EST/Sloan Project presents a Reading of
The Moderate
written by Ken Urban
directed by Steve Cosson
featuring Victor Almanzar, Georgi James, Samuel H. Levine, Aurora Real de Asua, & Danielle Skraastad
Unemployed during a pandemic, and estranged from his wife and son, Frank accepts a job as a content moderator content for the world’s largest social media company. This job takes a heavy toll on Frank until he realizes he might have the power to save both a stranger and himself.
This reading will be held in-person at the Ensemble Studio Theatre. You can learn more about our current Covid policies and protocols here. Reservations are required.
Ken Urban is a playwright and screenwriter. His plays include A GUIDE FOR THE HOMESICK (Huntington Theatre Company, London's West End), THE REMAINS (Studio Theatre), SENSE OF AN ENDING (59E59 Theatres, London’s Theatre503), NIBBLER (The Amoralists and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), THE CORRESPONDENT (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), THE AWAKE (59E59 Theatres, First Floor Theater), and THE HAPPY SAD (Summer Play Festival @ The Public Theatre). Awards include Weissberger Playwriting Award, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Independent Reviewers of New England’s Award for Best New Script, Headlands Artist Residency, Dramatist Guild Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship, and MacDowell Colony Fellowships. He is a resident playwright at New Dramatists and affiliated writer at the Playwrights’ Center. Ken wrote the screenplay for the feature-film adaptation of THE HAPPY SAD, directed by Rodney Evans. His plays are published by Dramatists Play Service. He leads the band Occurrence and their latest album I HAVE SO MUCH LOVE TO GIVE dropped last August. The band is currently finishing a new double album called SLOW VIOLENCE. Ken teaches dramatic writing at MIT. He taught writing at Harvard University, Princeton University, Tufts University, and Davidson College. His first TV pilot THE ART OF LISTENING was optioned by Madison Wells Media. Ken went to Bucknell University to study Chemical Engineering and left with a degree in English and a writing habit. He earned a Ph.D in English from Rutgers University. He lives in Washington Heights with his partner Johnny.