Roundabout's Pig Farm Opens Off-Broadway Tonight

Roundabout Theatre Company's (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) Off-Broadway production of PIG FARM opens tonight, June 27th! . PIG FARM, written by Greg Kotis, directed by John Rando, featuring John Ellison Conlee, Katie Finneran, Logan Marshall-Green and Denis O'Hare, plays Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre (111 West 46th St.). Roundabout is thrilled to present the co-world premiere of PIG FARM, in collaboration with The Old Globe, San Diego, CA.

The limited engagement is scheduled through September 3rd, 2006.

John Rando and Greg Kotis collaborate once again following their Tony Award® winning musical Urinetown. John Rando received a 2002 Tony Award® for Best Direction of a Musical for Urinetown and has also helmed the Broadway productions of The Wedding Singer, The Dinner Party, A Thousand Clowns and Dance of the Vampires. Greg Kotis won 2002 Tony Awards® for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score.

Under a pot-bellied sky on a struggling pig farm somewhere in America, Tom (John Ellison Conlee), Tina (Katie Finneran) and their hired hand Tim (Logan Marshall-Green) fight to hold onto everything they have – namely, a herd of fifteen thousand restless pigs. Dumping sludge into the river has driven Tom to drink, and Tim seems to have caught Tina's eye, but when Teddy (Denis O'Hare), an officer of the Environmental Protection Agency arrives to inspect the operation, life on the farm explodes, implodes, then explodes again. Not literally, of course, but…you get the idea.

Performance Schedule Information:

PIG FARM will play Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 7:30PM with a Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinee at 2:00PM.

TICKET INFORMATION:

Tickets to Roundabout Theatre Company's 40th anniversary season production of Pig Farm will be available beginning May 14th by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212) 719-1300, online at www.roundabouttheatre.org or at the Laura Pels Theatre box office (111 West 46th St). Ticket prices range from $56.25 to $66.25. Pig Farm will play Tuesday through Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m.

Roundabout Theatre Company is one of the country's leading not-for-profit theatres. The company contributes invaluably to New York's cultural life by staging the highest quality revivals of classic plays and musicals as well as new plays by established writers. Roundabout consistently partners great artists with great works to bring a fresh and exciting interpretation that makes each production relevant and important to today's audiences.

The 2005-2006 season marks the Roundabout Theatre Company's 40th anniversary.

The company's 2005-2006 season, under the continuing leadership of Artistic Director Todd Haimes, is dedicated to the community of artists and loyal audience members who have made Roundabout one of New York's most popular not-for-profit cultural institutions.

Roundabout Theatre Company productions are made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; New York State Council on the Arts; National Endowment for the Arts; and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. American Airlines is the official airline of Roundabout Theatre Company. The Westin Hotel is the official hotel of the Roundabout Theatre Company.

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