Huntington Theatre Co. Announces '35 Below' Wrap Parties

The Huntington Theatre Company announces the hottest new ticket in town, "35 Below" Wrap Parties. Those who are culturally curious and aged 21 to 35 are invited to attend special post-show events that offer free food and beverages, live music, an opportunity to mingle with the cast, creative team, and Huntington staff, and exclusive backstage access. Admission to each post-show Wrap Party is free with the purchase of a ticket to the preceding select performance.

"35 Below" is the Huntington Theatre Company's ongoing program providing $25 tickets to performances of all Huntington productions for those aged 35 and under.

The inaugural event, "Leave with the Wrong Girl," will be held Friday, March 5 following the first performance of Gina Gionfriddo's wickedly funny new comedy Becky Shaw. The event will feature funk/dance band Miss Fairchild, whose song "Vanilla Place" was featured on MTV's The Real World, an open bar, and delectable snacks from new restaurant and Wrap Party food sponsor Symphony 8.

Becky Shaw is Huntington Artistic Director Peter DuBois' latest New York smash it. This sharp and witty 2009 Pulitzer Prize finalist about a bad date gone bad is by Gina Gionfriddo (After Ashley, "Law & Order). When a newly married couple fixes up two romantically challenged friends, crisis and comedy ensue in this hilarious new play that asks what we owe the people we love the most and the strangers who land on our doorstep. The New York Times calls Becky Shaw, "Ferociously funny!" and, along with Entertainment Weekly and Time Out New York named the play one of the best of 2009. Becky Shaw plays at the B.U. Theatre March 5 - April 4, 2010. Learn more and buy tickets at huntingtontheatre.org/beckyshaw.

The second event, "One Kiss Changes Everything," will be on Friday, May 21, following a performance Craig Lucas' romantic modern classic Prelude to a Kiss. Wine, beer, and appetizers from new Provençal-themed restaurant Bistro du Midi will be served up, along with the folk-fusion rhythms of local favorite Hayley Jane and the Primates, featuring Annie Goodchild.

Huntington Artistic Director DuBois helms Prelude to a Kiss. A whirlwind romance. A storybook wedding. A kiss for the bride that suddenly changes everything. Craig Lucas (The Light in the Piazza, Longtime Companion) explores the enduring power of love and the nature of commitment in this breathtaking and life-affirming comedy that Variety calls, "An intimate and extremely delicate work. Exquisite writing with a sincerity that makes you believe." Prelude to a Kiss plays at the B.U. Theatre May 14 - June 15, 2010. Learn more at huntingtontheatre.org/prelude.

ABOUT THE HUNTINGTON
The Huntington Theatre Company is Boston's largest and most popular theatre company, hosting 64 Tony Award-winning artists, garnering 36 Elliot Norton Awards, and sending over a dozen shows to Broadway since its founding in 1982. In July 2008, Peter DuBois became the Huntington's third artistic leader and works in partnership with longtime Managing Director Michael Maso. In residence at and in partnership with Boston University, the Huntington is renowned for presenting seven outstanding productions each season, created by world-class artists and the most promising emerging talent, and reaching an annual audience of over 130,000. The company has premiered plays by Pulitzer Prize, Academy Award, and Tony Award-winning luminaries such as August Wilson and Tom Stoppard, as well as rising local literary stars such as Melinda Lopez and Ronan Noone. The Huntington has transferred more productions to Broadway than any other theatre in Boston, including the Broadway hit and Tony Award-winner Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps. In 2004, the Huntington opened the state-of-the-art Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, which includes 370-seat and 200-seat theatres to support the company's new works activities and to complement the company's 890-seat, Broadway-style main stage, the Boston University Theatre. The Huntington is a national leader in the development and support of new plays, producing dozens of New England, American, or world premieres in its 27-year history. The Huntington's nationally-recognized education programs have served more than 200,000 middle school and high school students in individual and group settings and community programs bring theatre to the Deaf and blind communities, the elderly, and other underserved populations in the Greater Boston area.