Folding Chair Classical Theatre Closes THE WEIR 11/6

Folding Chair Classical Theatre presents Conor McPherson's Olivier Award-winning THE WEIR for a limited run October 14-November 6.

THE WEIR by Conor McPherson, author of "The Seafarer" and "Shining City".

THE WEIR opened in London where it received the Olivier Award for Best New Play. It was voted one of the 100 most significant plays of the 20th century by theatre professionals surveyed by the Royal National Theatre.

On a chilly night in northwest Ireland, four men in a desolate pub spin tales of eerie goings-on to impress the town's new arrival. The tales begin to take on a life of their own, and when the newcomer adds her own story the pub's regulars must confront the possibility that they are truly haunted, by the supernatural and by the ghosts of their own pasts...

Folding Chair Classical Theatre turns its attentions to a contemporary play for the first time since 2008's acclaimed revivals of Timberlake Wertenbaker's "Our Country's Good" and Michael Frayn's "Benefactors". Director Marcus Geduld reunites with a company of Folding Chair veterans to give New York audiences their first chance in over a decade to see this haunting masterpiece just in time for Halloween; a play the New York Times called "beautiful and devious".

Tickets $18

Available online: http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=WEI0 or call SmartTix at 212-868-4444.

THE WEIR runs October 14-November 6, Thurs.-Sat. at 8PM, Sun at 2PM and 8PM No performance Oct 17.

THE WEIR performs at: Access Theatre, 380 Broadway between Walker and White Street.

== The director and cast ==

Directed by Marcus Geduld (Founding Artistic Director, director of 16 Folding Chair productions. Other credits include work on Broadway at Circle in the Square and at the BBC in London.)

Cast:

Lisa Blankenship (Founding Member of Folding Chair, has appeared in all 16 productions, also Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Currican Theatre)

Gowan Campbell (Seven Folding Chair shows, including "The Duchess of Malfi", "Pericles", "Cymbeline", "Our Country's Good")

Richard Ryan Cowden (Denver Center Theatre Company, Bristol Old Vic, Roundfish Theater Company)

Ian Gould* ("Cymbeline", "Benefactors", and "Our Country's Good" for Folding Chair, also Great Lakes Theater Festival, Arena Stage, Centerstage Baltimore, Idaho Shakespeare Festival)

Angus Hepburn* ("Much Ado About Nothing" and "Uncle Vanya" for Folding Chair, also Theatre Royal, Norwich, BBC Radio Scotland, five seasons with Jean Cocteau Repertory, "Wall Street 2")

*Member, Actors' Equity Association

== Praise for Folding Chair Classical Theatre ==

"[A] bracing revival...the entire cast delivers with passion and intelligence." - Back Stage on Folding Chair's production of "Our Country's Good", 2008

"superbly directed and acted...a cast that will wow you." - New Theater Corps, the blog of PBS's "Theater Talk", on "Our Country's Good", 2008

"tak[es] each moment and allow[s] it to spiral into chaos - and bring[s] the audience with it, thrilled and horrified." - The Happiest Medium.com on "The Duchess of Malfi", 2009

"Fresh, gutsy, and exciting...another jewel in Folding Chair's crown." - New Theater Corps, the blog of PBS's "Theater Talk", on "Cymbeline", 2008

"A thoroughly enjoyable production." - Nytheatre.com on "Pericles", 2009

"Passionately work[s its] way through the many layers of the play. ...This is a wonderful production." - nytheatre.com on "Benefactors", 2008

More info: www.foldingchairtheatre.org