STAGED PLAY READING SERIES

at the Elliott Bay Book Company, May-November 2008

REACT THEATRE presents RABBIT HOLE
Sunday, May 18 at 2 p.m. at Richard Hugo House, 1634 Eleventh Avenue

Presented by REACT THEATRE. Our Ninth Annual Staged Play Reading Series officially kicks off on a grand note with this presentation of David Lindsay-Abaire's newest play. The winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rabbit Hole is the marvelous new play about what comes after tragedy. A story of loss, heartbreak and forgiveness—told through daily moments and emotional hurdles—as a family moves on after the accidental death of their 4-year-old son. After a critically acclaimed recent Broadway premiere, Rabbit Hole has been hailed as an artistic breakthrough for the highly regarded Lindsay-Abaire. Please join us at this special offsite event. Suggested donation ($5) at the door. Reservations encouraged, and more information online at www.reacttheatre.org. Special thanks to SIS Production, in residency at Richard Hugo House.

WILD GEESE PLAYERS presents ULYSSES, Chapter 14
Saturday, June 14 at 4:30 p.m.

Co-presented with THE WILD GEESE PLAYERS. The Wild Geese Players of Seattle present a public reading of a chapter from James Joyce's Ulysses, in an early celebration of Bloomsday (officially June 16). Chapter 14, "Oxen of the Sun," begins with Leopold Bloom's visit to the maternity hospital where poor Mina Purefoy endures her third day of labor in the company of a group of drunken medical students. This year's program follows last year's highly popular one (chapter 13)—and should be great fun as well. For more information on the Wild Geese Players, please see www.wildgeeseseattle.org.

REACT THEATRE presents ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART 1: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES
Monday, July 7 at 7 p.m.

Presented by REACT THEATRE. Elliott Bay's Ninth Annual Staged Play Reading Series continues with another special offsite event and a reading presentation of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches. At it's core, this Gay Fantasia on national themes tells the story of two couples whose relationships are disintegrating, set in America in the 1980s against a backdrop of greed, conservatism, sexual politics, and the discovery of AIDS. It is this backdrop that provides the show its magnitude and sets it apart from other epic dramas. Please join us for this unique blend of the spoken word and theatrical staging...and don't miss the rest of our staged readings taking place at the bookstore later this year. Admission ($8) at the door, handled by ReAct. Reservations encouraged, and more information is online at www.reacttheatre.org. ReAct will be staging a full production of Angels in America, Part 2: Perestroika at the Ethnic Cultural Theatre from July 17 - August 10.

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