Nicu's Spoon Presents How the Day Runs Down, Begins July 6

NICU?S SPOON THEATRE COMPANY is pleased to announce their production of John Langan?s HOW THE DAY RUNS DOWN, directed by S. BARTON-FARCAS. HOW THE DAY RUNS DOWN will play a three-week limited engagement at the SPOON THEATER (38 west 38th street, 5th floor). Performances begin Wednesday, July 6 and continue through Sunday, July 24. Opening Night is Saturday, July 9 (8 p.m.).

PRESS PERFORMANCES
: Thursday, July 7 | Friday, July 8 | Saturday, July 9 (unofficial dates will be accommodated upon request).

Merge Our Town with Dawn of the Dead and you have a slight idea of what happens when a small town is overrun by the undead.

Best described as Our Town with zombies, with Thornton Wilder's Stage Manager moving between the different townspeople's stories to describe not their mundane sorrows and joys, but their encounters with, and last stands against, the zombie horde. The juxtaposition of Wilder's play, which is all about the continuity of communal life in the face of individual deaths, with a plot that posits that not only the town but all of humanity is doomed, makes for a heartbreaking story.

The production features costume design by S. Barton-Farcas and lighting design by Steven Wolf. Damon Law is composer of the score and Juni Li is the stage manager.

HOW THE DAY RUNS DOWN plays the following regular schedule through Sunday, July 24:

Wednesdays at 8pm
Thursdays at 8pm
Fridays at 8pm
Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays at 2pm

*American Sign Language interpretations available on July 10 and July 17

Tickets are $18 and are now available online at www.spoontheater.org or by calling 866-811-4111. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the Spoon Theatre Box Office, 30 minutes prior to the show.

Running Time: 90 minutes

Website: www.spoontheater.org

*nobody under 14 admitted without parent*

BIOGRAPHIES

JOHN LANGAN?s (Playwright) new story, "The Revel," will be appearing shortly in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Other recent stories include "The Shallows" in Cthulhu's Reign (ed. Darrell Schweitzer, DAW Books, 2010) and "City of the Dog" in the January/February 2010 F&SF. His story, "Technicolor," has been reprinted in The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 2 (ed. Ellen Datlow, Night Shade Books, 2010), and his story, "The Wide, Carnivorous Sky" will be reprinted in The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror (ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books, 2010). His first novel, House of Windows (Night Shade), was published in 2009 to strong reviews; while his first collection of short fiction, Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters (Prime ), was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. He's completing his dissertation, Lovecraft's Progeny, a consideration of Lovecraft's influence on Fritz Leiber, Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, Thomas Ligotti, and Caitlin Kiernan, at the CUNY Graduate Center. His reviews have appeared in The New York Review of Science Fiction, Dead Reckonings, Erebos, Science Fiction Studies, Extrapolation, and The Internet Review of Science Fiction. His essays on weird writers have appeared in NYRSF, American Exorcist: Critical Essays on William Peter Blatty, Fritz Leiber: Critical Essays, The Lovecraft Annual, IROSF, Lovecraft Studies, and Fantasy Commentator; he has essays forthcoming on Ramsey Campbell and J. Sheridan Le Fanu. He has been a judge for the Shirley Jackson Awards for the last three years.
He is an adjunct instructor at SUNY New Paltz, where he teaches Creative Writing and Gothic fiction and film. He lives in Rifton, NY, with his wife, Fiona, their son, David, two cats, and a Siberian Dwarf Hamster who's developed a taste for human flesh.

S. BARTON FARCAS (Director) has directed many shows in NYC including the award winning SubUbia, The Little Prince, Buried Child, Displaced and To Kill a Mockingbird. Her favorite acting roles include Nuclear Family and Talk Show (both Off-Broadway), Jenny Diver in Threepenny Opera, Gwen in Fifth of July, Josie in Steaming and her shows with Nicu?s Spoon, The Swan, Skin Tight and Elizabeth Rex for which she was the recipient of the 2008 NY Innovative Theatre Award for Best Actress in a lead role, playing Queen Elizabeth I in both the off-off and Off Broadway Premieres. She is a member of AEA and SAG. She has been in the films Sleepy Time Gal (finalist in 2008 at Sundance), Backward Looks, Far Corners, Sour Times as well as Finding in NYC. She is also seen in [Untitled]. She has also been dialect coach for various off-Broadway shows on Theater Row, as well as being a private accent, audition and acting coach.

NICU?S SPOON launched into the New York Indie Theatre scene in 2001 with their first play, Displaced, a new play written by five women, based on the stories, testimonies, songs, and poetry of women and children refugees, which was submitted for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize. Their 2002 multi-racial production of To Kill a Mockingbird was hailed by Back Stage as ?nothing short of inspiring!? In Perpetuity Throughout the Universe, a story of a woman who is a ghostwriter for hate books completed the 2002 season, and was a Village Voice ?Voice Choice?. In 2002 special performances with American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation were added to the productions. In 2003, Nicu?s Spoon presented two pieces focusing on individuality: George Orwell?s 1984 and A Murder of Crows by OBIE Award winner Mac Wellman. Inclusion of handicapped actors was an important element in both shows. 2004 brought the production of SubUrbia by Eric Bogosian and was awarded the OOBR award for best production and an additional nomination for the Alliance of NY Arts Organizations? Advancing Cultural Development Award. In 2005 United Stages profiled them in their ?Seeing Stars? series and nytheatre.com picked them as an Editors Choice for The Swan, as well as Stumps, which introduced a new kind of performance for Deaf and hearing audiences, called ?co-playing.? 2006 produced a hit: the US premiere of Skin Tight, named the High5 pick of the week, as well as Buried Child, which challenged the stereotype that a Deaf actor could not speak on stage. In 2006, they were recognized by the Thom Fluellen Award by the NYU Community Fund for excellence in service to the diverse New York community. Time Warner Corporation was a 2007 season sponsor in their Diverse Voices program.

During the 2007 season, while producing Tales of the Last Formicans in a theater not their own, they searched for a home; not only to use as a company but also to rent to other artists at reasonable prices. For the second Nicu?s Spoon production in 2007 they debuted Richard lll (the lead actor was differently abled from polio) in their very own theater - a home, located at 38 West 38th Street, 5th Floor! Following that with the U.S. premiere of Kosher Harry (co-played with hearing and non hearing/speaking artists) to round out the 7th season. Celebrating the First Anniversary in the new space with Elizabeth Rex started the 8th season in NYC. The show garnered 2 Innovative Theatre Awards and an Off-Broadway run at Center Stage. In between, building and developing a space that pops with creativity for other artists and companies to come enjoy and work. The 2008 season addressed women and identity issues and Snapple awarded the company the ?Best People to work with in NY City? award. The 2010 season focuses on outcasts. The 2011 season will reflect on ?Monsters?. Please come and support the theater in midtown where Nicu?s Spoon is changing the world one play at a time. www.spoontheater.org

Nicu?s Spoon Presents
How the Day Runs Down
by John Langan
directed by S. Barton-Farcas
July 6 ? 24 2011
Spoon Theater
38 West 38th Street, 5th Floor
$15-18
www.spoontheater.org

 

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