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Ziemba Featured in Daytime at Nighttime Benefit, November 17

By: Oct. 27, 2005
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The WorkShop Theater Company will present the 2005 Workshop Theater Company Benefit event Daytime at Nightime on Thursday, November 17 at 8 p.m. The one-night only musical event will be directed by Jeffrey Buchsbaum and will feature some of daytime television's hottest stars performing along with Workshop members and Tony-winner Karen Ziemba (2000 Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Contact).


Included in this year's line-up are daytime's
Martha Byrne (Lily Walsh, "As The World Turns"), Trent Dawson (Henry Coleman, "As The World Turns"), Bobbi Eakes (Krystal Carey, "All My Children"), Jennifer Ferrin (Jennifer Munson, "As The World Turns"), Robert Newman (Joshua Lewis, "Guiding Light"), Michael Park (Jack Snyder, "As The World Turns"), Ron Raines (Alan Spaulding, "Guiding Light"), Tamara Tunie (Jessica Griffith, "As The World Turns") and Kim Zimmer (Reva Shayne, "Guiding Light"), as well as Workshop Theater Company's own Jennifer Kathryn Marshall, Tracy Newirth , Gerrianne Raphael and Emily Zacharias. The evening will be hosted by the Workshop Theater Company's own Bill Tatum and daytime's Ellen Dolan (Detective Margot Hughes, "As The World Turns") at the Lucille Lortel Theater in the West Village. Following the performance will be dinner at the nearby Andavi restaurant.

 Entering its 12th season, the WorkShop Theater Company specializes in the development of new plays. The company also nurtures the talents of actors, playwrights and directors with the presentation of readings and workshops as well as fully staged plays, musicals and multi-media productions. The company's two-theater complex on 36th Street includes the 65-seat Main Stage Theater and the 35-seat Jewel Box Theater. The film Finding Neverland began as the stage play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allen Knee, which was presented by the company in 1998. The WorkShop has also presented premiere productions of the plays Angel Wings by Murray Schisgal (who is best known for Luv and the screenplay of Tootsie) and 1348 by Tom Dulack (author of the Off-Broadway hit Breaking Legs).

The Lucille Lortel Theater is located at 121 Christopher Street, between Bleecker and Bedford. Andavi is located at 91 Christopher Street, between Bleecker and Hudson. Ticket prices range from $50 to $350 and can be purchased online at Theatermania.com or through the Workshop Theater Company at (212) 695-4173.
  

 




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