Roundabout Theatre Company's Tenth Annual Underground Reading Series

12/16/2021 10:06am


Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Dir/CEO) has announced the tenth annual Roundabout Underground Reading Series, a four-night event that includes nightly readings of new works written by emerging artists. The Reading Series will feature new works by Liz Appel, Noah Diaz, Daria Miyeko Marinelli and York Walker. The Roundabout Underground Reading Series will take place Jan 18 - 21, 2022 at 5:00 PM at the Five Angels Theater (789 Tenth Ave). Roundabout Underground exists to provide a new generation of playwrights with their debut New York productions, at Roundabout’s 62-seat Black Box Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. Now in its 14th season, Roundabout Underground is part of Roundabout’s New Play Initiative, discovering new writers and providing them long-term development and production support. In addition to the Black Box production, every Underground playwright gets a commission for a future play. Roundabout’s Jill Rafson serves as Artistic Producer. The lineup is as follows BELLS LIKE HOOVES by Liz Appel, Directed by May Adrales on Tues Jan 18.  When Jo’s fiancée disappears, close friend Xanthe and her partner Inez, come to her aid. While they spiral into their own explorations of both grief and love, Jo embarks on a mysterious journey to search for answers in the ghostly darkness of the space between time and between worlds; Next up is BEAUTIFUL BLESSED CHILD by  Daria Miyeko Marinelli, directed by Miranda Cornell on Wed Jan 19. Aimiko is moving across the country to start a life with t/her partner and invites t/her mother, Sharon, to accompany them. (Sharon has never heard of a mother daughter-child road trip.) When Aimiko’s Saab-93 breaks down in the middle of Nevada, time and space begin to blur, and soon tales of cannibals, cranes, and samurais guide their journey into the desert and far beyond. Followed by COVENANT by York Walker, Directed by Lili-Anne Brown on Thurs Jan 20. Two years after his sudden disappearance, struggling guitarist Johnny "Honeycomb" James returns to his small town a blues star, setting into motion rumors that he may have made a deal with the devil to attain his musical genius. Inspired by the myth of Robert Johnson, Covenant explores the power of belief and tests the thin veil between rumor and truth; the series will close with YOU WILL GET SICK  by Noah Diaz, Directed by Will Davis on Fri Jan 21 at 5:00 PM What do you do if you get sick but don’t know how to tell your friends and family? Maybe you could hire a stranger and tell them everything instead. In You Will Get Sick, two strangers’ lives intertwine as they barrel down the pathway of terminal illness and caregiving. This play is a surreal meditation on grief, shame, and finding peace in your body. Tickets can be reserved by emailing undergroundreadings@roundabouttheatre.org. Press contact: Polk & Co (917/261-3988)...