For Immediate Release

Contact:
City Art Director Joel Long: joeltlong@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