Award for Drama, Princeton University's Hodder Fellowship, a McKnight Advancement Grant, and a Jerome Playwriting Fellowship. She received her B.A. from Yale University and her M.F.A. from the University of California-San Diego. Iizuka's newest work, War of the Worlds, was written in collaboration with Anne Bogart and SITI Company. It premiered at this year's Humana Festival, and will be produced at the Edinburgh Festival this coming summer.
Future Readings Include:
17 April Luis Alfaro Straight As A Line
01 May Karen Cronacher Scavengers
15 May Chris Conry Nebraskaoblivion
For further information on Underground Voices call: 215.557.9420x5