NOCTURNE by Adam Rapp to Begin Performances 1/31 at The Other Space

Gregory Mayo and Irma Productions have announced their production of Nocturne by Adam Rapp, featuring George Regout and directed by Justin Ross. Previews begin on January 31 and opening is set for Saturday, February 8 at 8pm. Nocturne will play a limited engagement through March 9 at The Other Space @ The Actors Company in West Hollywood.

"Fifteen years ago I killed my sister." So begins Adam Rapp's highly acclaimed play in which a 32-year-old former piano prodigy recounts the tragic accident that tore his family apart. With a keen eye for human relationships and a deft ear for language, Rapp explores the aftershock of this unimaginable event. The play is at once a devastating and elegant portrait of grief and redemption, a gripping dissection of the American dream. Nocturne was awarded Boston's Elliot Norton Award for Best New Script as well as Best New Play by the Independent Reviewers of New England. It was chosen as one of the 10 Best Plays of 2000-2001 by the annual Chronicle of U.S. Theatre. Of the original off-Broadway production, Michael Kuchwara of the Associated Press said, "A startling, unnerving work of art that fiercely pushes the boundaries of theatre ... Rapp is an original ... Nocturne will haunt you for a long time."

Adam Rapp's plays have been produced at Victory Gardens in Chicago, the 24th Street Theatre in LA, The Juilliard School, The American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, MA, Berkeley Repertory, NY Theatre Workshop, and the Bush Theatre in London. He is the recipient of the Herbert & Patricia Brodkin Scholarship, a fellowship to the Camargo Foundation in France, two Lincoln Center LeComte du Nouy Awards, the 1999 Princess Grace Award for Playwriting, the Roger L. Stevens Award from the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays, a Suite Residency with Mabou Mines, and the Helen Merrill Award for Emerging Playwrights.

George Regout was born in Brussels and has lived in Paris, Vienna, and currently Berlin. He makes his North American stage debut in Nocturne. German productions include Nathans Tod, Andorra, Don Juan, Elixier, and other productions staged at Schillertheatrer-Werkstatt Berlin. Regout is well known to European television audiences for his popular character Hugo Haas in Verliebt in Berlin (That's Life), a German adaptation of the Columbian series Yo soy Betty, la fea. (The American version of the series was the award-winning Ugly Betty). Additional German television appearances include Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love), Klinik unter Palmen, Edel & Starck, Alarm fu?r Cobra 11, and Style SOS. Regout's film credits include Walk on Water and Agnes and His Brothers.

Justin Ross is a Los Angeles-based director whose recent work includes the film Waiting for Yvette (starring Wendie Malick) and the West Coast premiere of Stuck at the Elephant Theatre. Other stage direction credits include Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens, Don't Grab the Gowns Until You See the Gurney, and John Epperson (aka Lypsinka)'s I Could Go On Lip-Synching! Ross's upcoming projects include a screen adaptation of Jonathan Odell's short story Lucille and a new musical web series. As an actor, he appeared on Broadway in Pippin and A Chorus Line as Greg, recreating the role for the film version.

The set design for Nocturne is by Carol Strober, lighting design is by R. Christopher Stokes, and sound design is by Chris Moscatiello. The stage manager is Valerie Salas. Along with Gregory Mayo and IRMA Productions, Mike Abramson serves as producer.

Preview performances begin on Friday, January 31 at 8pm and will continue on Saturday, February 1 at 8pm, Sunday, February 2 at 7pm, and Friday, February 7 at 8pm. Opening is set for Saturday, February 8 at 8pm. The running schedule is Friday and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 7pm through March 9 only. There will be an added performance on Thursday, February 27 at 8pm and no performance on Sunday, March 2. General seating admission is $10 for previews and $20 for regular performances. Tickets are available now, online at www.plays411.com/nocturne2014 or by calling (323) 960-4443.

The Other Space @ The Actors Company is located at 916 Formosa Avenue in West Hollywood, 90046.