The Attic Theater Company will present the NYC premier of Gregory Moss's play The Argument at DCTV, a landMark Firehouse in downtown New York City. The show will be directed by Drama League and Williamstown Theater Festival Fellow, Kerry Whigham. Performances run March 4th-13th at 8pm.
The Argument is a unique multimedia theatrical experience that imaginatively depicts the issues raised nationally by the Katrina disaster. It investigates how we deal with death in America: through denial and abstraction, foregoing grieving in favor of a relentless optimism. The audience moves throughout the space as scenes are illuminated by the cast of more than twenty actors, a live jazz band, and video projections.
The Argument was originally produced at The Hangar Theater in 2007, as part of director
Kerry Whigham's Drama League Fellowship. Whigham's recent credits include the
Williamstown Theater Festival Directing Fellowship,
Ars Nova Director in Residence, Drama League Fellowship, Lincoln Center Director Lab, and productions with
Naked Angels, Brown University, NYU and the Public's Summer Play Festival.
Playwright Gregory Moss's most recent work Orange, Hat and Grace performed at
Soho Rep garnering the respect of
Scott Brown from
New York Magazine, saying "...this latest one-act by Gregory Moss works its way into the creases of your soul, conjuring influences as disparate as Pygmalion and Beckett and Shepard ...". This production is the third collaboration between Moss and Whigham, the most recent, a production of punkplay was called a "...brilliantly funny dissection of adolescent grasping for identity ..." by Time Out Chicago.
The set will be designed by
Julia Noulin-Merat, the Attic's resident scenic designer, whose work has been seen at Opera Boston, Commonwealth Opera, Hangar Theater,
Gerald Lynch Theater - Lincoln Center, the Drama League and on the CBS TV show Guiding Light.
The Attic produces plays by living
American Playwrights that seek to address the complex nature of American identity through experimenting with decidedly American themes, characters, and genres. Since their initial production at The
Atlantic Theatre Company 2nd Stage (Firebugs 07), The Attic has produced five shows at Manhattan venues including the NYC Fringe Festival (world premier of Behold the Bowery, 08), The
Duo Theatre (Oh Dad Poor Dad, 08), The Wings Theatre (Moonchildren, 09), The Connelly Theatre (Dark Rapture, 10) and Theater Row's
Studio Theatre (Wonderful World, 10). This production marks the five year anniversary of the company.
More info:
www.theatticpresents.orgPerformance Dates: March 4-6th and 10-13th
Times: All shows 8pm
DCTV (Downtown Community Television Center)
87 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10013
Wheelchair accessible
Contains nudity: adults only
For Tickets: www.smarttix.com
