For Immediate Release
Contact:
City Art Director Joel Long: joeltlong(a)yahoo.com
Mike Dorrell and Andy Farnsworth to read at City Art
Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch
210 East 400 South
Salt Lake City UT 84111
Wednesday February 15th 7:00—9:00 P.M.
Writers
Mike Dorrell and Andy Farnsworth will read from their work on February 15th at
the Salt Lake City Public Library at 7:00 P.M. as part of the City Art Reading
Series.
Andrew Farnsworth is a PhD candidate in fiction and Vice-Presidential Fellow at
the University of Utah. He was selected by Carole Maso for the 2010 Scowcroft
prize in prose and his most recent work can be seen in Artifice Magazine. He lives in a small
attic apartment on 3rd Avenue where he has learned to enjoy showering without
standing. He has no pets. He has a fracture of the 3rd metacarpal in his
right hand. He is looking forward to skiing again soon..
Mike Dorrell is best known as a playwright. His most recent plays include the
upcoming TALKING WALES 2 for Utah Contemporary
Theatre and a short play, THE
IRRIGATION MURDER, as part of The Salt Lake Acting Company's WATER
PROJECT in
April. Last year, he took part in Plan- B Theatre Company's SLAM, wrote and
acted in TALKING WALES for Utah Contemporary
Theatre, and had a reading of a
comedy, ART FOR ART'S SAKE at SLAC. He is the author of over a dozen plays
for stage, radio, and television including PENNY
GAFFS AND ANGEL PLACES,
PICTURES OF THE FLOATING WORLD, CHANGE, THE CELTIC
CROSS AND BURNING THE ARC for BBC
Radio, EAST OF MAIN STREET for Avon Touring Company, and RISE OF THE OLD CLOUD
for Paines Plough . Born in Swansea, Wales, Mike was educated at the
Universities of London and Bristol and holds an M.A.
in British and American
Literature from The University of Utah. Currently, Mike is the Dramaturg for
The
Salt Lake Acting Company where his specialty is the
development of new work. He
has taught at Westminster College and The University
of Utah. His poetry has
been
published in small magazines in Wales.
Most featured readings
are followed by an open reading. City Art is sponsored by the Utah Arts
Council, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Catalyst,
the Salt Lake City Public Library, Xmission, and the Zoo, Arts, and Park Fund.
The event is free and open to the public. City Art is sponsored by the Utah Arts
Council, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Zoo, Arts, and Parks, X-mission, and
audience donations.
Joel Long
