Kate Fodor, Michael Friedman, Melissa James Gibson, et. al. Part of Center Theatre Group’s DouglasPlus Lineup

The Center Theatre Group has announced its lineup and schedule for the 2009-2010 DouglasPlus series at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

The series, which features experimental works and pieces that are under development by the company, will open with a reading Kate Fodor’s Rx (October 30-November 1), which focuses on a magazine editor who enters a clinical drug trial to seek a cure for workplace depression and finds romance. Matt Shakman will direct.

Additional works will include Geoff Sobelle, Trey Lyford and Steve Cuiffo’s Next Stop Amazingland (November 4-8), which examines illusionists searching for personal truth in their world of smoke and mirrors; The Lunacy Commission (November 7), a cabaret event created by Lars Jan and his L.A.-based art lab Early Morning Opera; and Jessica Goldberg’s Just War (November 14), to be directed by Kate Whoriskey and focus on the true story of a man whose son died in Iraq.

In 2010, DouglasPlus events will include the family-friendly parable, Darwin: An Adventure for All Ages (January 23, 30), combining puppetry, technology, and dance by Corbin Popp and Ian Carney; the musical Post Office (February 17-21) by Michael Friedman and Melissa James Gibson and directed by Mark Brokaw; and Bones, a new work from Dael Orlandersmith to be presented in the summer with specific dates to be announced.

For further information, visit www.centertheatregroup.org.