Finger

“I just want him to know that someone out there in the world is taking care of him.”

Written by DC Cathro

Directed by Eric Parness

Date: Friday, June 19, 2020 at 6:00pm Eastern Time

Language: English

Location: IATI Theater (64 E. 4th St., NYC 10003)

Website: Facebook Page

Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Vee discovers something strange inside a small box, and embarks on a dangerous search for the owner.

About the Playwright

DC Cathro is a Chicago-based playwright, actor, and director from the Washington DC metropolitan area. His musical Till, written with award-winning composer Leo Schwartz, was one of three winners in the 2016 Main Street Musicals Festival, selected by Gregory Mosher, and was also accepted into the 2019 New York Musical Festival (NYMF). The Book of Merman, another musical written with Leo Schwartz, enjoyed a five-month run Off-Broadway. In 2014, he became the only playwright to have two shows in the Pride Films and Plays Festival in Chicago, IL; Pen, A Musical (with Schwartz) and the comedy Family Holiday. DC's works have been read at theatres and festivals across the U.S., including The William Inge Festival in Independence, Kansas, The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and St. Luke's Theatre, Off-Broadway in New York City.

Cast

Rachel Cofsky
Vivia Font
Glenna Forgue
Crystal Ramirez
Ray Rodriguez

Staged Readings Go Online

Due to COVID-19, our staged readings for Cimientos 2020 will have an alternative format as Live Zoom readings. To attend the reading of Finger, RSPV at the link below.

The reading will also be streamed on Facebook Live; and you will be able to access the live recording later on Youtube. Make sure you follow our Facebook Page and Youtube Channel.

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