Ernst C. Stiefel 7@7 Reading Series 2010

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Monday, May 3rd at 7:00PM
Retreat
By Steven Levenson
Directed by Evan Cabnet
Dr. George Hartness has a revolutionary idea about how to treat the psychoses of the women in his care: talk to them. But while George practices his controversial new treatment, where is his wife? Who is she talking to? And what are they telling her? A striking play set in 1906 that examines what drives us crazy and what keeps us sane.

Monday, May 10th at 7:00PM
Nocturama
By Annie Baker
Directed by Sam Gold
Depressive 26-year-old Brooklynite Skaggs Bernstein returns home to Vermont to live with his mother and videogame-obsessed stepfather. A chance encounter with a local historical tour guide promises to end his losing streak, but is Skaggs too in love with his own misery to change? A hilarious comedy from the critically acclaimed writer and director of Circle Mirror Transformation.

Monday, May 17th at 7:00PM
Pieces of Vincent
By David Watson
Directed by Lynne Meadow
In London, a young man visits his old piano teacher, and two former lovers meet over cocktails. In Northern Ireland, a Police Officer must deliver shocking news. And in Birmingham, a teenage boy wants his old friend back. An intricately woven tale of loss and connection from an exciting new British voice.

Monday, May 24th at 7:00PM
There Are No More Big Secrets
By Heidi Schreck
Directed by Kip Fagan
There was a time when Charles loved Gabe like a brother. But that was before Gabe disappeared to start a whole new life in Moscow. Now fifteen years later, he's arrived on Charles' doorstep seeking refuge for him and his Russian journalist wife. How well does Charles know Gabe? A bold play examining the mysteries we hide from those we love the most.

Monday, June 7th at 7:00PM
Stunt Girl
Book and Lyrics by Peter Kellog
Music by David Friedman
Directed by Brian Yorkey
Nellie Bly was a groundbreaking investigative journalist, an intrepid world traveler, and a captain of industry - all in a time before women had the right to vote. She's brought to tuneful life in a rollicking new musical about her hopes and heartbreak and fascinating times.

Monday, June 14th at 7:00PM
How The World Began
By Catherine Trieschmann
Directed by Carolyn Cantor
When Manhattanite Susan Pierce accepts a job teaching biology in Plainview, Kansas, she's ready for more than a little culture shock, but she's not prepared for the violent controversy that seizes the town when she makes an off-handed comment about the origins of the universe. How the World Began was commissioned by Manhattan Theatre Club through the Alfred P. Sloan Initiative.

Monday, June 21st at 7:00PM
Oblivion
By Carly Mensch
Directed by Evan Cabnet
When their seventeen-year-old daughter mysteriously disappears for the weekend, uber-hip Brooklynite parents Pam and Dixon fear the worst. But the truth turns out to be more shocking than anything they imagined. A fresh comedy about family, basketball, Pauline Kael, and what it means to ask the big questions.