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VARIATIONS ON JUSTICE

10 Plays. 8 Actors. 5 Directors. 1 Stage. What does justice mean to you?

Baltimore, MD, April 16, 2007 - Run of the Mill Theater, a Baltimore-based theater company dedicated to providing innovative programming of new and under-produced plays, premieres VARIATIONS ON JUSTICE, opening May 11 at Baltimore Theatre Project. The production, which runs through May 27, features ten one-act plays written by local playwrights in response to the audience-selected theme of justice. Variations on Justice marks the third annual Variations Project, conceived by Run of the Mill company members as a forum for collaboration in which Baltimore audiences provide source material for local playwrights to generate new work. The source material for VARIATIONS ON JUSTICE was gathered through interviews, surveys, writings, and recordings during the source party at Load of Fun on January 13.

Produced by Artistic Director Jenny Tibbels, Variations on Justice features ten one-act plays: Legs by Kathleen Barber, directed by Ian Belknap; C.P.R. Productions by Dwight R.B. Cook, directed by Lane Pianta; Armchair and Picket by John Conley, directed by Laura Hackman; Finial by Kimberley Lynne, directed by Laura Hackman; Snake and Onion by J. Gavin Heck, directed by Lane Pianta; Feed the Meter by Joe Dennison, directed by Sammie Real III; Probate by Chris Graybill, directed by Ian Belknap; Alien to Antiquity by Stacey Lane, directed by Sammie Real III; The Body Washer by Rosemary Frisino Toohey, directed by Dwight R.B. Cook; and Memoir by Rich Espey, directed by Dwight R.B.Cook.

Previous Run of the Mill productions, created in a culturally diverse and collaborative environment, have won local acclaim. In 2006, the company's annual Variations Project, Variations on Fear, was named Best Production of 2006 by City Paper and received a Greater Baltimore Theater Award for Outstanding Experimental Production. In 2005, Variations on Desire won the Greater Baltimore Theater Award for Outstanding Experimental Production.

VARIATIONS ON JUSTICE will be performed at Baltimore Theatre Project, located at 45 West Preston Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. Seating is general admission. Tickets are $16 for general admission and $11 for students, seniors, Baltimore Theater Project subscribers and Baltimore Theatre Alliance members. To purchase tickets, call MissionTix at 1-800-760-9008. Tickets are also available online at www.missiontix.com. More information about Run of the Mill Theater can be found at www.runofthemilltheater.org or by contacting Jenny Tibbels at jenny.tibbels@gmail.com.