THE MAD ONES Set for 'Today Night Footlights' Reading at The Dramatists Guild

"The Mad Ones," a timely new play written by Frank J. Avella, explores our current culture of celebrity and how power and fame create public figures who often break the rules and get away with it--especially when it comes to sexual assault. The reading will take place on October 28, 2016 at 6PM at the Dramatists Guild in The Mary Rodgers Room, 1501 Broadway, Suite 710, NYC.

The cast includes: Joshua Dixon ("Vatican Falls"), Cali Gilman ("Lured"), Kalen J. Hall ("New York 2150") & Emily McNamara ("NEWSical The Musical"). Stage Directions to be read by Ian Whitt ("Lured").

Central to "The Mad Ones" is the struggle a young closeted-gay movie star who must contend with keeping his sexuality a secret so he can continue to pursue his passion. The play-within-the play examines the life of a famous film director accused of raping a 13-year-old girl. The play runs 90 minutes.

Please RSVP to ImpetusEnsemble@aol.com or 973-715-2356.

Frank J. Avella (Author) received a 2015 Fellowship Award from the NJ State Council on the Arts for his play Consent, which was a semi-finalist for the 2012 O'Neill and will be published by Adirondack Plays as part of an LGBTQ anthology this winter. He is the recipient of a 2016 Helene Wurlitzer ResidenCy Grant & Bumbalo/Chesley Foundation Playwright Award, also for Consent, which confronts bullying and homophobia. Frank has written 19 full-length plays. "Lured," about the Russian persecution of gays, saw its World Premiere at the Dream Up Festival at Theater for the New City this past September and will be workshopped in early 2017. Visit LUREDTHEPLAY.COM. Vatican Falls, set against the backdrop of the Catholic sex abuse scandal, will have its World Premiere in February of 2018 in Malta. His other work includes: For Mamma, Michael's #1 Fan, Less Than Two Degrees, The Mad Ones and Orville Station (published in the UK by Lazy Bee Scripts). Upon reviewing Frank's farce Iris, in 2005, the Cincinnati Post wrote: "Avella's plays tend to send earthquakes through his audience's comfort zones." He is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.

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