Event

INK'd

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ONLINE SALES HAVE ENDED FOR TONIGHT'S READING, BUT TICKETS MAY STILL BE AVAILABLE! Please call 212.255.3089 or email aanderson@playwrightsrealm.org if you wish to make a day-of reservation. IF YOU AREN'T ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US - COME ON DOWN TO THE THEATER! We'll do our best to get you in if there are seats available.

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The Playwrights Realm
invites you to
INK'd

Join us for four readings over one week, showcasing our award-winning playwrights and their most recently completed plays. After a year of intensive development, they've got ink and they're not afraid to use it.

TUESDAY, MAY 15
MIA CHUNG's
You for Me for You
Directed by Meiyin Wang

With humor and a light touch, YOU FOR ME FOR YOU tells the story of two North Korean sisters who make a bargain with a smuggler to flee to the United States. When one sister is unable to make the treacherous border-crossing, the other races across time and space to try to save her.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 16
J.C. LEE's
The Inexplicable Disappearance of Hector Villaraigosa
Directed by Stephen Brackett

Hector Villaraigosa has disappeared without a trace, and as his friends and family desperately search for him, one girl, Marabell Kelly, thinks she knows what's up: aliens. A sci-fi thriller about the limits of reason and the pain of growing up.

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THURSDAY, MAY 17
ETHAN LIPTON's
Red Handed Otter
Directed by Mike Donahue

Not long ago, Paul had a girlfriend, a cat, and few complaints. Now? Well, at least he's got his health. A quirky workplace comedy about the need to be cared for, passive aggression, and how one animal changes the lives of five people.

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FRIDAY, MAY 18
NASTARAN AHMADI's
Exile
Directed by PIrronne Yousefzadeh

An Iranian-American video game tester develops a game set in a post-nuclear-apocalypse Iran, even as her own relationship becomes a fallout zone. In EXILE, loyalties shift quickly, and staying alive is the only way to win.