Mark Plesent News

The newest play by Rob Ackerman, CALL ME WALDO takes a comic and insightful look at the workplace, upending stereotypes about the working class when an ordinary electrician begins channeling the spirit of Ralph Waldo Emerson

CALL ME WALDO -- a new play by Rob Ackerman (TABLETOP) -- will debut Off-Broadway in a production by The Working Theater with preview performances starting February 14 prior to its official opening night on February 22 at the June Havoc Theatre (312 W. 36 St. in Manhattan), it has been announced by Mark Plesent, Working Theater's Producing Artistic Director.

The newest play by Rob Ackerman, CALL ME WALDO takes a comic and insightful look at the workplace, upending stereotypes about the working class when an ordinary electrician begins channeling the spirit of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

CALL ME WALDO -- a new play by Rob Ackerman (TABLETOP) -- will debut Off-Broadway in a production by The Working Theater with preview performances starting February 14 prior to its official opening night on February 22 at the June Havoc Theatre (312 W. 36 St. in Manhattan), it has been announced by Mark Plesent, Working Theater's Producing Artistic Director.

CALL ME WALDO -- a new play by Rob Ackerman (TABLETOP) -- will debut Off-Broadway in a production by The Working Theater with preview performances starting February 14 prior to its official opening night on February 22 at the June Havoc Theatre (312 W. 36 St. in Manhattan), it has been announced by Mark Plesent, Working Theater's Producing Artistic Director.

HONEY BROWN EYES by Stefanie Zadravec - winner of the Helen Hayes Award for Best New Play in 2009 at Theater J in Washington, DC - will be given its New York premiere by Off-Broadway's Working Theater, with previews beginning January 9 prior to an official opening night January 16 at the Clurman Theatre (410 W. 42 St.) on Theater Row in Manhattan, it has been announced by Mark Plesent, Working Theater's Producing Artistic Director.

HONEY BROWN EYES by Stefanie Zadravec - winner of the Helen Hayes Award for Best New Play in 2009 at Theater J in Washington, DC - will be given its New York premiere by Off-Broadway's Working Theater, with previews beginning January 9 prior to an official opening night January 16 at the Clurman Theatre (410 W. 42 St.) on Theater Row in Manhattan, it has been announced by Mark Plesent, Working Theater's Producing Artistic Director.

HONEY BROWN EYES by Stefanie Zadravec - winner of the Helen Hayes Award for Best New Play in 2009 at Theater J in Washington, DC - will be given its New York premiere by Off-Broadway's Working Theater, with previews beginning January 9 prior to an official opening night January 16 at the Clurman Theatre (410 W. 42 St.) on Theater Row in Manhattan, it has been announced by Mark Plesent, Working Theater's Producing Artistic Director.

HONEY BROWN EYES by Stefanie Zadravec - winner of the Helen Hayes Award for Best New Play in 2009 at Theater J in Washington, DC - will be given its New York premiere by Off-Broadway's Working Theater, with previews beginning January 9 prior to an official opening night January 16 at the Clurman Theatre (410 W. 42 St.) on Theater Row in Manhattan, it has been announced by Mark Plesent, Working Theater's Producing Artistic Director.

HONEY BROWN EYES by Stefanie Zadravec - winner of the Helen Hayes Award for Best New Play in 2009 at Theater J in Washington, DC - will be given its New York premiere by Off-Broadway's Working Theater, with previews beginning January 9 prior to an official opening night January 16 at the Clurman Theatre (410 W. 42 St.) on Theater Row in Manhattan, it has been announced by Mark Plesent, Working Theater's Producing Artistic Director.

Working Theater - the Off-Broadway theatre dedicated to plays for and about working people, notably industrial, transportation and service trades -- has announced that Mark Plesent, the company's Producing Director since 1995, will take on the artistic leadership of the Company with the new title of Producing Artistic Director, effective immediately. Laura Smith, the Company's Director of Special Events and Marketing since 2006, will assume the role of Managing Director. Playwright and actress Lisa Ramirez will be brought on as Artistic Associate.

Off-Broadway's WORKING THEATER presents a special benefit reading of Annie Weisman's HOLD PLEASE. Original cast members Emma Bowers, Laura Esterman, Kathryn Rosseter, and Jeanine Serralles reunite for a one-night only reading directed by Connie Grappo.

In celebration of Black History Month 2010, The Working Theater (Mark Plesent, Producing Director) will present award-winning Broadway star André De Shields performing his solo work-in-progress entitled Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory: From Douglass to Deliverance. The final performance is slated for February 14. Conceived, researched and written by Mr. De Shields, Mine Eyes is directed by Alfred Preisser, former Artistic Director, Classical Theatre of Harlem, where Mr. De Shields has frequently performed.

In celebration of Black History Month 2010, The Working Theatre (Mark Plesent, Producing Director), is presenting award-winning Broadway star André De Shields performing his solo work-in-progress, 'Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory: From Douglass to Deliverance,' created and performed by André De Shields and directed by Alfred Preisser. The performances run from Thursday, February 4th through Sunday, February 14th at the Abingdon Theater. BroadwayWorld was on hand to take in the opening performance and capture the after party celebration.

In celebration of Black History Month 2010, The Working Theater Mark Plesent, Producing Director, will present award-winning Broadway star André De Shields performing his solo work-in-progress entitled Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory: From Douglass to Deliverance for 12 performances only from Thursday, February 4 through Sunday February 14 at the Abingdon Theater, 312 West 36 Street. Conceived, researched and written by Mr. De Shields, Mine Eyes is directed by Alfred Preisser.

In celebration of Black History Month 2010, The Working Theater (Mark Plesent, Producing Director) will present award-winning Broadway star André De Shields performing his solo work-in-progress entitled Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory: From Douglass to Deliverance for 12 performances only from Thursday, February 4 through Sunday February 14 at the Abingdon Theater. Conceived, researched and written by Mr. De Shields, Mine Eyes is directed by Alfred Preisser, former Artistic Director, Classical Theatre of Harlem, where Mr. De Shields has frequently performed.

The Working Theater (25th Anniversary Season), Mark Plesent Producing Director, is pleased to announce a special addition to the Friday, February 12 performance of Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: from Douglass to Deliverance, created and performed by Andre De Shields. In honor of the 201st anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, the Working Theater is honored to exhibit important original historic documents penned by Abraham Lincoln and the great emancipator Frederick Douglass (portrayed by De Shields).

Off-Broadway's WORKING THEATER kicks off 25th Anniversary Season with a star-studded January.

In celebration of Black History Month 2010, The Working Theater Mark Plesent, Producing Director, will present award-winning Broadway star André De Shields performing his solo work-in-progress entitled Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory: From Douglass to Deliverance for 12 performances only from Thursday, February 4 through Sunday February 14 at the Abingdon Theater, 312 West 36 Street. Conceived, researched and written by Mr. De Shields, Mine Eyes is directed by Alfred Preisser.

In celebration of Black History Month 2010, The Working Theater (Mark Plesent, Producing Director) will present award-winning Broadway star André De Shields performing his solo work-in-progress entitled Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory: From Douglass to Deliverance for 12 performances only from Thursday, February 4 through Sunday February 14 at the Abingdon Theater. Conceived, researched and written by Mr. De Shields, Mine Eyes is directed by Alfred Preisser, former Artistic Director, Classical Theatre of Harlem, where Mr. De Shields has frequently performed.