59E59 Theaters Welcome Reverie's New Play WET INK 3/3-3/8

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Reverie Productions for its inaugural festival of new play development, WET INK, including workshop productions of Beyond the 17th Parallel by "Army Wives" staff writer T.D. Mitchell, directed by Robert Egan, and a new translation and stage adaptation of Beowulf by Colin D. Young, directed by Tania Inessa Kirkman.

The festival also includes staged readings of new plays by Sheri Graubert, Stellios Manolakakis and Colleen Cosgrove. WET INK runs from Tuesday, March 3 through Sunday, March 8. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Friday at 7:30 PM; Saturday at 2:30 PM and 7:30 PM; and Sunday at 3:30 PM and 7:30 PM. WET INK takes place at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Tickets to all readings are FREE; donations are welcome at the door. To make reservations, call Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com. For more information, visit www.59e59.org.

WET INK kicks off with three nights of Fresh from the Lab readings, new works developed by regulars in Reverie's ongoing playwriting lab:

Tuesday, March 3 at 7:30
Big Jimbo by Colleen Cosgrove, directed by Eric Nightengale
Wednesday, March 4 at 7:30
The Troglodytes by Sheri Graubert, directed by David Hilder
Thursday, March 5 at 7:30
The Rose of Sharon by Stellios Manolakakis, director to be announced

WET INK also features two workshop productions:
Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7 at 7:30 PM
Beowulf, translated and adapted by Colin D. Young and directed by Tania Inessa Kirkman
In this new translation of the 1,000-year-old epic Saxon poem, mourners at Beowulf's funeral eulogize his glorious life by telling and reenacting their favorite stories of the great hero's adventures: of monsters and dragons, kingdoms and battles, and the passing of an age of valor, pride and revenge. Beowulf features original music for the lyre, harp and other period instruments.

Saturday, March 7 at 2:30 PM; Sunday, March 8 at 3:30 PM and 7:30 PM
Beyond the 17th Parallel by T.D. Mitchell, directed by Robert Egan
At a remote cabin in the mountains of Washington, six Vietnam veterans reunite after 35 years for a weekend of hunting, fishing and poker, only to learn that they're still haunted by the memories and ghosts of an unforgiving war. Beyond the 17th Parallel, 2007 winner of Reverie's Next Generation Playwriting Contest, explores the divergent paths of brothers who once shared a battlefield but stand miles apart through the lens of current events.