Ben Rimalower News

The producers of the new romantic comedy JOY announced today that actress Ryan Kelly will assume the role of Elsa for the play's Off-Broadway bow later this month.

JOY, John Fisher's gay/lesbian romantic comedy, will open at the Actors' Playhouse on August 14th

Previews begin on Sunday, July 31 for JOY, a new romantic comedy that follows a group of college friends as they fall in and out of love in San Francisco over the course of a year.

Rising Composer Lance Horne will perform his show How Love Goes at Joe's Pub and Dominion NY from May 30th to June 4th

The cast of 'JOY' features Becca Ayers (Sarah, Plan and Tall) as Elsa, Ben Curtis (of 'Dude, you're gettin' a Dell' fame) as Christian, Harris Doran (Actors' Fund Hair) as Paul, Gavin Esham (Naked Boys Singing) as Corey, Natalie Joy Johnson (Bare: a pop opera) as Kegan, Brian Patacca (The Donkey Show) as Matt/Adam, Christopher Sloan (Insomnia) as Gabriel and Sheridan Wright (The Producers) as Darryl. Gregory Marcel (Funeral Games) serves as the male swing.