Evening of Nine Horovitz Short Plays Opens Jan. 11

The Barefoot Theatre Company will continue its collaboration with internationally-acclaimed playwright Israel Horovitz with Israel Horovitz's New Shorts: nine actors, nine new plays.

The evening will be directed by Horovitz and Michael LoPorto with special choreography by Yvonne Marceau. Performances begin Wednesday, January 3rd, opening Thursday, January 11 and running through January 21st, 2007 at the Kirk Theatre at Theatre Row (410 west 42nd Street). 

This production is the second of three events leading up to the launch of Horovitz's new theatre company New York Playwrights Lab slated to present the NY premiere of Horovitz's The Secret of Mme. Bonnard's Bath at the Kirk Theatre in February of 2007.

Israel Horovitz's New Shorts: nine actors, nine new plays is "a collection of nine brilliantly theatrical short plays ranging from hilarious to harrowing. Some of the title include Affection in Time, Cat Lady, Dance Play, Fat Guy Gets Girl, Inconsolable, Race Play, The Hotel Play and Beirut Rocks," state press materials.

The cast includes: Jeremy Brena (Balm in Gilead; Film: Swimfan), Lynn Cohen (Public's Macbeth, Ivanov, LCT; "Sex in the City"), Maia Sage Ermansons (Dances by Very Young Choreographers), Stephanie Janssen (Horovitz's The Secret of Mme. Bonnard's Bath, Keen Company's Museum), Kendra Leigh Landon (North Shore Fish; Film: Living and Dining), Victoria Malvagno (TV: "The Glamorous Life," Mad Hot Ballroom), Francisco Solorzano (A Mother's Love, 35th Anniversary Production of The Indian Wants The Bronx), and Christopher Whalen (Film: The Proctor, P.S. I Love You).

The performance schedule is: Wednesday to Saturday at 8:00; Sundays at 3:00.  Theatre Row's Studio Theatre is located at 410 West 42nd Street. Tickets are $18. Please visit www.ticketcentral.com or call 212 -279-4200.  Visit www.barefoottheatrecompnay.org for more information.