Elsinore County Theater's PRETTY BABIES to Make World Premiere at 13th Street Rep, 2/26

PRETTY BABIES, a new play by Antony Raymond who also serves as the director, will have its World Premiere at 13th Street Rep on February 26th. The ensemble cast is led by Stacey Roca who had a recurring role as Rachel on the UK series The Office staring Ricky Gervais; she also played Katrina Howard in Waking the Dead (BBC). PRETTY BABIES is being produced by the critically acclaimed Elsinore County Theater Company who previously produced the plays Elsinore County (The Lion Theatre/Theatre Row), Julio! (The Kraine Theater), and Gin & Milk (FringeNYC).

When Jason meets his sister Randi for the first time, two lives steeped in sex, drugs, and grifting collide and cross the line. PRETTY BABIES, by Antony Raymond, is a story about using the taboo and forbidden as weapons in a no-holds-barred scheme of manipulation.

The production features Mary Beth Albers (Lustyness/Under St. Mark's), Sara Antkowiak (Tales of Hoffmann/Metropolitan Opera), Benjamin Bauman (Elsinore County/Theatre Row), Christopher Heard (Balm in Gilead/HB Studios), Dan McVey (Elsinore County/Theatre Row), and Stacey Roca (Rachel in The Office/BBC).
The creative team includes sound design by Dean Werb, lighting design by Angela Julie Dobbs, stage management by Zak Homer, and casting by Maurice Turtelli.

All performances take place at the newly renovated 13th St Rep Theater, 50 West 13th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues), New York, NY 10011. Subways: F/V/1/2/3/4/5/6/N/R/Q to 14th street. Running time: 80 minutes. Tickets are $18.00 and are available at www.elsinorecounty.com.

Show Dates: Thursday, February 26th @ 8:00 pm; Friday, February 27th @ 9:30 pm; Saturday, February 28th @ 9:30 pm; Thursday, March 5th @ 8:00 pm; Friday, March 6th @ 9:30 pm; Saturday, March 7th @ 9:30 pm; Thursday, March 12th @ 8:00 pm; Friday, March 13th @ 9:30 pm; Saturday, March 14th @ 9:30 pm; Thursday, March 19th @ 8:00 pm; Friday, March 20th @ 9:30 pm; and Saturday, March 21st @ 9:30 pm.

BIOGRAPHIES:

Antony Raymond (Director/Playwright) has managed to build an assorted, wide-ranging body of New York theater in the last decade. He is a classically trained actor turned playwright and director. His written works produced in New York City include GIN AND MILK (CSV Flamboyan); THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A GUY WHO KNEW ME, PART ONE (LaMama); ELSINORE COUNTY (Lion Theatre at Theatre Row, and Cherry Lane Studio Theater); YEAH, I MET THIS GIRL (Zipper Factory); LUSTYNESS: PLAYS ABOUT THIS GUY NAMED LOU (Under St. Marks Theater) and JULIO! (Kraine Theater) also all directed by Raymond. Currently, he is directing the one woman show, BETTE DAVIS AIN'T FOR SISSIES, by Jessica Sherr which has had runs at 59E59 Theaters and the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh, Scotland. Before turning to the theater he was a professional wrestler who wrestled WWE legends, such as The Iron Sheik, The Honky Tonk Man, Fabulous Moolah, Mae Young, and Superfly Jimmy Snuka.

Daniel Neiden (Executive Director) Has had a rich and varied thirty-five year career, Daniel Neiden has successfully bridged the gap between avant-garde and mainstream commercial theater while always maintaining the purity of artistic vision. Neiden worked side by side with the Tony-nominee, multiple Obie-winning, Liz Swados, for nearly ten years, as actor, creative consultant, and co-producer on more than a half dozen of her ventures including THE HATING POT, JERUSALEM, and GROUNDHOG, at such venues as BAM, The Public Theater, Manhattan Theater Club and La Mama.

He has served as a consultant and fund-raiser for Nederlander Productions, bringing investors and creative input to several of James Nederlander's various Broadway projects, including: SUNSET BOULEVARD; NIGHT OF THE IGUANA; and development of THE SHANGHAI GESTURE (in collaboration with Liz McCann). Over the past thirty-five years, Neiden has mounted and produced projects at The Kennedy Center, The Public Theater, The Village Gate, The Perry Street, SOPAC, and The Cherry Lane Theater and garnered nominations (Drama Desk) and awards (VSArts/DC) along the way. Neiden is currently producing/directing PHOENIX RISING, a play designed to serve as a template for at-risk women and girls to tell their own stories.

About Elsinore County: Elsinore County, so-named after one of our most successful productions, founded in 2011, is a community of artists under the direction of Artistic Director Antony Raymond. EC is a tightly knit, uninhibited, impassioned group, who are committed to creating plays that push the envelope and challenge the status quo. We engage our audiences with works of satire, farce, and dark humor that examine timeless social tenets like greed and privilege, and the politics of wanton power and sexuality so prevalent today. Elsinore County's mission is to give our audience smart, poignant and exciting theater that fearlessly explores the full gamut of human experience: from intellectual highs to hilarious lows. Laura Gosheff serves as the General Manager, Executive Director Daniel Neiden. www.elsinorecounty.com