Life Amongst the Natives at the Star Theatre

A playreading of Life Amongst the Natives, by ML Kinney, is taking place at the Star Theatre on 9 Sep 2007.

One-woman�s journey out of the closet and into the jungle. Jewel Native, mild mannered accountant and lesbian, is not out to her family. Her girlfriend Amanda has talked her into having a family dinner so that Jewel can come out and announce their wedding plans. What follows is a farcical adventure through the Life Amongst the Natives.

Directed by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, Life Amongst the Natives features: Maria Teresa Creasey, Adam Law, Amir Levi, Geoffrey Parrish, Kristen Rozanski, Miranda Shields, Adia Tucker, and Amy Windle.

There will be a discussion with the writer, director, and cast after the performance.

The playreading of Life Amongst the Natives is produced by The Milk Can Theatre Company as part of their reading series 'Scene Herd Uddered'.

'Scene Herd Uddered' playreadings are not actors sitting in chairs simply reading a script. Instead, each presentation is the culmination of seven weeks of intense developmental work.

The Milk Can Theatre Company give a team � composed of a playwright, a director and a group of actors � a budget, rented space in which to show their work, a stage manager, publicity, and a support staff of dramaturgs.

The Milk Can Theatre company says "At a time when the arts scene is so financially austere, this is a rare opportunity for emerging artists to spend an entire month developing a project together, without the intense pressures and constraints usually associated with the production of a new play. We gladly push teams to take huge creative risks and stretch the boundaries, rather than driving towards a neat, traditional end product."