Soho Rep will present a reading of Anne Washburn's Apparition, the latest new play to come out of the theatre's 2000-01 Writer/Director lab. Linsay Firman, the co-director of the lab, will direct. This marks Washburn's second straight year as a lab playwright.
The series of events began on May 6 with a reading of Suitcase, written by Melissa James Gibson. Soho Rep recently announced that Suitcase will be fully produced by the company this fall.
The remaining schedule goes as follows:
May 20: Blank Dragon Sky by Madelyn Kent, directed by Laramie Dennis
May 27: The Mercy Seat by Colin Hodges, directed by Anne Kaufman
Date TBA: The Vomit Talk of Ghosts by Kevin Oakes, directed by Keith Geller
All readings are at 7 PM. Soho Rep is located at 46 Walker Street, two blocks below Canal St., between Broadway & Church. For more information, call (212) 941-8632, x-203. —By Robert Simonson