Davenport Hosts Reading of MISS ABIGAIL'S GUIDE TO DATING, MATING & MARRIAGE

Broadway and Off-Broadway producer Ken Davenport will present the first industry-only reading of MISS ABIGAIL'S GUIDE TO DATING, MATING, AND MARRIAGE! (based on the book by Abigail Grotke) on Friday April 30th at Theater Three (home of the Mint Theater, 311 West 43rd Street, between Eighth & Ninth Avenues). Laurie Birmingham and Dan Ahdoot star.

At the brand new comedy, MISS ABIGAIL'S GUIDE TO DATING, MATING, AND MARRIAGE!, Miss A will show you how to find and keep your perfect mate with her signature blend of classic romance advice from yesteryear! It's like Late Nite Catechism but for LOVE!!

Let Miss Abigail take you back to a simpler time, before booty calls, when the divorce rate wasn't 50% and when fidelity was more than an investment firm! During this 90-minute comedy, Miss A will show you how to have the perfect kiss, what you should (and should not) talk about on a date, and how to let a man think he wears the pants. And who knows? Maybe during the show, Miss Abigail will learn a thing or two about love herself from her sexy, young assistant, Paco. Whether you've been married for decades or your deepest relationship is with your dog, grab your date, your mate (or even your ex!) and come to MISS ABIGAIL'S GUIDE TO DATING, MATING, AND MARRIAGE!

Dan Ahdoot is a standup comic who's been on the Jay Leno Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and was a finalist on Last Comic Standing. He's written for Crank Yankers on Comedy Central and MTV's Short Circuitz. He recently was a guest at the Montreal Comedy Festival and received the Best of the Fest award.

Laurie Birmingham is thrilled to be making her NY debut with the reading of Miss Abigail. She is certainly not new to the stage: Laurie has been acting for over 30 years in regional theatres throughout the country, including Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Asolo Theatre, where she created the roles of Betty Jean in The Marvelous Wonderettes and Gert in The Happy Elf by Harry Connick Jr., directed by John Rando (Urinetown), among many others. Laurie is a classically trained actress as well as a musical theatre artist and more importantly, plays the ukulele!

On Broadway, Sarah Saltzberg played Logainne Schwartzandgrubenairre for two years in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. She created and developed her character in C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E (upon which Spelling Bee is based), which she co-produced at the Theatorium in NYC, and appeared in both Barrington Stage productions. She most recently appeared in Fat Camp (NYMF), and has appeared off-Broadway in Junie B. Jones (Lortel Theatre), her one-woman show Dear Diary (Ars Nova), as well as throughout NYC in long-form improv comedy with the Upright Citizen's Brigade. Sarah can be seen in the late-night Broadway-themed improv show Don't Quit Your Night Job, which she co-created and co-produces (www.dontquitnyc.com). She is also a co-artistic director of Stage 13, a theater/Production Company dedicated to cultivating new and original stage, web and film pieces (www.stage-13.com).

Ken Davenport's recent Broadway productions include Oleanna starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles, Speed-the-Plow starring Raul Esparza, Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America, Blithe Spirit starring Angela Lansbury, and 13. Ken is the only independent producer to have had three shows running simultaneously Off-Broadway - Altar Boyz, The Awesome 80s Prom and My First Time. He was recently featured on a national commercial for Apple's iPhone, named one of Crain's "Forty Under 40" in 2008, and dubbed the "P.T. Barnum of Off-Broadway" by the New York Times. Current projects include Broadway revivals of Godspell and Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men, Ken's musical adaptation of Somewhere In Time, and a documentary on one of the top unsigned rock bands in the country - Red Wanting Blue.  His blog, TheProducersPerspective.com, has been featured in Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The Gothamist and many others. He has written articles for Forbes, Mashable, Imedia and others.

Seating is limited. For more information, visit www.davenporttheatrical.com.