A reading of Kato McNickle’s WISH PLAY

[Abbie Chase]

Slant of Light Theater Company presents a reading of

Kato McNickle’s WISH PLAY

Directed Bryna Kearney

Part of the Slant of Light Theater Company monthly New Play Reading Series

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

7:00pm

1042 Broad Street (entrance on John Street)

Bridgeport, CT 06604

Refreshments will be served

WRITE WISH WANT begins with the jottings of an unfulfilled woman.  The problem is she’s spilling these secrets across the pages of a magic book; a book so compelling and lovely that she stole it from a young man on a tropical island.  By mistaking the book for a diary, she sets in motion a series of events that will lead to her death and the ensnarement of her closest friends and family as the book changes hands by hook or by crook — calling all who touch it to make an entry within its pages.

But the juju of the book demands more.  After tantalizing a person to write down a secret wish, it then compels the composer to return and tell the story of the fulfillment of that wish.  Failure to write the rest of the story leads to people to single, sleepless, omnipresent obsession:  to find the book and tell the story.  To what lengths will people go to possess the book and finish their stories? The power of the written word and the needs of secret desire unravel this group mourning the loss of their friend.

Can the spell of the book be broken?

The New Play Reading Series is held at Slant of Light Theater Company, Artists in Residence at the Center for Public Art and Design.