JUMP THE LINE - A Reading of a new play by Greg Morneau

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A  Zoom Workshop Reading of a New Play by Greg Morneau

JUMP THE LINE by Greg Morneau2nd play of theTPS 2020 VIRTUAL READING FESTIVALJanuary. 27 - February 5, 2021Directed by Galen FottThursday, January 28, 2021 - 7:30 p.m. CSTLena didn’t spend her life managing the circulation department of her city&#x27;s newspaper just to let it slip away. But as she nears retirement and hopes to hand the job over to her wayward son, circulation numbers are in free fall. To save her department, Lena pins her hopes on an ambitious journalist. Does it matter that the journalist’s career might be in a tailspin and his home life is imploding? As rumors spread that the paper is going solely online, Lena&#x27;s newspaper carriers face an uncertain future as they reckon with expectation, failure and desire.Cast: Robert Chambers, Gregory D. Hicks, Rachael Hip-Flores, Sabrina Moore, JR Robles, Ronald Román-Meléndez. Special thanks to Elle Wesley (Voice of Young Alice) and Jalen Walker (Voice of Young Adam)Talkback (cameras optional) with playwright and director to follow.Visit the <a href="http://www.tnplaywrights.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tennessee Playwrights Studio website</a> for more information about this and the other five readings in the TPS 2020 Reading Festival.

PLAYWRIGHT BIOGRAPHYGreg is a playwright, animator, painter and software developer. He studied political science, writing, painting and animation at Phillips Exeter Academy, Amherst College and Santa Monica College. He has shown his paintings in galleries in Nashville and his hometown of Manchester, NH, where for several years he also created the posters for the Mill City Festival. He has workshopped his plays at Nashville Story Garden’s Greenhouse Lab and Pipeline-Collective. Greg lives outside Nashville, where he’s working on an animated feature and a new play.

BLACK LIVES MATTERTPS stands in solidarity with the BLACK LIVES MATTER movement and is committed to creating opportunities for Black playwrights, actors, directors and other Black theatre artists in our programming.Some Black-owned theatre companies to know and support in Nashville:<a href="http://www.sistastyleproductions.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">SistaStyle Productions </a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/destinytheatreexperience" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Destiny Theatre Experience</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kennieplayhouse" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kennie Playhouse Theatre</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Dream-7-Productions-113893910166184" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dream 7 Productions</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=centerstage%20theatre%20company" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Centerstage Theatre Company</a>MORE INFORMATIONVisit <a href="http://www.tnplaywrights.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tennessee Playwrights Studio</a> for more info about TPS and the five other readings in the TPS 2020 Reading Festival

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