It's a busy week before the holiday for Matthew, who will star in two play readings by New Dramatists resident playwrights Matthew Freeman, a longtime collaborator of Matthew's, and Kirk Wood Bromley, author of DOGGO DUMPS FAMMY, which Matthew starred in at Kirk's ND induction ceremony earlier this year.
THE ENC
by Matthew Freeman
Monday, November 20, 7pm
New Dramatists, 424 West 44th Street (between 9th and 10th Aves)
Free, please reserve
The ENC is a new version of The Emperor's New Clothes. When a famed tailor creates a special garment for the Emperor, it throws the citizenry into chaos. His counselors must decide: do they participate in the Emperor's parade to celebrate his new raiment? Or do they risk admitting what their eyes can see?
WANT'S UNWISHT WORK
by Kirk Wood Bromley
Tuesday, November 21, 7pm
Monday, November 20, 7pm
New Dramatists, 424 West 44th Street (between 9th and 10th Aves)
Free, please reserve
Conceived as a kind of sequel to / remix of Love's Labour's Lost with a cast of 17 performers, Want's Unwisht Work takes place "400 years and 6 months" after the Lords of Navarre took a vow of celibacy. The play was first produced under the dramaturgy and direction of Aaron Beall at Nada, a storefront theater on Ludlow Street, NYC, in 1996, and inspired Michael Feingold of The Village Voice to title Bromley "The Verse Play Champion."