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Kirsten Kelly will direct Roots&Branches Theater's original play Crash!, written by Brian Farish and developed with the company. The piece will play at Interart Theatre Annex, November 17-22.

The play interweaves memories of the Great Depression with the present recession. Founded in 1990 by Arthur Strimling, Roots&Branches develops intergenerational theater workshops, productions and other arts projects.

The cast will include Shelley Cavalier, Alexandra Cohen-Spiegler, Brian Farish, Esther Horne, Julie Kline, Michaela Lobel, Muriel Mervis, Yvette Pollack, Julie Rapoport, Marcy Ried, Thelma Ruffin Thomas, and Lucas VanEngen. Set design will be by Eugenia Furneaux-Arends.

Kelly directed Slipping at Rattlestick Theater earlier this year, and her other credits include Theater Alliance's Boy Gets Girl, for which she received a Helen Hayes Award nomination.

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