NEW CITY, NEW BLOOD READINGS SERIES

For 35 years, Pulitzer Prize winning THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY has nurtured hundreds of playwrights through its EMERGING PLAYWRIGHTS PROGRAM. In June, 2006, we launched NEW CITY , NEW BLOOD, a play reading series designed to serve our audiences and writers even better. Curated by Michael Scott-Price, TNC Literary Manager, NEW CITY , NEW BLOOD will provide a hearing for worthy plays in earlier stages of Development. Audiences will get the opportunity to provide feedback, and artists will gain valuable insight from audience response. Be sure to check www.theaterforthenewcity.net for details about upcoming readings. Please join us!

NEW CITY, NEW BLOOD READINGS:

Next Reading Monday, May 12, 7:00pm

Wine and Cheese. COME EAT AND DRINK WITH US AND MEET THE WRITER!

Admission Free

THE 10th LIFE OF A TOM CAT by TRAV S.D.

A pop singer from the swing era cracks up when the mistakes of his youth catch up with him. Inspired by Trav S.D.'s experience working for a well-known international pop singer.

Bio
Performer, writer and producer Trav S.D. is the author of 50 plays, 200 published articles, and the book No Applause, Just Throw Money, The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous (Faber & Faber, 2005). A frequent radio guest, his voice has been heard on the Leonard Lopate Show (WNYC), The Joey Reynolds Show (WOR), Cat Radio Café (WBAI), and a dozen others throughout the country. He is currently the host of the nytheatrecast, a regular podcast on nytheatre.com. He has contributed to American Theater, the Village Voice, Time Out New York, the New York Sun, Reason, New York Theater News, and many others. His play House of Trash was published in Plays and Playwrights 2001.

Please rsvp to: literary@theaterforthenewcity.net

FUTURE NEW CITY , NEW BLOOD READINGS :

 June 9 - 7:30pm - Belle of The Ball Bearings by Elizabeth Battersby
 What do a Shop girl, a Bike messenger, a Rabbi, Military man, an 8 year old, one Anarchist mom and a Grandmother have in common? Easy – Bicycles!

June 16 - 7:30pm - People Like You by Connor Ratliff
Two women devise a blackmail scheme. Step one: find a married man. Step Two: Photograph him during a series of seemingly chance encounters with an attractive and flirtatious young woman. Step Three: Confront him with a simple choice: Your money, or your marriage?

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To submit a script,
send it to:

Crystal Field
Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Streets)
New York, NY 10003.

Allow six months to one year for review.