San Diego Repertory Theatre to Take Part in AFTER ORLANDO

San Diego Repertory Theatre (San Diego REP) is pleased to present a staged reading of "After Orlando", an evening of short plays in response to the shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. San Diego REP in association with Missing Bolts Productions (Blair Baker & Zac Kline, artistic directors) and No Passport Theatre Alliance and Press (OBIE-winner Caridad Svich, founder), welcome five local theatre companies who hope to send a powerful message to California voters.

The one-day only reading will be performed Monday, November 7th, 2016 at 7pm in the Lyceum Space in downtown San Diego's Horton Plaza. San Diego Repertory Theatre produces intimate, exotic, provocative theatre that promotes a more inclusive community through vivid works that nourish progressive political and social values.

The artistically curated collection of new plays from noted international playwrights in response the shooting at Pulse Nightclub, which occurred June 12, 2016, is presented in collaboration with actors, directors and crews from five San Diego theatre companies under the direction of San Diego REP. Plays have been specifically written and curated in response to this tragic event and will be read at over 40 venues across the country and in the UK throughout the fall and subsequently published in a collection called "After Orlando" by NoPassport Press (Dreaming the Americas Series).

All proceeds will be split equally to benefit Latino Services at The Center as well as The San Diego chapter of the Brady Campaign. Latin@ Services at the Center provides a safe, welcoming, and culturally and linguistically appropriate space that allows community members to accept and embrace every aspect of their identities, including their culture, traditions, language, spirituality and sexual and gender identities. The Brady Campaign is a national campaign named in honor of Jim Brady. The San Diego chapter of the Brady campaign is committed to promoting the mission of the Brady Campaign locally, with the goal of making our communities safe from gun violence.

For tickets and more information please visit sdrep.org. The reading will bring together five San Diego theatre companies: Diversionary Theatre, InnerMission Productions, Moxie Theatre, The Old Globe Theatre, and San Diego Repertory Theatre.

San Diego Rep will be a part of this unique international theatre action that includes partner venues such as The Finborough Theatre (London); Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre and the LGTB Center (NYC); Round House Theatre and Olney Theatre Center (DC); The Inge Center (Independence, KS); Theatre@Boston Court and the University of Southern California (Los Angeles); Miami New Drama (Miami), Philadelphia Theatre Company and The University of the Arts (Philadelphia) and many more.

Kline and Baker of Missing Bolts note: "As theatremakers, we have the ability to bring together many singular unique voices toward a common goal. We have invited some of the most admired theatre artists worldwide to participate; to share our grief, our anger, our hope and our desire to combat the violence we are now living with on a daily basis." Svich of NoPassport adds: "Making some healing art, some fiery art, some work that just says we can rise up from and through collective mourning."

About San Diego Repertory Theatre

San Diego Repertory Theatre (San Diego REP) produces intimate, exotic, provocative theatre. Founded in 1976, San Diego Repertory Theatre is downtown San Diego's resident theatre, promoting a more inclusive community through work that nourishes progressive political and social values and celebrates the multiple voices of our region. The company produces and hosts over 550 events and performances year-round on its three stages at the Lyceum Theatre. Since moving to the Lyceum, The REP has produced 45 main stage productions by Latino playwrights, and more than 40 world premieres. The company has received more than 200 awards for artistic excellence from the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle, Patté Theatre Awards, NAACP, BackStage West, Dramalogue and StageSceneLA. In 2005, the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle presented The REP with the Craig Noel Award "For 30 Years of Artistic Dedication to Downtown and Diversity." San Diego Repertory Theatre feeds the curious soul. To learn more about San Diego Repertory Theatre, to purchase tickets, or make a donation, visit www.sdrep.org. Join us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/sandiegorep) and follow us on Twitter (@SanDiegoREP).

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