Zombiedelphia Contiues with Mmmmmm Brains New Play Festival, performed at Plays & Players on Friday, March 20 and 27

Plays & Players, Center City Philadelphia's longest continually operated theatre and Philadelphia Dramatists Center will co-present three staged readings of new zombie themed plays in the Mmmmmm Brains New Play Festival, running March 20 and 27 in the Third Floor Skinner Studio at Plays & Players Theatre. Joy Cutler's The Frogg Prince, Alex Dremann's The Zombie Aesthete, and Brian Grace-Duff's Remains will be performed on both evenings. Cutler, Dremann, and Grace-Duff are all members of Philadelphia Dramatists Center, a community of playwrights, collaborating artists, and audience members dedicated to creating and nurturing new work.

Joy Cutler's plays and solo shows have been performed in San Francisco, New York, Berlin, and Amsterdam. The Frogg Prince follows true fractured fairy tale fashion when the Princess kisses the Frog, but instead of transforming him into a prince she finds she's the one who has been transformed.... into a ZOMBIE! Alex Dremann has had nearly a hundred productions of his plays all over the country and is currently the moderator of the Secret Room Theater Playwriting Workshop The Zombie Aesthete dives into The Lifestyle of the suburban zombie when two zombie couples get together for cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and a jovial night of rampage. Brian Grace-Duff a local playwright, set and lighting designer and board member of Philadelphia Dramatists Center. In Remains, two sisters have no one left but one another. Even several years after the zombie invasion, the threat of another outbreak battles their desire to find meaning in a bleak new world.

Performances are slated for March 20 and 27 at 10:30pm following the 8pm performance of the East Coast Premiere of William Shakespeare's Land of the Dead on the Plays & Players Mainstage. Tickets are $10 or free with a ticket to that evening's performance of William Shakespeare's Land of the Dead. All performances of the Mmmmmm Brains New Play Festival will be given in Plays & Players Skinner Studio on the third floor at 1714 Delancey Place (between Spruce & Pine Streets). Tickets may be purchased at www.playsandplayers.org/zombies.php or by calling (800) 595-4TIX. For further information, call (215) 735-0630.

In celebration of the 510th Anniversary of the Zombie Plague, Plays & Players will offer a variety of events as part of its Zombiedelphia Month in March, including weekday Zombie Happy Hour appearances at Center City bars and midnight productions of Land of the Dead on Saturday, March 14 and 21, with a free drink coupon distributed to attendees dressed in costume. More information about Zombiedelphia can be found at www.playsandplayers.org/zombies.php. Follow a blog of the production at zombiedelphia.wordpress.com.

ABOUT PLAYS & PLAYERS

Plays & Players is Center City Philadelphia's longest continually operated theatre and is celebrating its 97th Season of performance. Located in the historic Plays & Players Theatre at 1714 Delancey Place, which includes two performance spaces, Plays & Players offers year-round memberships that include both social and entertainment possibilities. To learn more about memberships go to www.playsandplayers.org or call (215) 735-0630.

ABOUT PHILADELPHIA DRAMATISTS CENTER
Philadelphia Dramatists Center is a community of playwrights, collaborating artists, and audience members dedicated to creating and nurturing new work. They develop resources, stimulate creative partnerships and participate in the ongoing national dialogue about how and why theater is created. Philadelphia Dramatists Center offers memberships that include play development and professional networking opportunities. To learn more about memberships go to www.pdc1.org.