Karla, a new play by singer and songwriter Steve Earle will open at the 45 Bleecker St. Theatre on October 20 in New York City. The play tells the life story of Karla Faye Tucker, the first woman executed in Texas since the Civil War. She was executed by lethal injection in 1998 while George W. Bush was governor, despite her obvious rehabilitation and opposition from a broad spectrum of national and international leaders. The play is being presented by The Culture Project, which also presented The Exonerated at the same theatre. Reduced-priced tickets are available (see sidebar). (The Culture Project release, Sept. 29, 2005).