AWAY IT ROLLED: a reading of a new play

I've wanted to produce a reading of Dan Kitrosser's new play AWAY IT ROLLED (formerly known as A FEW THINGS BEFORE I LEAVE YOU) for a long time, and it finally happened! Dan is a good friend and one of the most talented and unique playwrights of his generation.

Here's the plot: on the verge of a nervous breakdown, Eddie breaks up with his caustic comedian girlfriend Holly. When Eddie asks his (mostly) gay brother Hugh, an art dealer, to retrieve some books from his apartment, the mutual animosity between Holly and Hugh bursts into an affair that somehow seems terribly, awfully, horribly right. AWAY IT ROLLED is a comedy and a drama about how much it actually takes to move on.

Sherri Eden Barber was our director, and get a load of this cast: Michael Chernus (ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK) played Eddie, and Clea Alsip (BOARDWALK EMPIRE) played Holly. I played the role of Hugh, and the role of Michael was played by the magnificent Jovan A. Davis. Lacy Allen added her talents as our reader of stage directions. 

We had a successful and well-received reading on May 12 at Ripley-Grier Studios in New York.

From L to R: Michael Chernus, Clea Alsip, Dan Kitrosser, Sherri Eden Barber, Matt W Cody, Lacy Allen, Jovan A. Davis