Bartha, Eisenberg, et al. Join THE AMBASSADORS Reading at Rattlestick, 2/21

Justin Bartha, Jesse Eisenberg, and Katie Kreisler will headline the upcoming reading of Eisenberg's new play THE AMBASSADORS this Sunday, February 21st, at the Rattlestick Theatre. The play will be featured as part of the Evening Reading Series.

Eisenberg, author of Scarcity and "Zombieland," will also direct the cast in the reading. THE AMBASSADORS surrounds two sheltered young men who are forced to confront their ignorance when a young Filipino woman becomes their new roommate.

Justin Bartha will make his Broadway debut in the role of Max. Since attending theatre school at NYU, Mr. Bartha has become a rising movie star. He recently starred in last summer's comedy hit The Hangover. His other movie credits include Failure to Launch and the National Treasure movies opposite Nicolas Cage, among others. Coming up is a starring turn opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones in The Rebound and Holy Rollers which will premiere in competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater is a multi-award-winning organization and recipient of the 2007 Ross Wetzsteon Memorial Obie Award, which recognized us for work and our mission: developing and producing innovative new plays.

Rattlestick's core operations are composed of its mainstage Off-Broadway productions. In addition to our Mainstage season our Emerging Playwrights Program, run through our literary department, organizes 40-50 public and private readings, followed by talkback sessions for the playwright with our artistic director and literary managers. This enables writers to develop their plays further and provides networking opportunities with directors and actors. We also offer week-long workshops for writers and have recently added a ten-day retreat at the Westin Theatre in Vermont during July where writers can go to workshop their plays.

We have produced over forty world premieres in the past fourteen years. Now in our 15th Anniversary Season, Rattlestick has introduced new writers and received critical acclaim for its innovative work. Rattlestick's Advisory Board participates in The Emerging Playwrights Project, which matches a new playwright with an established artist for an experienced eye and creative support. Playwright and artist mentors have included Edward Albee, Jon Robin Baitz, Zoe Caldwell, Arthur Kopit, Craig Lucas, Joe Mantello, Terrence McNally, Marsha Norman and Adam Rapp. Previous plays include, among others: Two Boys in a Bed, Message to Michael, Carpool, Volunteer Man (Obie award), A Trip to the Beach, Ascendancy, Stuck, Vick's Boy, The Messenger, Saved or Destroyed (Obie award), Neil's Garden, Faster, The Last Sunday in June (GLAAD Award-nomination), St. Crispin's Day, Where We're Born, Five Flights, Boise, Finer Noble Gases, The Pavilion (Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Play of 2005) God Hates The Irish: The Ballad of Armless Johnny (Drama Desk Award nomination), Miss Julie, Acts of Mercy: passion-play, Cagelove, It Goes Without Saying, Dark Matters, Stay, American Sligo, War, Steve & Idi, Lady (Drama Desk Award nomination), Geometry of Fire, That Pretty Pretty; Or, The Rape Play and The Amish Project.

For more information, visit www.rattlestick.org.

 

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