by BWW News Desk
Atlantic Theater Company has announced the 2016-2017 selections for its annual Amplified Reading Series.
Curated by Director of New Play Development Abigail Katz, the Amplified Reading Series presents six bold new plays throughout the season with an expanded rehearsal process for more meaningful engagement with the material and the playwright.
Along with Amplified, Atlantic announces the second 2016-2017 Launch commissioned writer, Amy Staats. Staats is a writer, actor, filmmaker, and founding member of DODO: A Theater Collective. Her full length plays include Eddie and Dave: A Fictionalized Tale of Van Halen; Hands; and Move. Her short play Throws of Love was a winner at the 2015 Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival. Her plays have been developed at Ensemble Studio Theatre, The New Group, Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor, and SPACE at Ryder Farm.
She joins Jocelyn Bioh whose Launch commission was announced earlier this year. Launch commissions are offered to early career playwrights who have not yet received an Off-Broadway production and have fewer than three commissions from mid to large size theater companies.
To RSVP for the Amplified Reading Series, visit atlantictheater.org/amplified and specify which reading(s) you would like to attend. Admission is free.
READINGS SCHEDULE:
Monday, September 19th, 2pm, Linda Gross Theater (336 West 20th Street)
King of the Yees
By Lauren Yee
Directed by Joshua Kahan Brody
Friday, October 7th, 4pm, Linda Gross Theater (336 West 20th Street)
Everything is Wonderful
By Chelsea Marcantel
Directed by Walter Bobbie
When an Amish couple’s two sons are killed in a car accident, the family struggles to maintain their faith and cling to their way of life. In an act of unfathomable forgiveness, they take in Eric, the wayward young driver of the car. But Eric’s mistake cracks open the family’s dark history and brings back their eldest daughter, excommunicated five years earlier.
Friday, October 14th, 4pm, Linda Gross Theater (336 West 20th Street)
Welcome to Fear City
By Kara Lee Corthron
Directed by Elena Araoz
Monday, December 5th, 2pm, Linda Gross Theater (336 West 20th Street)
Kokomo
By Lindsey Ferrentino
Directed by Leigh Silverman
Monday, January 30th, 2017, 2pm, Atlantic Stage 2 (330 West 16th Street)
Times Square Psychic
By Ted Malawer
Monday, March 20th, 2017, 2pm, Linda Gross Theater (336 West 20th Street)
People Sitting in Darkness
By Clarence Coo
