RAT STATIONS OF DESIRE Press Release

[Brad Rothbart <scrdchao@nni.com>]

*  Press release
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Email text collaboration by 12 playwrights being  read on  5 June@ 
8pm  local time  in  7 cities across the country- effort spearheaded 
by  Theatre Double, Philadelphia.

1 June  PHILADELPHIA ---
  Theatre Double's reading series, UNDERGROUND VOICES, is  excited to 
announce  its latest reading, STATIONS OF DESIRE, to be held  at  the 
theatre, 1619 Walnut  Street , on  Monday 5 June 2000 at 8 pm.

STATIONS is a unique piece. An  email text collaboration conceived 
and edited by Caridad Svich,  the  work was written by 12 outstanding 
"underheard" American  playwrights, with the title as a common theme.
  The  Playwrights involved are Neena Beber, Cusi  Cram, Jose Ignacio 
Cortinas,  Heather Dundas, Julie Hebert, Julie Jensen, Ruth Margraff, 
Rachelle Minkoff, Anne Garcia Romero, Caridad Svich, Candido Tirado 
and Elizabeth Wong.

When the curator of UNDERGROUND VOICES , Brad Rothbart, read the 
piece and decided  to include it in his reading series , he felt 
that  because the piece was written  on email, which is in fact 
nowhere and everywhere at the same time- and because the  work is 
called STATIONS OF DESIRE which implies movement,  he came up with 
the idea the idea of having the work read in many cities across the 
country on the same night at the same local time. So far, in addition 
to being done at Theatre Double, other  participating theatres 
include New Georges in NYC, CollaborAction in Chicago, Core 
Performance Manufactory/ Rm. 120 in Dallas, ReaLive Productions in 
Denver, Theatre In My Basement in  Minneapolis, and Perishable 
Theatre in Providence.

The companies participating in this multi-space reading  will keep in 
contact using ICQ, a popular, computer-based instant messaging system.

For more information on this project, Mr. Rothbart can be contacted 
at 215. 557.9420