Asolo Rep Announces UNPLUGGED Schedule

Unplugged, Asolo Rep's fourth annual festival of new plays, showcases the freshest new talents writing for the theatre today. Presented in a bare-bones staged reading format, audiences have a chance to experience fascinating new works in the earliest stages of their development. Led by Associate Artistic Director and Festival Curator Greg Leaming, Unplugged has given Asolo Rep the opportunity to supplement its season with new works. The highlight of this year's festival is the premiere of the 2011 Greenfield Prize-commissioned work by eminent Tony Award winning playwright John Guare (Six Degrees of Separation, House of Blue Leaves), Eddie in the Andes. Each reading will be followed by a Q&A session with the playwright and the director.

WHEN AND WHERE:
Saturday, April 6 at 8pm
INFORMED CONSENT
by Deborah Zoe Laufer, directed by Sean Daniels

Friday, April 12 at 8pm
WHEN TANG MET LAIKA
by Rogelio Martinez, directed by Brendon Fox

Saturday, April 27 at 8pm
MARQUIS AURELIUS
by Steven Drukman, directed by Greg Leaming

Presented in the Asolo Repertory Theatre Rehearsal Hall, The FSU Center for the Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243

Thursday, April 18 at 8pm
EDDIE IN THE ANDES
by John Guare, directed by Michael Donald Edwards
and
Friday, April 19 at 2pm
EDDIE IN THE ANDES
by John Guare, directed by Michael Donald Edwards

Presented in the Historic Asolo Theatre in The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Rd Sarasota, FL 34243

WHY:
Unplugged offers Sarasota audiences the opportunity to lend their voices and help shape new art from the ground up. In addition to being among the first to hear these new theatrical works as they are read publicly, members of the audience have the option to stay after each reading and participate in an intimate conversation with the playwright and cast about the work.

SPONSORS:
Proudly presented as part of the Greenfield Prize Annual Awards Weekend and in partnership with the Hermitage Artist Retreat, New College, The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, and Gulf Coast Community Foundation.

HOW:
Tickets are $7 per show, or $21 for a Festival Pass that includes all four shows. Tickets are available at the Asolo Rep Box Office and can be purchased in person or by phone only at 941.351.8000.

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