South Coast Repertory's third NewSCRipts reading of the 2007-08 season will be Zayd Dohrn's Reborning. Reborning is the 104th play to receive a staged reading as part of SCR's venerable play reading program. The NewSCRipts reading of Reborning will take place on February 25 at 7:30 p.m. on the Julianne Argyros Stage. Tickets are $12 each and may be purchased online at www.scr.org or by phone at (714) 708-5555 or in person at the SCR box office.
"Art and life imitate each other in Dohrn's contemporary drama about confronting the past and facing the future. Kelly, a sculptor of lifelike baby dolls, begins to suspect that her client Emily may be her long-lost mother-and the doll she is building for Emily may be her own likeness. But that connection is not a simple one as Kelly begins to re-enact her own history of abuse on the doll," explain press notes.Dohrn received his MFA from New York University's Department of Dramatic Writing and a Lila Acheson Wallace Fellowship from The Juilliard School. His plays have been produced at Alchemy Theatre Company of Manhattan, Classic Stage Company (NYC Fringe), The Boston Actor's Workshop and Boston Playwrights' Theatre, as well as developed at The Flea, Studio 42, the National New Play Network, Ensemble Studio Theatre (24Seven Lab), Alchemy Theatre, Prop Thtr, and Kitchen Dog. He won the IRNEVideos