A Staged Reading. Written by Victoria Wolfe, Directed by Jess Barbagallo .

At first glance, the Dept of Rules and Regulations is an ordinary environment of movable cubes, plastic plants and friendly workers. Buried within the Big Tower lies a bitter secret: an energy that impacts the inner world of those who spend enough time there. Real Life becomes a dream that happens around the edges.

RESERVOIR RUNNER is a Kafkaesque comedy of creepy, goofy, and loving narratives mixed with song and dance, original video and sound recordings, and reminiscences of a city that existed before Giuliani's mayoral reign cleared out the grit and beauty. How does post-industrial New York City impact the financial and social welfare of its citizens? How did late-20th century architects get so much power and status? Do buildings have feelings and possibly...secrets?

RESERVOIR RUNNER is having its first staged reading on November 17 &18 @ 7 PM, at the lovely salon space in Chelsea, TORN PAGE. Please RSVP with a donation, ( only one reservation per donation, multiple reservations need to be done with seperate donations).

Featuring: Aurora Heimbach (Chashama, American Theater of Actors, SXSW Fest) Vera Beren (Concrete Temple, 3-Legged Dog, The Living Theatre), Tony Torn (performances with Richard Foreman and Reza Abdoh, numerous other stage and screen credits), Peter Lewis (on-screen in Motherless Brooklyn, Mad Men, The Bourne Legacy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, performed nationally with The Acting Company), Alyssa Simon (Untitled Theater Company #61, Gemini Collision Works, Flux Theatre Ensemble), Susan Hwang (LaMama, Joe's Pub, Dixon Place, Bushwick Book Club), Cornell Green (Bass, Lead singer with Last Exit Bfor Toll, X-Act Change Only, Deviated Spectrum, Kennedy Ann).

Directed by Jess Barbagallo (Half-Straddle, Two-Headed Calf, Builders Association).

Writer Victoria Wolfe has shown plays at Dixon Place, garage art space SF, the Marsh, FringeFestival of Marin, Lost Fringe of Chiswick UK and her fiction was acknowledged by Best American Short Stories and the Pushcart Prize.