Join Axial Theatre IN PERSON on March 2nd at St John's Episcopal Church Parish Hall for a reading of Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST) member Eric Conger's new play, Zombietown.

The play will be read by members of the Axial Ensemble and special guests followed by a curated discussion with Associate Artistic Director Nate Flower and Artistic Director Cady McClain.

When: Saturday, March 2nd at 2PM

Where: St John's Episcopal Church, 8 Sunnyside Ave, Pleasantville, NY 10570

Suggested donation: $20 adults, $10 students

Zombietown is the story of a small midwestern community struggling to survive in the face of a large

government takeover. When a new national park is announced for northern Ohio, the village of Pinnacle

finds itself in the crosshairs. As homes and farms are acquired and friends and neighbors leave, the town

divides along class lines, trying to keep its schools, churches, and institutions – its past and its future –

alive. With echoes of Our Town, the play follows members of the community coming to terms with the

new reality.

Eric  Conger’s play, The Eclectic Society, received a mainstage production at Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theatre. Another full-length, Just Tell Me My Name, was produced in the Walnut Independence Studio and at Centre Stage, S.C.  His version of Feydeau’s Chat En Poche, entitled A Frog In His Throat, starred Michael Learned (The Waltons) at the York Theatre in New York City and was subsequently staged at four other regional theatres. He received a Sloan grant for “Dolly’s Place,” a play about a home-raised chimpanzee, and a screenplay version of the same story received honorable mention at the Austin Film Festival. Eric is a member of  the Playwrights Unit at Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York, and is a graduate of  Wesleyan University and the University of  Paris, France.

Actors reading include Bruce Apar*, Gail Greenstein*, Missy Flower, Pat McGuinness*, Marisa Lowe*, Dan Walworth*, Nicole Arcieri, Jessica Bonds, Jim Leeper, Jane Milano,  Rex Pietrobono, Jeff Callan, and Sandy Rooney*.

- with Katie Olivero reading stage directions.

* = Axial Ensemble Member

The SAFEHOUSE program was created and developed by Axial Artistic Director Cady McClain, playwright and Artistic Director of Shades Repertory Theater Samuel Harps, Axial Associate Artistic Director/director Nate Flower and playwright Evelyn Mertens.