Vital Theatre Company Presents "Rebound & Gagged" - Oct. 15th

VITAL THEATRE COMPANY is pleased to announce the first production if its 2005-2006 season.  "REBOUND & GAGGED," by AARON GINSBURG and featuring JASON GILBERT, MATT HOBBY, NIA McGOVERN, JEFF MEACHAM, and SARAH BETH-LEE WILLIAMS previews on Saturday October 15th at 8:00 pm, Sunday October 16th at 7:00 pm, Monday October 17th at 8:00 pm and opens on Tuesday, October 18th at 8:00 pm.  Performances continue Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 pm, and Sundays at 7:00 pm through November 6th.  All tickets are $16.00.  For reservations, visit theatermania.com or call (212) 352-3101.  VITAL THEATRE COMPANY is located at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre, 2162 Broadway, 4th Floor, at 76th Street.

When Kyle finds himself heartbroken and rabidly approaching thirty with little to show for it, he knows there's only one thing a man can do: have a complete nervous breakdown.  When he isn't reliving scenes from his lost relationship using only sock puppets, Kyle learns the finer points of rebounding from his perpetually immature best buddy, Jase.  Kyle's roommate Cooper could be the key to his recovery, but she's facing a crisis of her own. From the Playwright of "Straight Jacket & Tie," comes a comedy about getting older, getting over a broken heart, and getting over the fact that oldies radio stations started playing "The Eurythmics".

Playwright AARON GINSBURG lives in Los Angeles where he is the founder and co-artistic director of Meadows Basement, a lovably irreverent theater company recently named by LA Weekly as one of "LA's best ensembles."  His play, STRAIGHT JACKET & TIE, received its world premiere at Kitchen Dog Theater and subsequently won the Dallas Critics' Forum Award for Best New Play.   STRAIGHT JACKET & TIE went on to have its off-off Broadway premiere with Vital Theatre to rave reviews.  His follow up, "REBOUND & GAGGED," premiered as part of Kitchen Dog Theater's 10th Anniversary Season and was nominated for a Leon Rabin Award for Best New Play.  He writes regularly with his long time collaborator, Wade McIntyre, and together they consistently produce for MTV, and have just finished writing CALL OF DUTY 2: BIG RED ONE -- a new WWII videogame for Activision.  Their short film, A NINJA PAYS HALF MY RENT, premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.   Watch the short at Aaron's new website: everyotherletter.com.

Vital Theatre Company's season continues with "VITAL SIGNS New Works Festival" December 1st through December 18th ,  Thursdays through Sundays at 7:00 pm.   See exciting new one-acts by up and coming playwrights with a new line-up each week. To date, 17 short plays developed and/or presented as part of VITAL SIGNS have gone on to publication. 

In March comes Suzanne Bradbeer's  "FULL BLOOM," which tells the story of a 15-year old struggling with her newfound beauty in the midst of a culture that values plastic surgery, the very thin and the very young.   Performances run March 11th through April 2nd.

Vital Theatre Company final presentation of the season is DIRECTORSFEST produced in association with the THE DRAMA LEAGUE running April 27th - May 14th, Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:00 pm. Alumni of the Drama League Directors Project choose and direct their favorite projects.

In addition to VITAL THEATRE COMPANY's Main Stage shows, Vital also produces a season of Children's Theatre that commissions and presents new musicals and plays for young audiences, performed by adults on Saturdays and Sundays at 1 pm and 3 pm.  VITAL CHILDREN'S THEATRE has been honored with two AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE by the Off Off Broadway Review and has received high acclaim from audiences and critics alike for being "a wonderful place for parents to introduce their kids to the glories of live theatre, done well and at modest prices."

Now in its seventh season, VITAL THEATRE COMPANY has mounted 13 full-length Main Stage productions, five short-play series, nine installments of VITAL SIGNS New Works Festival, and two VITAL DIRECTIONS programs.  To date, 17 plays in VITAL SIGNS have gone on to publication.  Vital Theatre Company is a six-time winner of the Off-Off Broadway Review's Award for Excellence, twice for its Children's Theatre Season, as well as the main stage productions of SHAKING THE MESS OUTTA MISERY ('00), FUNNY ('03) THE KING OF MACKIE STREET ('04), and IDIOT'S DELIGHT ('04).  The NEW YORK THEATRE EXPERIENCE named Vital Theatre Company the 2002 and 2004 Theatre Company of the Year and last seasons' revival of SHAKIN' THE MESS OUTTA MISERY was nominated for Outstanding Production of a Play by the New York Innovative Theater Awards.   For more information, please visit www.vitaltheatre.org.