Brimmer Street Theatre Co. to Host Public Staged Readings of COMMUNION

As part of its 2016 Breaking Ground play development program, Brimmer Street Theatre Company has announced two public staged readings of Communion by Christina Cigala. The readings will be presented on Sunday, May 22 at 2pm and 4:30pm at Moving Arts, 1822 Hyperion Avenue, in Silver Lake. Running time is 70 minutes with no intermission; admission is free and no reservations are required. Following each reading, audiences will be invited to engage in a brief discussion with the playwright and participating artists.

Brimmer Street Theatre Company's Breaking Ground play development initiative is dedicated to collaborative new play development. Over the course of the seven-week project, BSTC's ensemble works with local playwrights to move drafts of original plays to finalized scripts through the discovery and collaboration of an abbreviated rehearsal process, design consultation, and finally a staged reading. Communion was chosen by the BSTC ensemble from dozens of submissions.

Christina Cigala's Communion: to get married at the beautiful St. Valentine's Cathedral in Malibu, three couples of varying devotion must join Father Chad on a Catholic engagement retreat to learn what it means to be be faithfully married. When it's revealed that only one couple will get the coveted available date for their nuptials, all hell breaks loose in this dark comedy about faith, marriage, and the church. Directed by Toby Meuli, the reading will feature (in alphabetical order) Lizzie Adelman, Kate Amis, Doug Burch, Katharine Everett, Kendall Foote, Kim Imafidon, David Jette, and Jon Prescott. Audience members who would like to read the play in advance may email djette@brimmerstreet.org for a script.

Brimmer Street Theatre Company is a non-profit ensemble theatre that creates and produces new works of theatre in order to cultivate artists and engage audiences in Los Angeles. By working from a select core of talented artists, BSTC aims to produce a unique brand of American theatre that is rooted in a common experience and driven by their commitment to building better theatre that is challenging, extraordinary, and inspiring.