BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON Concert Version Opens At Public Theater 5/5-24

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) announced complete casting and creative team today for BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON: The Concert Version, the fourth play of the 2008-2009 Public LAB season. Written and directed by Alex Timbers and featuring music and lyrics by Michael Friedman, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON: The Concert Version will begin performances on Tuesday, May 5 and run through Sunday, May 24. Tickets are $10 for all performances and are on-sale now.

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON: The Concert Version is a fast-paced entertainment that takes a sharp, irreverent look at America's seventh president, Andrew Jackson. This satirical epic reveals questions about the country we live in and the leaders we choose. Michael Friedman's score was honored with an L.A. Critics' Award for the musical's world premiere at Center Theatre Group.

The cast for BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON: The Concert Version features David Axelrod (The People Garden at the Play Group Theatre), James Barry (Sive at Irish Rep), Darren Goldstein (Mouth to Mouth at The New Group), Greg Hildreth (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at Center Theatre Group), Jeff Hiller (The Awesome ‘80s Prom off-Broadway), Lisa Joyce (Red Light Winter at Barrow St. Theatre), Lucas Near-Verbrugghe (Macbeth at Shakespeare in the Park), Bryce Pinkham (Beyond Therapy at Williamstown), Maria Elena Ramirez (the film The Women), Kate Cullen Roberts (Party Come Here at Williamstown), Ben Steinfeld (Two Gentlemen of Verona at Fiasco Theater), Benjamin Walker (Les Liaisons Dangereuses on Broadway), and Colleen Werthmann (Light Raise the Roof at NYTW).

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON: The Concert Version will feature scenic design by Donyale Werle, costume design by Emily Rebholz, lighting design by Justin Townsend, and sound design by Bart Fasbender.

"Alex Timbers and Michael Friedman are two of today's most exciting young artists, creating a unique brand of theater that is wickedly funny, highly theatrical and fiercely smart," said Associate Artistic Director Mandy Hackett. "In BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, they employ their quick wit to examine a critical moment in our country's evolution."

Public LAB is an annual series of new plays that lets New Yorkers see more of the work they love from The Public and LAByrinth Theater Company in stripped-down productions. Public LAB allows The Public Theater to support more artists, and gives audiences immediate access to new plays. The Public LAB season will conclude with a world premiere by The Public Theater's Master Writer Chair Suzan-Lori Parks.

Alex Timbers (Writer, Director) is the Artistic Director of award-winning theatre company Les Freres Corbusier. His New York credits include Guttenberg! The Musical! (Drama Desk nomination - Best Director of a Musical; the Actors' Playhouse), A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant (OBIE Award; New York Theatre Workshop; two Garland Awards - Best Director and Best Musical; Powerhouse Theatre, Santa Monica), underground (BAM; International Tour), Hell House (Drama Desk nomination - Unique Theatrical Experience; St. Ann's Warehouse), Boozy ("Ten Best of 2005" - Daily News, Time Out New York). Workshops: Disney Theatricals, Playwrights Horizons, New York Stage & Film. Fellowships: Williamstown Theatre Festival, Drama League, Sundance Theatre Lab. NYTW Usual Suspect. Education: Yale (magna cum laude).

Michael Friedman (Music and Lyrics) has composed music for The Communist Dracula Pageant, [I Am] Nobody's Lunch, Lysistrata, Marat/Sade, Idiots Karamazov, and The Merchant of Venice. He wrote music and lyrics for the Civilian's This Beautiful City, [I Am] Nobody's Lunch, Gone Missing, and Canard, Canard, Goose?; as well as Saved, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, In the Bubble, The Brand New Kid, God's Ear, and The Blue Demon. With Steve Cosson, he co-authored the 2008 Public LAB production Paris Commune. He has composed for Playwrights Horizons, NYTW, Roundabout, Second Stage, Soho Rep, Theatre for a New Audience, Signature, The Acting Company, Hartford Stage, Humana Festival, Kennedy Center, Berkeley Rep, Williamstown Festival, London's Soho and Gate Theatres, and the Edinburgh Festival. He is a Founding Associate Artist of The Civilians, an Artistic Associate at New York Theatre Workshop, a MacDowell Fellow, a Princeton University Hodder Fellow, and the winner of a 2009 L.A. Drama Critics' Award and an Obie for sustained excellence.

TICKET INFORMATION
BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON: The Concert Version will begin performances on Tuesday, May 5 and run through Sunday, May 24. The performance schedule is Tuesdays at 7; Wednesdays through Fridays at 8 PM; Saturdays at 2 PM and 8 PM; and Sundays at 2 PM and 7 PM.

The Public Theater is located at 425 Lafayette Street. All tickets are $10 and can be purchased at (212) 967-7555 or by visiting www.publictheater.org.