"Zen A.M." by Natalie Menna, a comedy of New Age manners & mores

Comedy of New Age manners and mores is set among the "worried creatives" =
of post-9/11 New York.																																																Aug=
ust Strindberg Rep congratulates						resident playwright Natalie Menna		=
				on the premiere of her new play,						"Zen A.M."																					=
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT			MAY 31 TO JUNE 16																																			=
				Comedy of New Age manners and mores is set among the			"worried creat=
ives" of post-9/11 New York. 			It's Lower Manhattan in 2005 and a new pa=
inter and 9/11 survivor faces an artistic dilemma -- should he cave to sh=
ifting cultural mores or stand his sacred ground over a commission?=C2=A0=
			Since classical times, artists have had to reconcile the demands of th=
eir patrons with their own artistic integrity. "Zen A.M." is meant to ill=
ustrate the artist's conundrum, nesting it in present-day issues of class=
 identification, compassion, cultural identity and creative resistance. T=
he play offers us laughable characters who are straining to act rationall=
y when faced with difficult decisions of this sort.=C2=A0			Bruno, a 9/11=
 survivor, has abandoned his lucrative Wall Street career to pursue his l=
ifelong dream of becoming a painter.=C2=A0He has been commissioned to pro=
vide a painting for a museum being planned for the 9/11 site, but feels p=
olitically conflicted about it. As Bruno's vacillations increase, hysteri=
a and hilarity ensue.=C2=A0=C2=A0Can financial folly, a marriage-minded c=
onservative girlfriend, a greedy guru, and a crusading fashionista change=
 his mind?			The play is light farce with the theme that Americans will n=
ever agree about anything again because we are so divided, but its deeper=
 theme is the price of artistic integrity.						WITH			Alexandra Bonesho*=
, Brad Fryman*, John Gazzale,			Elizabeth Inghram*, Dai Ishiguro and and =
Sean Phillips									Set design by Mark Marcante			Lighting design by Al=
exander Bartenieff			Props design by Lytza Colon			Costume design by Niia=
mar Felder			Sound design by Jacon Subotnick			Stage Manager Emely Selina=
 Zepeda			Playwright Natalie Menna is author of "Occasionally Nothing," w=
hich was presented by Theater for the New City's 2018 Dream Up Festival, =
and "Committed," which was performed in 2017 at the 14th Street Y. She is=
 a resident playwright of August Strindberg Rep, for which she adapted "J=
ourney in Light and Shadow" by Stig Dalager for a 2017 production at Gene=
 Frankel Theatre. Her plays have won multiple awards in the Planet Connec=
tions Theatre Festivity.			Director Andrew Block received the Ovation and=
 L.A.Drama Critics Circle awards for Best Director and Production for the=
 world premiere of "Small Engine Repair" by John Pollono. He has directed=
 productions at Theater at 14th Street Y, the Lortel, Planet Connections =
Festivity and FringeNYC, among others. He also serves as representative f=
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