Marion Bridge Extends Run at Urban Stages Through Nov. 27

By: Nov. 04, 2005
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Urban Stages has announced that Daniel MacIvor's Marion Bridge, the first show of their 2005-2006 season, has been extended through Sunday, November 27th.  Performances are at Urban Stages, 259 West 30th Street (between 7th and 8th).

The play "is the humorous and touching story of three sisters who return home to care for their mother.  Trapped by life choices and unfulfilled expectations that have left them isolated, the three women search for the courage to create a new family from the remnants of the old," state press notes.  Susan Fenichell (The Dead Eye Boy) directs.

Canadian Daniel MacIvor is the recipient of The Governor General's Award, one of Canada's most prestigious arts honors.  His other plays include Never Swim Alone (1998 FringeNYC Award), In On It (OBIE Award, GLAAD Award), and See Bob Run, all of which enjoyed successful runs in New York City.  He will have plays produced this season at the Wexner
Center in Columbus, Ohio; the ALLIANCE THEATRE in Washington, DC; and the Encore Theatre in San Francisco, CA.  Willby Wonderful, a film he co-wrote and stars in with Sandra Oh, is currently making the rounds of film festivals in the United States and Canada.
 
The cast of Marion Bridge includes Susan Louise O'Connor (Girls Town, Actors' Playhouse; Never Swim Alone, Soho Playhouse; and See Bob Run with the Rattlestick Theatre) and Henny Russell (Major Barbara, Roundabout Theatre Co; Boy Gets Girl, Manhattan Theatre Club and Fuddy Meers, Minetta Lane Theatre).  Joining the cast is Finnerty Steeves (Baltimore Center Stage, American Conservatory Theatre and Caldwell Theatre Company).

"Established in 1983, Urban Stages' mission is to discover and develop new plays by authors of diverse cultural backgrounds.  Urban Stages has had two highly acclaimed commercial transfers, Minor Demons and Men on the Verge of a His-Panic Breakdown, which won an Outer Critic's Circle Award. In 2004, Urban Stages' critically acclaimed production of The Sweepers transferred up to Capital Rep in Albany where it broke box office records."

The schedule for Marion Bridge is Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm. Tickets are $40.00 and may be purchased by calling Smarttix.com at 212-868-4444, or online at www.urbanstages.org.  Memberships are still available for the three-show 2005-2006 season, which includes Marion Bridge, Stanton Wood's The Snow Queen and Eisa Davis' Bulrusher.

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