ROSE with Kathleen Chalfant Ends Run at Theatre Row This Weekend

ROSE, starring Kathleen Chalfant as Rose Kennedy, will end its limited engagement at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre, 410 West 42nd Street, NYC on Sunday, December 13th. Previews began November 21st for the Nora's Playhouse production of Laurence Leamer's solo play about Rose Kennedy. ROSE will have played 8 previews and 17 regular performances.

Award-winning stage, film and TV actress Kathleen Chalfant plays Mrs. Kennedy under the direction of Caroline Reddick Lawson. Jane Greenwood designed the costumes with scene design/projections by Anya Klepikov, lighting by Caitlin Rapoport and sound design by Jane Shaw

ROSE is the Kennedy story as told by the matriarch who lived it all. Set in 1969 at the Kennedy's Hyannis Port compound the week after Teddy's fateful accident at Chappaquiddick, Rose struggles with all the tragedies the Kennedys have overcome and finds new understanding of the choices she made as well as those made by her husband and children.

The performance schedule for ROSE is Tuesday@ 7 PM, Wednesday @ 2 & 8 PM, Thursday, Friday & Saturday evenings @ 8 PM, with matinees on Saturday @ 2 PM and Sunday @ 3 PM. Tickets are $65 and available through Telecharge.com or (212) 239-6200. Student/Senior tickets are available at the box office with valid ID. There will be talk-backs following some performances. See norasplayhouse.org for details.

For additional information about ROSE or Nora's Playhouse, visit http://www.norasplayhouse.org.

Photo credit: Carol Rosegg

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