Lawrence Dial's IN THE ROOM Debuts Tonight at Alchemical Theatre

Slant Theatre Project and Kelli Giddish in association with Wheelhouse Theater are proud to present the World Premiere of Lawrence Dial's IN THE ROOM, directed by Adam Knight (Naperville) at the Alchemical Theatre (104 West 14th Street between 6th and 7th Avenue) tonight, October 20, through November 13.

Performances run Thursday through Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets ($18) are available online at intheroom.bpt.me or by calling 1-800-838-3006. The show will run approximately two hours, including intermission.

Seymour, a washed-up playwright with one forgotten hit to his name, lands a gig teaching a writers' workshop. His students are a motley collection of dreamers and amateurs, young and old. As the weeks go by, the students' plays begin to blur the line between truth and fiction, imperiling the workshop's delicate balance. In the Room uncovers the hopeless and heroic that exists between the lines, and off the page.

The cast will feature Wheelhouse Theater co-founder Matt Harrington* (Richard III and Twelfth Night at the Belasco Theatre; Mr. Wormwood in Matilda The Musical), Suzy Jane Hunt* (Alice in "The Americans"), Robert Karma Robinson* (Kansas City Swing at Crossroads Theatre), Jacob Perkins* (The Few at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), Chelsea Melone (Roadkill, FringeNYC 2016), Susan Neuffer (Lend Me a Tenor at Millbrook Playhouse), and Reuben Barsky (The Bad and the Better with The Amoralists) with Lighting Design by Lauren Duffie, Costume Design by Kristina Makowski, Sound Design by Toby Jaguar Algya, and Production Stage Manager Sarah Haber. *Appearing courtesy of the Actors' Equity Association.

LAWRENCE DIAL (Playwright) is a 2016-2017 resident playwright for the Amoralists' Wright Club. Larry's play DannyKrisDonnaVeronica was a Primary Stages and ESPA Drills finalist, and received a public reading at the Duke on 42nd. From 2007 to 2012 he was the resident playwright for the LabRats Theater Company, which produced his play Ha! Ha! (a graffiti play) in 2011. His play Beef was performed as part of the Crown Point Arts Festival at the Abrons Art Center in 2007. Beef's expanded two-act version was produced by Slant Theatre Project in 2008. As Promise Tomorrow Today, Beef won the Best Play Award in the 2010 Downtown Urban Theatre Festival. His other plays include: Been Down So Long Looks Like Up to Us (workshopped at the Labyrinth Theatre's 2010 Summer Intensive Ensemble), and an award-winning NYFringe Festival production of Carroll Gardens Aborning. He has been a featured writer for NYMadness (The Wild Project) and The Monologue Series (Barrow Street), and is published via Indie Theater Now. His screenplay TETRA is scheduled for production in late 2016, directed by James Fauvell. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two daughters.

Adam Knight (Director) recently directed the world premiere of Naperville by Mat Smart for Slant Theatre Project. He has directed new works by Lucy Alibar, Bekah Brunstetter, Matt Dellapina, Lawrence Dial, Michele Lowe, and David Lee Nelson, among others, at venues such as Ars Nova, E.S.T., HERE, Poetry Project, P.S.122, Vineyard Arts Project, and The Tank. Regional credits include: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (PURE Theatre), The Elephant in My Closet (WaterTower Theatre), The 13th of Paris (Warehouse Theatre), and Come Blow Your Horn (Millbrook Playhouse). Associate/Assistant credits include Red Bull Theatre, Signature Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Folger Shakespeare Theatre. He is an Artistic Director of Slant Theatre Project.

Kelli Giddish (Producer) is an actress best known for her role as NYPD Detective Amanda Rollins on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. A frequent collaborator with Slant Theatre Project, she was in the world premieres of Shoes by Mat Smart and the solo play Dropsy (which she also wrote). She was also in two Lawrence Dial world premieres: Call Her ID and The Fort. @TheKelliGiddish

SLANT THEATRE PROJECT is a group of artists that thrive on the danger of building the plane in flight. Led by Artistic Directors Matt Dellapina, Adam Knight, and Mat Smart, Slant's recent productions include Naperville by Mat Smart at the June Havoc Theatre, The Cloud by Matt Moses at HERE Arts Center, and The Steadfast at TBG Theatre. An incubator of new work since 2004, Slant has produced premieres by Bekah Brunstetter, Theresa Rebeck, Adam Rapp, Marcus Gardley, Rachel Bonds, Rachel Axler, Michele Lowe, Dan O'Brien, Evan Cabnet, Lisa Kron, and many more. www.slanttheatreproject.org

WHEELHOUSE THEATER COMPANY officially launched this past year with back-to-back, critically acclaimed productions of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Romeo and Juliet (Davenport Theater). The Wheelhouse prides itself on its use of ensemble, which proves to deepen the actor's sense of trust and abandon on stage, so the audience can relish in the risks that are being taken in the interest of telling bold stories. Born from a shared enthusiasm for playful collaboration while studying together at NYU's Graduate Acting Program, the Wheelhouse is a company of theater artists committed to producing joyful, transformative and highly physical productions. www.wheelhousetheater.com