LOVE/SICK Kicks off New Series at American Academy of Dramatic Arts Tonight

Join the American Academy of Dramatic Arts for MAIN STAGE LIVE and be the first to experience the new workshop series of inspired original plays being developed and performed at The Academy. These performances will bring together noted industry professionals with Academy graduates who will perform in the series. The first production will be a staged reading of John Cariani's new play, Love/Sick, directed by Daniel Winerman and produced by Andrew Polk.

John Cariani (playwright) is an actor and a playwright. As an actor he has appeared on and off Broadway, and in several films and television shows. As a playwright, he is best known for his first play, Almost, Maine, which opened off-Broadway in 2006 and has since become one of the most frequently produced plays in the country. Love/Sick is John's newest play and he wishes to thank Andy, Dan, and these excellent and very game Academy actors for this great chance to workshop it.

Daniel Winerman (director) has directed and developed new plays at Ensemble Studio Theatre, Primary Stages, Geva Theatre Center, New Dramatists, Lark Theatre, Flea Theater, Fordham University, Atlantic Theater Company, Boston Playwrights Theatre, Midtown Int'l Theatre Festival, New York Int'l Fringe Festival, Young Playwrights, Inc., Samuel French Short Play Festival, Summer Shorts Festival @ 59E59 Theater, NYU's Dept. of Dramatic Writing, and NYU's Dept. of Musical Theatre Writing. He was the Literary Associate for Berkshire Playwrights Lab, a company dedicated to the development of new plays by emerging and established playwrights. For BPL Dan has directed staged readings of new plays by Anna Ziegler (Variations on a Theme), Sam Marks (The Old Masters), and Jonathan Caren (The Recommendation). Dan teaches acting for theater and film at New York Film Academy. He's received a Drama League Fellowship, a BFA in Drama from NYU, and an MFA in Directing from Boston University.

Andrew Polk (producer): As Artistic Director of The Cape Cod Theatre Project for 17 years, Andrew was responsible for the development of over 60 new American plays. Over half of those plays have since gone on to productions on Broadway, off-Broadway, Regionally and around the world. He is also an actor having worked extensively in film, television and in theater. Andrew trained at London's Webber-Douglas Academy under a Fulbright Scholarship. He is an Associate Artist at The American Conservatory Theater, and a Founder of The Cape Cod Theatre Project. He teaches extensively at The American Academy of Dramatic Art, NYU, The American Conservatory Theater and privately.

The American Academy of Dramatic Arts is located at 120 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Shows will play the Mary MacArthur Theatre tonight, June 27 at 8pm, Friday, June 28 at 8pm (Will include a post-show discussion with the writer, John Cariani and the actors) and Saturday, June 29 at 8pm. To make a reservation for this original play, email NYreservations@aada.edu.