Women's Project Playwrights Lab Presents PLAYING IN TRAFFIC 8/12

Playing in Traffic, written by eight hot playwrights from the acclaimed Women's Project Playwrights Lab and directed by Alice Reagan, will be presented for two performances on one night only, Thursday, August 12, at 7:00pm and 9:30pm at Ensemble Studio Theatre, 549 Wet 52nd Street.

The eight playwrights, Bekah Brunstetter, Carla Ching, Laura Eason, Charity Henson-Ballard, Kara Manning, Lynn Rosen, Crystal Skillman, & Andrea Thome, take on the city - block to block - in search of how the value of the dollar changes the landscape of a neighborhood. What they find is a city of song, brawls, magic, science, allergies, busted locks, hope, ghosts and family - all right across the street.

"These women are cool, not cool enough to have their play presented in Women's Project's own theatre with an air conditioning system that has given up the ghost, but cool just the same," said Julie Crosby, Producing Artistic Director of Women's Project www.womensproject.org. "Ensemble Studio Theatre is cool enough to let us use its space."

Tickets are free, but must be reserved by Monday, August 9. To order, email tickets@womensproject.org or call 212.765.2105

At the same event Women's Project will mark its first publication, Out of Time & Play: An Anthology of Plays by Members of the Women's Project Playwrights Lab edited by Alexis Clements with Christine Evans, with a preface by Theresa Rebeck. Collectively, Women's Project playwrights have been produced, published and heaped with swanky honors on four continents.

To purchase a copy online, go to www.outoftimeandplace.com.

Time Warner provides leadership support of new play development at Women's Project.

Founded in 1978 by Julia Miles, and now under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Julie Crosby, Women's Project provides a stage for women playwrights and directors, who even today receive fewer than 20% of professional production opportunities nationwide.

Women's Project (WP) produces theater created by women, providing a forum for women's perspectives on political, social, and cultural topics. During its 32 years, countless artists have achieved significant recognition through WP productions, including Anne Bogart, Eve Ensler, Maria Irene Fornes, Lynn Nottage, Suzan-Lori Parks, Leigh Silverman, and Anna Deavere Smith, among the many. WP has produced staged over 600 mainstage productions and developmental projects, and published ten anthologies of plays by women.

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