OUT OF FOCUS Adds Second Performance at United Solo

A New York Actor Works the Background and Speaks Without Speaking.

A new solo play written and performed by Geralyn Cassidy, directed by George Bartenieff, making its world premiere at United Solo, is now a bestseller. OUT OF FOCUS, in part, is based on Cassidy's own experience working in the background in film and television in NYC. She plays background actor, Happy Ness, as well as casting directors, crew members, makeup artists, actors and a few surprises that give voice to surroundings beyond the foreground.

Performances at Theatre Row, part of United Solo 6th Annual Festival

Sunday, November 8th at 4:00pm - SOLD OUT

Saturday, November 14th at 9:00pm

http://unitedsolo.org/us/outoffocus-2015/

Geralyn Cassidy is an actor and writer who is producing her own work. Film credits include Big Monday, The Armor, and Poisoned Kiss. She has been seen on Chappelle's Show, Rubicon and has worked on PricewaterhouseCooper's industrial, The Race. She is developing a web series around the Happy Ness character. Background work in films includes: Birdman, Ricki and the Flash, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Run All Night. Cassidy worked last season as second team on Netflix's comedy, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

George Bartenieff (Director) is a producer, director, actor and co-founder of Theater Three Collaborative. Bartenieff and Karen Malpede adapted for the stage the diaries of Victor Klemperer, I Will Bear Witness, as a one-person play that played to acclaim in New York, London, Berlin and Washington DC. It also toured Europe and the U.S. for three years and TTC received an OBIE for its production of it in 2001. In 1970, Bartenieff was the co-founder of Theater for the New City where he initiated the Annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. His work in new theater includes major roles with Bread and Puppet, Mabou Mines and Andre Gregory's Theater for the Living Arts. Winner of three additional OBIE awards, he is a graduate of RADA and The Guild Hall School of Music and Drama, London.

2015 United Solo is the world's largest solo theatre festival, currently in its 6th season. All shows are staged at Theatre Row: 410 West 42nd Street, New York City. TICKETS, with a price of $19.25 (including a $1.25 theatre restoration charge) are available at the Theatre Row Box Office and online through Telecharge at www.telecharge.com. You may also call Telecharge at 212-239-6200. More details can be found at www.unitedsolo.org