Re: RAT Reading Series Press Release

["Karen Cronacher" <kcron@ix.netcom.com>]

Hello?  Confusion?

I thought i was reading Scavengers Nov. 29--i already purchased plane ticket
Must be a mistake?

Karen Cronacher

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>From: "Megan Monaghan" <meganmonaghan@email.msn.com>
>To: <rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com>
>Subject: Re: RAT Reading Series Press Release
>Date: Thu, Oct 14, 1999, 7:39 PM
>

> Great series, Brad!  Makes me wish I were still in the area.
> Best,
> Megan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brad rothbart <scrdchao@nni.com>
> To: Mark _Benson <msb316@home.com>
> Date: Thursday, October 14, 1999 10:36 PM
> Subject: RAT Reading Series Press Release
>
>
>>*  Press release
>>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>WHO:
>>Theatre Double Repertory Company
>>WHAT:
>>A new, National-Level Reading Series, Underground Voices
>>WHERE:
>>Theatre Double Salon, 1619 Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA. 19103 . The space
>>is wheelchair accessible.
>>WHEN:
>>First, third and fifth Mondays at 8 pm, beginning November 1, 1999
>>   LOOKING FOR:
>>Audience members of all ages and sizes who enjoy challenging new work.
>>People who feel the theatre has nothing to say to them.  The
>>disenfranchised and disenchanted.  The long-term patron of the arts.  Come
>>one and all, and help us  make the theatre a true gathering place again.
>>
>>WHY THIS SERIES EXISTS:
>>As the societal margin shrinks,  and the economic risk of creating theatre
>>becomes higher and higher, fewer and fewer original, boundary-stretching
>>works are produced.  All too often, theatremakers are forced to commit
>>themselves to the bottom line, rather than an artistic vision. As the work
>>becomes uninteresting and irrelevant, the audience turns to other art
>>forms, such as television, music, and  film. In my 10 years in experimental
>>theatre, I  have been  privileged to witness extraordinary  perfomances and
>>read  remarkable scripts. As I  encountered these works, I wished that more
>>people could experience their power.
>>Therefore,  I have created a reading series devoted to "underheard
>>playwrights," so that their strong, unique voices can finally be  known.
>>The audience  will hear the piece read ( in a bare bones setting, so that
>>the focus remains on the script) and can  later discuss (often with the
>>playwright and performers present) the complex questions brought up by the
>>work. This is the only  series of its kind in the country, and it is my
>>small contribution to moving theatre forward into the next century. Whether
>>you care about the vitality of the theatre, or  feel that theatre is a form
>>devoid of any relevance in your life , I urge you  to  come to Underground
>>Voices and see the  possibility of what the theatre can become.
>>
>>Contact Brad Rothbart, Literary Manager  215.836.5382 or E-MAIL
> thtrdbl@aol.com
>>
>>Brad Rothbart, (creator, director and  facilitator  of  Underground Voices)
>>graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1989 with a B.A. in Liberal Arts.
>>Following graduation he moved to Seattle, where he began his professional
>>career in 1990 as an original member of The Alchemical Theatre-Seattle. He
>>then departed for NYC, where he worked with  The Living Theatre from
>>1992-1997 (including two German tours), as an actor, stage manager and
>>Assistant to the Managing Director.
>> In 1994 he  co-founded Mobility Junction: a Mixed Ability Dance Company ,
>>as well as serving
>>as one of the founders of the RAT Conference, a loose association of
>>alternative theatres throughout the United States. Currently, he is a
>>company member with Theatre Double.
>>
>>The Confirmed Reading Schedule includes:
>> 1 November Shelley Berc , A Girl's Guide to
>>the Divine Comedy
>> 15 November Caridad Svich, Pensacola
>> 29 November Ruth Margraff, Elektra Fugues
>> 6 December David Simpatico, Waiter Waiter
>> 20 December Steven Tomlinson, Millennium Bug
>> 3 January Paula Cizmar, Street Stories
>> 17 January  Aishah Rahman, Only in America
>> 31 January Alice Tuan,  Coastline
>>Most of the playwrights will be present at the reading of their work, from
>>locations as varied as LA, Austin TX,  Providence RI and  NYC.
>>
>>
>>Theatre Double is a non-profit Repertory Company based in Philadelphia and
>>New York City. Theatre Double is dedicated to developing works that, in the
>>words of New York theatre critic
>> Brad Bradley, "Reach contemporary ears with both sharpness and
> strength..."
>>
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