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Our next reading is May 4, 2012!

Nora’s Playhouse presents…
a developmental reading of…

Refrigerator Mother

by Alessandra Hirsch

Directed by Jill Harrison

Westport, Connecticut, 1961. Trapped amidst the expectation of status quo, the emergence of pop psychology, and the dominance of television, young parents Dee and Robert Barton struggle to accept their young daughter’s mysterious detachment. As their carefully built nuclear family begins to shatter, it soon becomes apparent that the only thing more powerful than a mother’s grief is her guilt.

Featuring:
Jocelyn Bioh* as Sherrie
Meredith Autry* as Dee Barton
Brandon Drea* as Robert Barton
Brian Hastert* as Boone Howard
Barbara Pitts* as Marilyn
Hugh Sinclair* as Dr. Bruno Bettleheim

Assistant Director and reading Stage Directions: Eva Amessé
Stage Manager: Aislinn Curry

7:00pm, May 4, 2012

Guild Hall of Grace Church
Brooklyn Heights
254 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Click here for directions.

Free Admission. Suggested $10 donation toward further Nora’s Playhouse programming.

Please RSVP: reservations@norasplayhouse.org

*Indicates member of Actors Equity Association

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Save the Dates for Our First Full Production!

Nora’s Playhouse presents…

The Fallen

By Yasmine Beverly Rana
Directed by Caroline Reddick Lawson

Through the struggle for self-acceptance and reconciliation, The Fallen gives breath to the stories of the Bosnian War’s women survivors of rape and their children born from it.

Performances: July 18-21, 2012

Gallatin School of Individualized Study
New York University
Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts
1 Washington Place (at Broadway)
New York, NY 10003

More information, including ticket information, will be available in the coming months.

Please check back soon!

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Artists on the Move

Exciting happenings from Yasmine…

WAMC Roundtable Discussion of Blood Sky; Northeast Public Radio’s program, The Roundtable.

New Stage Performing Arts Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts is producing Blood Sky to benefit the Elizabeth Freeman Center which provides counseling, intervention, and referrals for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Blood Sky premiered at The Looking Glass Theatre in New York and is the first play in Rana’s collection, The War Zone is My Bed and Other Plays (In Performance Series, Seagull Books, University of Chicago Press).

In the U.K., Spare Tyre Theatre of London will feature excerpts from Rana’s plays through Picture Me, a series sharing stories from women across the globe. Click here for more information.