Lisa Banes, Chris Sarandon, Olvia Thirlby, et al. Set for MTC’s Magic Forest Farm Reading

Manhattan Theatre Club’s Ernest C. Steiefel 7@7 reading series will continue at 7pm on Monday, April 13 with Zayd Dohrn’s Magic Forest Farm, which will star Christopher Abbott, Lisa Banes, David Costabile, Chris Sarandon, Sarah Steele, and Olivia Thirlby. The play, to be directed by Steven Cosson, is about a 17-year-old who hasn’t felt at home since her family left the commune where she grew up.

The series continues with Eliza Clark’s Recall (April 20), directed by Kip Fagan, which centers on Lucy, who makes people uncomfortable. Close Up Space (April 27), written by Molly Smith Metzler and directed by Evan Cabnet, is about an editor with a sharp eye for details in some respects but not in others. Pulitzer Prize-winner Nilo Cruz writes and directs The Color of Desire (May 4), set in 1960 Havana, where a dashing American businessman hires a young Cuban actress to play a role unlike any she’s ever had: the woman he loved and lost. The series will conclude with Kirsten Childs’ new musical Funked Up Fairytales (May 11), directed by John Rando, and about a trio of teenage fairies with attitude.

All readings are free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com.