New Repertory Theatre Announces Change to 2014-2015 Season

New Repertory Theatre's 2014-2015 season will culminate with the Next Rep World Premiere of SCENES FROM AN ADULTERY by Ronan Noone. The production will replace THE MILK TRAIN DOESN'T STOP HERE ANYMORE, which was to feature Olympia Dukakis. Due to family commitments, Ms. Dukakis will be unable to appear in the production.

"I deeply regret not being able to do THE MILK TRAIN DOESN'T STOP HERE ANYMORE at New Repertory Theatre and to work with Artistic Director, Jim Petosa," Ms. Dukakis explains. "It is due to family responsibilities that I make this difficult decision. I wish all the best to New Rep and to a successful season."

"The New Rep family is saddened by the departure of Ms. Dukakis from our production," says Artistic Director, Jim Petosa. "Her generosity and talent will be missed, but we understand and appreciate her dedication and commitment to her family. We wish her and her family the very best."

Local playwright Ronan Noone's newest work, SCENES FROM AN ADULTERY, will replace THE MILK TRAIN DOESN'T STOP HERE ANYMORE, and will be performed April 25-May 17, 2015 in the Charles Mosesian Theater at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA.

"We're excited to welcome local playwright Ronan Noone as one of this year's Next Voices Playwriting Fellows," says Artistic Director, Jim Petosa. "He possesses a style and depth in his work that has proven time and again to be a genuine treat to theatre-goers, and SCENES FROM AN ADULTERY is no exception. It is with great pleasure that we present his work on our stage for the very first time in this exhilarating and funny World Premiere production."

SCENES FROM AN ADULTERY will be directed by New Rep Associate Artistic Director Bridget Kathleen O'Leary and will feature Ciaran Crawford, Peter Stray, and Leda Uberbacher.

About SCENES FROM AN ADULTERY

Tony and Gasper are best friends. Gasper comes over for dinner and tells Tony he saw the wife of a close friend with a strange man and it looked quite suspicious. Should they tell their close friend? Should they tell Tony's wife? Should they tell anyone? Tony says it's none of their business - and then all hell breaks loose. SCENES FROM AN ADULTERY is a comedy of manners, miscommunication, and the boundaries of true love.

Ronan Noone (Playwright) is a graduate of Boston University's MFA Playwriting Program and is currently an Assistant Professor in the same program. His plays, THE LEPERS OF BAILE BAISTE, THE BLOWIN OF BAILE GALL, THE GIGOLO OF BAILE BREAG, BRENDAN, LITTLE BLACK DRESS, and THE COMPASS ROSE, have played in theatres across the United States. His play THE ATHEIST played at the Huntington Theatre Company and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. It was also co-produced by The Culture Project and Ted Mann's Circle in the Square Productions in New York, and received both Drama Desk and Drama League Acting nominations. Other recent international productions have taken place in Edinburgh, London, and the Philippines. His full-length and one-act plays are published by Samuel French, Smith and Kraus, Baker Plays, and Dramatists Play Service. Awards include Jeff Recommendations in Chicago, Ovation Recommendations in Los Angeles, Critics Award in Austin, Texas, American Critics Steinberg New Play Award nomination, three separate Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Awards for Best New Play, the Boston Theatre Critics Association's Elliot Norton Outstanding Script Award, and a Kennedy Center National Playwriting Award. His essay on theatre, "Being Afraid to Breathe," is published by the Princeton University Library Chronicle LXVIII. Mr. Noone has also developed work for television with Pretty Matches Productions and the reality TV-based production company High Noon Entertainment. His 2014, Live Action Short THE ACCIDENT has played the International Film Festival of Boston and the Montclair Film Festival. His play THE SECOND GIRL, directed by Campbell Scott will have its World Premiere at the Huntington Theatre Company in January 2015. Originally from Ireland, Mr. Noone now resides in Weymouth. RonanNoone.com

About New Repertory Theatre

New Repertory Theatre is the award-winning, professional theatre company in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA. Entering its 30th anniversary season as a leading self-producing theatre in greater Boston, New Rep produces contemporary and classic dramas, comedies, and musicals in both the 340-seat Charles Mosesian Theater and the 90-seat Black Box Theater. Annually, New Rep serves 45,000-50,000 patrons, including over 2,200 season subscribers. In addition to its main programming, the non-profit theatre produces New Rep's Next Voices, with four playwrights each season, which develops new plays into three staged readings and one world premiere production. Under its Lifelong Enrichment Arts Programs (LEAP), New Rep also produces its Classic Repertory Company, summerSTAGE2, Page To Stage, Insider Experiences, and Spotlight Symposium Series.

New Rep's Mission

New Repertory Theatre produces plays that speak powerfully to the essential ideas of our time. Through the passion and electricity of live theater performed to the highest standards of excellence, New Rep expands and challenges the human spirit of both artists and audience. New Rep presents world premieres, contemporary and classic works in several intimate settings. We are committed to education and outreach, including special dedication to the creation of innovative in-school programming and providing access to underserved audiences. New Rep is an active advocate for the arts and a major voice in the national dialogue defining the role of theater in our culture.

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