City Theatre at City of Asylum!

"Simona's Search" A New Play by Martín Zimmerman Directed by Tlaloc Rivas Presented in partnership with City Theatre's Momentum Reading Series Thursday, December 12 7 p.m.  City of Asylum @ Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue FREE!   Click here for Free Tickets!   "Zimmerman's text is fast-paced, and riddled with the wounds of humanity."   - Pop Dust     At City of Asylum, we believe theater is a powerful and necessary literary art. This reading will be followed by a post-show discussion with the playwright and creative team. Audiences are encouraged to engage with the work, and experience theater's power to spark meaningful dialogue about complex issues. Simona's father is a mystery. As a child, curious about his life in Latin America before moving to the US, she became obsessed with discovering his secrets, dedicating her life to studying the science of trauma, while her own thoughts and dreams are haunted by a shadowy figure–is her father's past attempting to run her down? A moving and poetic look at family, legacy, and persecution, Simona's Search asks, "Can pain be passed from generation to generation?" This reading will take place downstairs in our intimate Word Cellar.     Click here for Free Tickets!   Martín Zimmerman is a multi-ethnic, bilingual playwright and screenwriter whose plays include Seven Spots On The Sun, On The Exhale, White Tie Ball, The Making Of A Modern Folk Hero,The Solid Sand Below, and Let Me Count The Ways, and have been produced or developed at The Kennedy Center, Goodman Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, Alley Theatre, Roundabout Underground, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Traverse Theatre, LCT3, New York Theatre Workshop, Victory Gardens Theater, The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Marin Theatre Company, The Playwrights' Center, Alliance Theatre, A.C.T. (Seattle), PlayPenn, Icicle Creek Theatre Festival, American Theater Company, The Theatre @ Boston Court, Chicago Dramatists, Primary Stages, Teatro Vista, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Playwrights Foundation, Cara Mía Theatre Co, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, The City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs, Theatre Row, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Borderlands Theater, Source Festival, The Gift, Collaboraction, Red Tape, The University of Texas at Austin, and Duke University with upcoming projects with Roundabout Theatre Company, Yale Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, and Marc Platt Productions.   This program is a collaboration between City of Asylum and City Theatre. The reading is part of City Theatre's year-long Momentum Reading Series made possible through support from Opportunity Fund and the Fine Foundation.   At City of Asylum, we want our events to be welcoming and accessible to all people.  All floors of Alphabet City are wheelchair accessible.  Thanks to the generous support of RAD, we also have hearing assistive systems available for all programs, by advance request.  If you have questions or are in need of accommodations, please contact us.     Click here to contact us about accessibility accommodations       Copyright © 2019 City of Asylum, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you registered to hear more from City of Asylum, either at one of our events or online. Our mailing address is: City of Asylum 40 W. North Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212 Add us to your address book