Ars Nova Hosts Reading of Emily Schwend's SOUTH OF SETTLING 2/8

Ars Nova presents, as part of the Out Loud series, a FREE reading of: SOUTH OF SETTLING by Emily Schwend, directed by Davis McCallum. The cast includes Justin Adams, Craig Bockhorn, Kate Forbes, Mariann Mayberry and Jake O'Connor.

SOUTH OF SETTLING
When her estranged cousin returns to small-town Carthage, Missouri after many years away, Kate Deckhouse finds her well-kept world turned upside-down. Compelled to revisit a history she'd rather forget, Kate tries to walk the fine line between the lies we tell others and the lies we tell ourselves.
Emily Schwend is a graduate of the playwriting programs at NYU and Juilliard. Her plays include South of Settling, Carthage (2009 O'Neill Playwrights Conference, David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright prize), Man-Made, Splinters (2009 Kendeda Graduate Playwriting competition finalist), and Callback. She is a 2010 P73 Fellowship semi-finalist, a two-time Lecompte du Nouy prize winner, and a member of Interstate 73. Born in Texas and raised all over the world, Emily is now based in Brooklyn.

Davis McCallum directed the world premieres of Itamar Moses' Back Back Back (The Old Globe), Chuck Mee's Queens Boulevard (Signature Theater Company), and Quiara Hudes' Elliot: A Soldier's Fugue (P73; 2007 Pulitzer Finalist). Classical credits include The Belle's Stratagem (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Jane Eyre (The Acting Company), and Henry V (the Guthrie). Upcoming: Punkplay by Greg Moss for Clubbed Thumb, and Tom Stoppard's Arcadia for Chautauqua Theater Company. Drama League Fellowship (2001), NEA/TCG Career Development Program (2007-9).
SOUTH OF SETTLING will be read on Monday, February 8 at 7pm. The OUT LOUD Series is FREE and open to the public. Reservations are required. Please call 212-977-1700 or email rsvp@arsnovanyc.com. Ars Nova is located at 511 West 54 Street. For more information, visit www.arsnovanyc.com.

Coming Up Next in the OUT LOUD Series:
Monday, March 8 at 7pm:
REVERBERATION
By Matthew Lopez
Directed by Keith Nobbs