Doug DeVita Play to Open SEEKING THE QUEER VOICE Reading Series

Award-winning Doug DeVita play, The Phillie Trilogy, directed by James Phillip Gates will open Seeking the Queer Voice: The Great Griffon Reading Series, January 30 @ 8:00 p.m., at 13th Street Repertory Theater, 50 West 13th Street, NYC

The Great Griffon is a non-profit company dedicated to creating new media, film, and theater that breaks gender and LGBTQ stereotypes. They tell identifiable stories of the human condition. The premiere is The Phillie Trilogy, winner of the Scrap Mettle Arts Inaugural Playwrights Program Competition last year.

?Phillie follows its title character, Philip McDougal, from age 12 (in 1972) through age 49 (2009). While these three interconnecting stories tell us of Philip's journey discovering his sexuality, they are clearly identifiable to all. Whether it's actions of the priests and nuns entrusted with our education; the taunting of schoolmates; parental suspicions; or the realization that a best friend since childhood may not be the person thought to be; we can see ourselves in Philip. The three plays are Checking The Basement For Leaks, Wrestling Match, and Spruce And Maple Grow Apart.

The Phillie Trilogy by Doug DeVita, directed by James Phillip Gates will be presented at 13th Street Repertory Theater at 8:00 p.m. with an informal meet & greet following the reading, where audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions and meet the playwright, actors, and artistic team. Refreshments will be served. Admission is free but donations are encouraged. RSVP to greatgriffonfilms@gmail.com as space is limited.

Mr. DeVita's next play, "The Gruesomely Merry Adventures of NELL DASH, An Irrepressibly Sensible Capitalist With A Vengeance" directed by Dennis Corsi, opens at the Hudson Guild Theater in late February.