PARITY PLAYS: “The Sooner Child” by Allyson Currin
Posted by MB - April 14, 2015
Join us as as our PARITY PLAYS: 50% (or More) Women in Casting Reading Series continues with Allyson Currin’s newest play, “The Sooner Child.” This reading series addresses the documented gender disparity in theatre, by maintaining casts that include at least equal opportunities for female artists. By making gender equality in casting a theme, we will also be supporting the work of playwrights who are writing for a more equal theatre. The reading will be directed by Ryan Maxwell and feature actors Heather Haney, Julia Christgau, and Shawn Fagan.
The Sooner Child, by Allyson Currin
directed by Ryan Maxwell
Sunday, April 19th at 7pm
Cap21 Studios (18 W18th Street)
FREE!
Playwright, Allyson Currin
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT:
Allyson Currin has five world premieres happening in 2015, including the musical SILVER BELLES (with Matt Conner) for Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre, and HIGH SCHOOL ALIEN for Cincinnati Playhouse. She is a founding member of The Welders, a DC-based playwrights’ collective, which produced her play THE CAROLINA LAYAWAY GRAIL, as its inaugural production. She is the author of over twenty plays including CAESAR AND DADA (WSC Avant Bard), HERCULES IN RUSSIA (Doorway Arts Ensemble), UNLEASHED (The Kennedy Center), THE DANCING PRINCESSES (Imagination Stage), BENCHED (Pinky Swear Productions), CHURCH OF THE OPEN MIND* (Charter Theatre), LEARNING CURVES (Washington Shakespeare Company) and AMSTEL IN TEL AVIV* (Source Theatre Company). *She has twice been nominated for the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play and has been Playwright-in-Residence with First Draft and Theatre J’s “Locally Grown” Initiative. Please visit her website at www.allysoncurrin.com or www.thewelders.org.
