Main Street Theater Artistic Director to Read from Elena Ferrante's THE STORY OF THE LOST CHILD, 9/1

As part of Brazos Bookstore's Ferrante Fever! An Elena Ferrante Release Party, on Tuesday, September 1, Main Street Theater Artistic Director Rebecca Greene Udden will read the first chapters of Ferrante's new novel, THE STORY OF THE LOST CHILD. Brazos is located at 2421 Bissonnet Street near Kirby Drive, 77005.

It's no secret: international readers have Ferrante Fever. Who is the mysterious author of the Neapolitan Quartet, a series of novels that chronicles the friendship between two women over their lifetimes? Nobody knows -- but we'll celebrate the release of the final installment in her acclaimed series beginning at 6pm with Italian refreshments and music. Then at 7pm, Rebecca Greene Udden will read the novel's first chapters.

The event is free and open to all.

Main Street Theater was founded in 1975. The organization currently produces plays at two locations, 2540 Times Boulevard in Rice Village and for the 2014-15 season only, our Theater for Youth is housed at Talento Bilingüe de Houston. Our MainStage is in its 15th season operating under an Actors' Equity Association union contract. The MainStage features new works (including numerous world and regional premieres), rediscovered classics, passionate revivals, works by female playwrights, and neglected musicals in the intimate setting of our Rice Village location. Our Theater for Youth is Houston's most-attended theater for young audiences, serving over 138,000 children and families from the greater Houston area in school performances, weekend family matinees and tours to schools and community centers across the state of Texas. Plays are selected based on literature children are reading at home or at school. Our Education Department offers students a performing arts playground where professional theater artists serve as mentors. In support of Main Street Theater's mission, our Education Department provides a significant resource in the community for education in theater and classical theater for children, families and educators and provides classes and camps (on and off-site) as well as programs in residential treatment facilities for Harris County youth.

Main Street Theater is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for not-for-profit theaters, of Theatre for Young Audiences/USA (formerly ASSITEJ), the world theatre network of theatre for children and young people, and a founding member of Houston Arts Partners. MST's MainStage operates under Actors' Equity Association Small Professional Theater contract.

Main Street Theater is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, and the Texas Commission on the Arts.