TriArts Sharon Playhouse Presents WHEN WE MET Reading Tonight

TriArts Sharon Playhouse (Sharon, CT) presents a reading of the new musical When We Met tonight at 7:30 PM in its Bok Gallery. Admission is $5. and no advance reservation is necessary. The reading is part of the 2011 New Works Readings and Concerts. Artistic Director John Simpkins oversees the summer series.

Sally Wilfert (Assassins, See Rock City) and Michael Winther (33 Variations, Songs from an Unmade Bed) star in the reading, which has musical direction by Greg Pliska (War Horse). The show has music/ lyrics by Julianne Wick Davis, book by Dan Collins, and is based on an original concept by Julianne Wick Davis, Sally Wilfert, and Michael Winther. Authors state - Are there soul-mates after 40? Henry and Maggie are two comfortably single, middle-aged adults who meet on a comically disastrous and obligatory blind date; which they safely assume to be their last. However, a second chance encounter throws all their certainty into question. In a world that pits theory against faith, When We Met explores how a Quantum Physicist and a Pet Psychic struggle to understand one of the greatest intangibles of all; love.

The TriArts summer series continues on July 30 with Drama Desk nominated Joe Iconis (Bloodsong of Love, Things to Ruin). Whiskey Songs: A Night with Joe Iconis and Family will play two shows on Saturday, July 30 (5pm and 8pm). The evening will feature Joe and his merry band of musical theater hooligans performing classic Iconis tunes, as well as a couple brand new songs. Stories of loners and losers, tales of suburbia and beyond, explosions of fear and exultation. A high energy celebration of theater, family, and, well, whiskey. Singalongs will abound, drinks will flow, hearts will burst. The cast includes Eric William Morris (White Noise, Bloodsong of Love), Lance Rubin (Things to Ruin), Badia Farha (We the People: America Rocks!), and Molly Hager. Admission is $30. John Simpkins directs.

Michael Winther returns to TriArts and will be joined by Farah Alvin for a reading of the new musical Loving Leo on Wednesday, August 10. Admission is $5. The show features book and lyrics by Sara Cooper and music by Zachary Redler. Writers bill the piece as "A childless middle-aged couple (Lena and David) has lived comfortably in their one-bedroom apartment in the Bronx for their entire marriage. But after the death of Lena's mother, the couple takes in Lena's distant stepfather Leo, and suddenly the little cracks in their marriage become huge, gaping holes."

For more information on the TriArts summer readings and concert series or its mainstage productions and other events, please visit www.triarts.net.

The 2011 Summer Season at TriArts features 42nd Street (June 23-July 10), Rent (July 15-24), and Hairspray (August 4-21). TriArts Sharon Playhouse (Alice Bemand, Executive Director; Michael Berkeley and John Simpkins, Artistic Directors) is a not-for-profit theatre, located in Litchfield County, Sharon, CT, at the foot of the Berkshires. In addition to producing mainstage musicals and many special events each summer season, TriArts also offers a summer youth theatre program, workshops and readings of new musicals, concerts, and special events throughout the year in its Bok Gallery. For more information on TriArts Sharon Playhouse, please visit www.triarts.net or call 860-364-SHOW (7469).