A.R.T./MXAT Institute to Present BRIDE*WIDOW*HAG at the Loeb Drama Center

The American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater School Institute for Advanced Theater Training, presents Kim Rosenstock's comedy, BRIDE*WIDOW*HAG, directed by Shira Milkowsky. Performances will take place at The Ex, inside the Loeb Drama Center, Harvard Square on January 22, 23 at 7:30PM and January 24 at 2PM & 7:30PM.

Bride*Widow*Hag combines dark humor, animistic inclement weather, pop culture and Expressionism into a memorable story of self-perception, society and Apocalypse. The island previously known as Long Island is sinking. Today could be its last day. Most of the inhabitants were evacuated a year ago, but this is the story of the ones who stayed. In this unpredictable world, the Widow issearching for a new life, the Bride is looking for a way out, the Doctor istrying to find a cure, and the Poet is seeking his inspiration. Anything can happen as these characters struggle against the forces of destiny.

Kim Rosenstock is a writer and co-producer of the hit television series "New Girl". She has written several plays including Tigers Be Still, which played a sold-out run in its premiere at Roundabout Underground and was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award. She is currently working on commissions for Dallas Theater Center, Roundabout Theatre Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Ars Nova, where she was the 2011 Playwright-in-Residence. Awards include the Clauder Prize from Portland Stage Company and Aspen Theater Masters' Visionary Playwright Award. She is a graduate of Amherst College where she first began writing plays under the mentorship of Constance Congdon, and holds an MFA in playwriting from Yale School of Drama.

Shira Milikowsky's credits at the A.R.T. include The Lily's Revenge, The Wedding Band (reading, Co-Directed with Hilton Als), Witness Uganda (Associate Director), Johnny Baseball (Associate Director), and Britannicus (Assistant Director). At the A.R.T. Institute she directed Twelfth Night: Or What You Will and BOB: A Life in Five Acts. New York theater projects include HAIR (Assistant Director), I Hope I Die of Heart Disease! I'd Like To See You Manage Then! at Mabou Mines RAP; Cookie Crumble (by Elizabeth Meriwether); Mourn The Living Hector (Winner of a Fringe Excellence Award) at NewYork Fringe; and multiple projects at Ars Nova (Director-in-Residence, 2008). Regional credits include She Kills Monsters, for Company One and BigMoney at Williamstown Theatre Festival. She is a Drama League DirectingFellow.

Tickets are $20, $15 for Members and Subscribers. Seating is General Admission.

For more information call 617.547.8300 or visit http://americanrepertorytheater.org/events/show/bridewidowhag.