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Re: RAT Reading Series Press Release
Hi Brad,
What's up? I thought i was reading Scavengers the Monday after
Thanksgiving...i purchased plane ticket...is there a mistake?
Karen Cronacher
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>From: brad rothbart <scrdchao@nni.com>
>To: Mark _Benson <msb316@home.com>
>Subject: RAT Reading Series Press Release
>Date: Thu, Oct 14, 1999, 7:25 PM
>
> * 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..."
>
>