"Faith," a short plays project May 6, 2010

May 6 to 23, 2010.
Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Sundays at 3:00 pm.
$15 general admission.
Box office: 212-873-9050, online ticketing available at www.drillingcompany.org
Runs 2:10.

Declaring "We all believe in something...don't we?," The Drilling Company has set a short play project on the subject. The troupe (www.drillingcompany.org), known as a home for award-winning writers, has saved the theater where they made their home for the last ten years and in September 2009, assumed the lease on the venue formerly known as the 78th Street Theatre Lab, citing their faith in the space. To mark the occasion, at the time of the takeover they commissioned nine emerging playwrights to write short works on the subject of faith. The entire project, titled "Faith," will be presented as a two hour evening May 6 to 23.

The Drilling Company has been doing projects like this since 1999, the year of its founding. This is the nineteenth themed compilation in their ten year history. "It is the cornerstone of our work" asserts Founder/Artistic Director Hamilton Clancy, adding "We chose faith as a theme this year because it echoed our confidence the space could continue. Faith means a lot of things to a lot of people, including things like faith in the government and faith in celebrities and politicians who fall from the pedestal. We thought it would be a wonderful theme."