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October 14, 2007

The Reanimation Library is teaming up with two theater companies, The Thursday Problem and Working Man's Clothes Productions in the production of Dewey's Nightmare: The Library Play Challenge. Please join us in what promises to be a highly compelling multi-disciplinary event.

For more info, please see http://reanimationlibrary.org/pages/news.htm.

Dewey's Nightmare: The Library Play Challenge

Seven playwrights.

Seven random library books.

Seven days to write a play.

On Saturday, October 6, seven playwrights (including Laura Eason, Kyle Jarrow, Alexander Poe, Rachel Shukert, Justin Swain, Eric Sanders, and Casey Wimpee) walked blindfolded into Brooklyn's Reanimation Library (http://www.reanimationlibrary.org) and chose a book AT RANDOM from the shelves. They then each had one week – until Saturday, October 13 – to write an entire ten-minute play based on the book, whether it be about math, science, medicine, etc.

On Sunday, October 14, the playwrights will be paired with their director and actors (again, at random) and be given exactly ONE HOUR to rehearse. That evening, Sunday, October 14 at 7:00 p.m., will be the world premiere of Dewey's Nightmare: The Library Play Challenge at the Gene Frankel Theatre (24 Bond Street, just off Lafayette in the East Village – 6 to Bleecker or B/D/F/V to Broadway-Lafayette). The performance will also feature live music and visual art created during the week, and the audience will get to vote for their favorite play at the end of the evening!

This event is sponsored by The Thursday Problem (Eric Sanders, Artistic Director, http://www.funintrouble.com), Working Man's Clothes Productions (Isaac Byrne, Artistic Director; Jared Culverhouse, Executive Director, http://www.workingmansclothes.com) and the Reanimation Library (Andrew Beccone, Head Librarian). All tickets are $10, with profits going to 826NYC (http://www.826NYC.org), a Brooklyn-based nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills.

MAKE A RESERVATION, WILL SELL OUT! DeweyRSVP@gmail.com or call 718-502-8260.

Dewey's Nightmare: The Library Play Challenge
Sunday, October 14 at 7:00 p.m.
Gene Frankel Theatre
24 Bond Street (just off Lafayette) in the East Village

Subways: 6 to Bleecker or B/D/F/V to Broadway-Lafayette, walk uptown

Playwrights include: Laura Eason (Steppenwolf's When the Messenger Was Hot at 59E59), Obie Award-winner Kyle Jarrow (A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant), Alexander Poe (I Was Tom Cruise), Eric Sanders (f**kplays), Rachel Shukert (Johnny Applefu**er), Justin Swain (Dread Awakening), and Casey Wimpee (Hot Damn).

Directors include: Michelle Bossy (Sarajevo's Child), Heath Cullens (The Calamity of Kat Kat and Willie), Matthew Hancock (Dracula), Daniel Kutner (I Love You Because), Kerry Whigham (The Mag 7), and Jake Witlen (Adam Rapp's Bingo with the Indians).

Actors include: Nick Arens, Devon Berkshire, Stephen Bel Davies, Karen DiConcetto, Adam Farabee, Michelle Maxson, Joyce Miller, Christianna Nelson, Alana O'Brien, Joe Plummer, and Lauren Schneider.

Dewey's Nightmare: The Library Play Challenge is created and curated by playwright Eric Sanders. The Reanimation Library is a small, independent library based in Gowanus, Brooklyn, serving artists, writers, and other cultural archeologists. It was founded in 2003 by librarian Andrew Beccone.