Please join female playwright Elana Gartner and female director Kim Gambino for the world premiere reading of “Cortex Kin”.

When Daniel takes a sick day and visits his brain, he discovers ornery housekeeper, Hank, already starting to clean the dust from months of neglect. Through their combative work and conversation, Daniel eventually starts to face the horrifying reasons behind his absence.

Internationally produced and recognized playwright Elana Gartner has written Because of Beth (Productions: Howick Little Theatre; The Workshop Theater, producer: Small Pond Entertainment.), Daughter (UpTheater Company, PlayLab Selection, 2013 Great Plains Theatre Conference),  Pilar’s Brother (Finalist: 2010 Met Life Nuestras Voces Playwriting Competition. Reading: Repertorio Español), Spinning (Production: Fabrefaction Theater Company. Awards: Winner of 2008 Fabrefaction Theater Company Playwriting Competition), and Ernie Evan (Production: Genesis Repertory Theater; Heights Players. Staged Reading:  6×10 Festival, producer: 4th Meal Productions). Two monologues from Elana’s plays Daughter and Because of Beth were published in “Audition Monologues for Young Women #2: More Contemporary Auditions for Aspiring Actresses “(Meriwether Publishing, Ltd., 2013). Elana founded the International Centre for Women Playwrights 50/50 Applause Awards and is a member of the Dramatists Guild. www.elanagartner.com