Wesley Taylor, Chad Kimball, Lisa O'Hare & More Set for Project Shaw's LEAGUE OF YOUTH Reading Tonight

Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW, under the leadership of Founding Artistic Director David Staller, presents its 97th production, Henrik Ibsen's farce League of Youth, tonight, October 27 at 7pm, at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2895 Broadway at 95th St.).

Adapted and directed by David Staller, League of Youth is a farce by Henrik Ibsen-his first non-verse play in an attempt to move his style toward realism. This broad comedy tells the tale of a wildly ambitious young man determined to take over the government of a town. In nineteenth-century Norway, it was widely considered Ibsen's most popular play, lauded for its natural and witty dialogue, cynical humor and farcical intrigue.

"Gingold Theatrical Group is proud to present the New York debut of League of Youth, by the man who inspired Shaw to begin writing plays," said Artistic Director David Staller. "We're offering audiences a rare opportunity to experience a brand new classic Ibsen comedy. Shaw became a playwright due to the influences of Ibsen and Chekhov, and Project Shaw is proud to be branching out with these presentations."

The cast of League of Youth features Wesley Taylor (Stensgård), George S. Irving (Chamberlain Bratsberg), Max Gordon Moore (Doctor Fieldbo), Edward Hibbert (Daniel Heire), Chad Kimball (Aslaksen), Lisa O'Hare (Thora Bratsberg), Nick Wyman (Anders Lundestad), Jim Brochu (Mons Monsen), Jordan Coughtry (Bastain Monsen), Cynthia Darlow (Madam Rundholmen), and Roberto Cambeiro (Erik Bratsberg). Time Out New York theater editor/critic David Cote will narrate.

Upcoming Project Shaw events for 2014 include The Millionairess (November 24), and a reading of David Cote's new play, Otherland (December 22).

GTG presents an annual festival, SHAW NEW YORK, which includes a fully-mounted Shaw play. Its 2014 festival will bring The Pearl Theatre Company and GTG together again to co-produce Shaw's Major Barbara, directed by David Staller, from November 4 - December 14. Tickets are now on sale at The Pearl box office.www.pearltheatre.org.

Now in its ninth year, Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw made history in December 2009 as the first company ever to present performances of every one of Shaw's 65 plays (including full-length works, one-acts and sketches).

Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre space is completely disabled accessible. Symphony Space is located in Manhattan at 2537 Broadway (at 95th Street). Tickets, priced $30, are now available by calling (212) 864-5400 or online at www.symphonyspace.org.

For more information about Project Shaw and the Gingold Theatrical Group contact 212-355-7823 orinfo@gingoldgroup.org or www.projectshaw.org.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride