RAT Re: 16 Spells To Charm The Beast Press Release

[Brad Rothbart <scrdchao@nni.com>]

> *  Press release
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>Tonight only!
>
>Theatre Double's  reading series,
>Underground Voices
>Curated by Brad Rothbart
>
>presents a reading of
>16 Spells To Charm the Beast
>by Lisa D'Amour
>
>directed by Chanelle Benz
>
> The 16 Spells to Charm the Beast  cast  features:   Jona Harvey as 
>LILLIAN DAVIS,  Michael Curtis as NED DAVIS, Meaghan MacNamee as 
>NORMA DAVIS, Chris Cantellmi as  THE BEAST and Ginny Graham as 
>MILLICENT HICCUP. The reading will  take place at Theatre Double, 
>1619 Walnut Street   in Philadelphia on Monday 19 June 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.
>
>Please join us for  this  surrealist take on everyday American  life 
>by one of this country's great up-and coming playwrights.. 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.
>
>Lisa D'Amour is a playwright and site specific performance artist 
>who currently resides in Minneapolis, MN. Her plays and performances 
>have been produced in theaters, parking garages art galleries parks 
>beneath bridges and groves of trees in Texas, Minnesota, Louisiana, 
>Oregon, Washington State, California and New York. Lisa received her 
>M.F.A. in playwriting from the University of Texas in Austin, and 
>has pursued additional theater training at the International 
>Performance Institute (Portland, OR), Eugenio Barba's International 
>School of Theater Anthropology (Lisbon, Portugal) and with Dah 
>Teatar in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Recently, Lisa had the opportunity 
>to speak about her work as a part of Mac Wellman's BAM dialogues at 
>the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Lisa is a past Jerome Fellow and 
>McKnight Advancement Grant Recipient from the Playwrights' Center, 
>and has received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and the 
>Michener Center for Writers. Her work has also been supported by the 
>Minnesota State Arts Board and the Jerome Performance Art 
>Commission. She is a proud RAT, a core member of the Playwrights' 
>Center and a member of New Dramatists.
>
>
>
>End UNDERGROUND VOICES Season
>
>For further information on  Underground Voices call: 215.557.9420x5