A starry, by-invitation-only staged reading of the new Broadway-bound play UNDER MY SKIN will be presented September 17th in the McCune Founders Room at the Granada Theatre, in Santa Barbara, California. The new comedy about "sex, love, and the health care industry" is being produced by Tony Nominated Producers Heather Provost (REASONS TO BE PRETTY, [title of show], "Reality Check") and Jeff Davis (ROCK OF AGES, NEXT FALL, Sympathy For Delicious) along with Marla McNally Phillips (Emerald Forest Ent., former VP of Talent Acquisition and International for Chappell Music and WB Music).
Best known for their many successes as writer/producers for network television, authors RoBert Sternin and Prudence Fraser have written shows for CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX and the WB, producing hundreds of episodes of primetime television. They have also created and developed over a dozen series. Credits include "Alice," "Three's Company," "Who's the Boss?" "The Charmings," "Married People," "Live-In," "The Simple Life," "Run of the House," and "The Nanny," which they co-created and executive produced with series star Fran Drescher.
Sternin and Fraser recently collaborated with Hall of Fame songwriter Jeff Barry on the stage musical THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING, which premiered at the Granada Theater in Santa Barbara and went on to be seen at the Stamford Center for the Arts and Riverside Theater in Vero Beach, Florida.
Sternin and Fraser state, "UNDER MY SKIN is a story about two people from totally different walks of life who meet and quickly become intimate in a not-so-ordinary way. And, yes, the healthcare business is involved. As is aging, being best friends, some pretty strange sex, and a smartass angel." The authors add, "UNDER MY SKIN is, at its core, a romantic comedy, where circumstances beyond their control give a corporate C.E.O. and a girl from Staten Island a chance to get to know each other and maybe fall in love."
The reading will boast the talents of SAG Award Nominee Richard Kind ("Spin City", "Mad About You", A Bug's Life, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, THE PRODUCERS, THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE); Nick Stabile ("Saints & Sinners", "Sunset Beach", "Days Of Our Lives", "Passions"); 2009 Olivier Award Winner Lesli Margherita (London's West End ZORRO, DAMN YANKEES-Reprise, AIDA, "Fame LA," The Number 23); Megan Sikora (CURTAINS, WICKED, WONDERFUL TOWN, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, 42nd STREET); Joseph Sicari (GOLDEN BOY, DAMN YANKEES, DAMES AT SEA, "Seinfeld", Kicking and Screaming, Benchwarmers); Brian Beacock (Mulholland Drive, "The Rerun Show", LES MISERABLES, NAKED BOYS SINGING, "McCracken Live!"); James Leo Ryan (ANNIE, LES MISERABLES, SHOW BOAT, JOSEPH...DREAMCOAT), Scott Damian ("General Hospital", "Scrubs", "Las Vegas"), and Suzanne Friedline (A Day Without A Mexican, "Desperate Housewives", "Guiding Light"). The staged reading will be directed by Sean Daniels (Associate Artistic Director, Actors Theatre of Louisville)
"The timing of this play could not be more perfect or exciting, considering the current national conversation regarding healthcare." says producer Heather Provost.
