Directions Theatre Co Presents FIGARO/FIGARO 2/27-3/2

Directions Theatre Company is pleased to present the New York premiere of Eric Overmyer's adaptation of Beaumarchais' The Marriage of Figaro and Ödön von Horváth's Figaro Gets a Divorce. FIGARO/FIGARO follows the iconic characters Figaro, Susanna, the Count and Countess Almaviva and other favorites through the ups and downs inherent in all relationships - husband and wife, master and servant, family ties and the like.

The New York Times called the Yale Rep premiere "one of the more provocative productions to be seen in the last days of 1994... a project that deserves more productions."
FIGARO/FIGARO features Teddy Alvaro*, Sarah Engelke*, Drew Hirshfield*, Jordan Kaplan*, Kathryn Elisabeth Lawson, Amy Ludwigsen*, Lou Patane*, Ralph Petrarca*, Mike Rosengarten, Andrew Schechter, Gillian Wiggin, Kasey Williams, and Ann Marie Yoo.
*Appearing courtesy of The Actors Equity Association

The creative team for FIGARO/FIGARO includes Jack Blacketer (Set Designer), John Bronston (Music Coordinator/Assistant Director), Tim Kaaufman (Lighting Designer), and David Withrow (Costume Designer). Incidental Music adapted by Tom Berger from works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jules Massent and Gioachino Rossini.

The production, produced by (re:) Directions Theatre Company, will play at the 14th Street Theater (344 E. 14th Street) February 27-March 2 at 8pm, March 5-8 at 8pm, March 12-15 at 8pm, March 19-21 at 8pm and a matinee performance on March 22 at 2pm. Tickets ($18, $15 students/seniors) are available online at www.smarttix.com

Erin Smiley (Director) is the Associate Artistic Director of (re:) Directions Theatre Company. Her directing credits include Celebration (RTC), Training Wisteria (NY International Fringe Festival), Dealing (Manhattan Rep), When Mother Calls (Samuel French Short Play Festival), Love is Good (Producer's Club), Mothers and Monsters (Beckman Theater), Mrs. Warren's Profession (ETC Productions). She has previously assisted on (re:) Directions' productions of Edward II and As We Speak at the 14th Street Theater and Bordertown at Manhattan Rep. as well as for productions at The Flea, New Georges, The Brick, Harbor Opera and Village Light Opera. Erin is a graduate of Vassar College, an Associate Member of SSDC, and a two-time Member of Lincoln Center Directors Lab.
Eric Overmyer (Playwright) is a writer, producer, and playwright. He has written and/or produced numerous TV shows, including "St. Elsewhere", "Homicide: Life on the Street", "Law & Order", "The Wire" and "New Amsterdam." Published plays include Alki (adaption of Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen), Amphitryon (adaption of Giraudoux and von Kleist), Dark Rapture, Don Quixote de La Jolla, Figaro/Figaro, In a Pig's Valise, In Perpetuity Throughout the Universe, Mi Vida Loca, Native Speech, and On the Verge.

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(re:) Directions Theatre Company will fulfill both definitions its name invokes. We are dedicated to presenting established texts in new and innovative ways as well as developing and promoting new works for the stage by aspiring artists whose creative voices inspire us.

(re:) Directions seeks to challenge and entertain audiences of all backgrounds; incite intelligent conversation and inspire articulate debates; promote and sustain both artists and audiences in order to continually stretch boundaries and present distinctive work of the highest quality.

(re:) Directions was founded in August 2006 by 11 artists whose interests and expertise spanned across many different types of art - theater, film, music, dance, visual arts - and in many different areas - acting, design, direction, writing, management, etc. Our projects are all selected to meet one of the definitions our name implies - either a reimagining of an established work or a new work that stands out from the crowd as uniquely different from the norm. We are an ever growing and ever evolving group of artists drawn together by one single motivation: to produce great theater.

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