Project Shaw to Present 'The Shewing Up of Blacno Posnet' with Cheyenne Jackson

On Monday October 20th at 7PM, Project Shaw will present The Shewing Up of Blanco Posnet featuring Cheyenne Jackson as Blanco Posnet, and Hannah Cabell, Mary Carver, Nora Chester, Teddy Eck,  Stephen Mo Hanan, Lianne Kressin, Brian Scott Lipton, John Martello, Charlotte Moore, Liz Morton, Nathaniel Shaw and Emily Young.

The performance is being produced and directed by David Staller.

A man famous throughout the old American West as a roguish lad has been arrested for the worst of all possible crimes: horse theivery! Sentence: the noose! But did he do it? Who is the mysterious woman? What is his secret relationship to the town's Elder? Why are the townsfolk so determined to see him swing? Find out in this rarely heard Shaw comedy melodrama from 1909, " describe press notes.

Tickets will go on sale October 1st at www.projectshaw.com. The show is presented at The Players (16 Gramercy Park South).

Coming Up at Project Shaw
JITTA'S  ATONEMENT  ~  November 17
SAINT JOAN  ~  December 22

George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin. His first success was as a music and literary critic, but he was drawn  to drama. He decided to write plays. He was fiercely proud of being a free-thinking humanist, dedicated to presenting the cause of human rights for all. He and Al Gore are the only people to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar: (Nobel in 1925 for his contribution to literature, an Oscar in 1938 for his PYGMALION screenplay). His dedication to the battle for Human Rights and to encouraging all people to forge an individual path in life while taking responsibility for these life choices has been our inspiration. Now in its third of four years, Project Shaw is dedicated to presenting every play ever written by Shaw.

Project Shaw performs at New York's most legendary private club, The Players. Located at 16 Gramercy Park South, (which is the equivilent of 20th Street east of Park Avenue). In 1888, Edwin Booth, America's pre-eminent Shakespearean actor, and 15 other incorporators, including Mark Twain and General William Tecumseh Sherman, founded The Players. Modeled after London's famed theatrical club, The Garrick, The Players was the first American "gentleman's club" of its kind. To become a member or for more information about the club click on the link below, or phone 212-475-6116. (Please do not phone The Players for tickets.)

Photo Credit Peter James Zielinski