New Rep Announces THREE VIEWINGS by Jeffrey Hatcher 11/27-12/18

New Repertory Theatre, in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, has announced Three Viewings by award-winning playwright Jeffrey Hatcher. Three Viewings will run from November 27 through December 18, 2011 in the Black Box Theater. The Press Opening will be held on Monday, November 28, 2011 at 7:30pm.

"Three Viewings is such a stimulating and witty piece of theatre," states Harriet Sheets, Managing Director, New Repertory Theatre. "The intimate setting of the Black Box Theater is ideal for our patrons to experience the powerful stories found in Hatcher's play."

Jim Petosa, the director, says "Through three separate narratives, Hatcher explores how love, money, and compassion define individual relationships and perceptions of life. I am thrilled to be working with such a talented cast and design team, and I am excited to see what we will discover as we collaborate as a team on this work."

Three Viewings is directed by Jim Petosa. The cast features New Rep favorites Joel Colodner (Indulgences) as Emil, Adrianne Krstansky (afterlife: a ghost story, 2.5 Minute Ride, and Frozen) as Virginia, and introduces to the New Rep stage Christine Power (2011 Elliot Norton Award nominee for Outstanding Actress) as Mac.

In Three Viewings, award-winning playwright Jeffrey Hatcher explores love, money, and loss in a trio of mordantly witty narratives. An infatuated man goes to extraordinary lengths in order to win a woman's heart; a jewelry thief with a hidden secret reclaims a family heirloom; and a widow confronts the repercussions of her late husband's wheeling and dealing. Hatcher weaves these three poignant tales into an evening of remarkable storytelling that is sure to entice and captivate you.

New Repertory Theatre presents provocative and intelligent works of both established and emerging playwrights in an intimate setting that involves and engages the audience. New Rep has earned a reputation for Dynamic Productions that honor the writers and feature talented professional actors from the New England Theatre community as well as guest artists from around the U.S. New Rep has received Elliot Norton and IRNE Awards for outstanding acting, scenic design, directions, and production. Programming for New Repertory Theatre is supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

ARTISTS

Joel Colodner (Emil) was the King in Indulgences at New Repertory Theatre. Recent credits include: Aryeh Lev and Jacob Kahn in My Name is Asher Lev (Lyric Stage); Signor Naccarelli in Light in the Piazza, Louis Hillisum in The Wrestling Patient (SpeakEasy Stage); King Henry in Henry IV parts I and II, the Cardinal in The Duchess of Malfi, King of France in King John, Marcus in Titus Andronicus, Polixenes in Winter's Tale (Actors' Shakespeare Project); replaced David Morse as Uncle Peck in How I Learned to Drive off-Broadway; Starbuck in The Rainmaker (Guthrie Theatre); Ritchie in Streamers, Mick in Comedians and Horatio in Hamlet (Arena Stage); Konstantin in The Seagull (Pittsburgh Public Theatre); original cast of the musical Is There Life After High School? (Hartford Stage); the revival of Arthur Miller's An American Clock (Mark Taper Forum). He has guest starred in numerous series including LA Law, Moonlighting, St. Elsewhere and Remington Steele. He played Bart Walker, a psycho-cardio-interno-gynecologist on the daytime serial Texas.

Adrianne Krstansky (Virginia) New Repertory Theatre Credits: Proprietress - afterlife: a ghost story, Lisa - 2.5 Minute Ride, Agnetha - Frozen. Other New England credits include: Paradise Lost, Britannicus and Ubu Rock at the American Repertory Theater, Emilia in Othello at Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, November at Lyric Stage Company, Gary by Melinda Lopez at Boston Playwrights Theater, Bug at Boston Theater Works, Snakebit and Body Awareness at SpeakEasy Stage Company, Closer at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea at The Vineyard Playhouse, Superior Donuts at New Century Theater. Regional credits include performances at the Steppenwolf Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Actors Theater of Louisville, Telluride Repertory Theater, and Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company and The Public Theater. Film credits include the role of Carol in The Company Men directed by John Wells. She is Assistant Professor of Theater Arts at Brandeis University.

Christine Power (Mac) is delighted to be making her New Rep debut. Boston credits include: Neighbors (Elliot Norton Award nomination for outstanding actress) and The Superheroine Monologues (co-produced with Phoenix Theatre Artists) with Company One; At Home at the Zoo, Private Fears in Public Places, Spin, and the Elliot Norton Award winning productions of Stuff Happens and The Kentucky Cycle (co-produced with Way Theatre Artists) with Zeitgeist Stage Company; Codes of Conduct (Fort Point Theater Channel); Candyland (New Exhibition Room); The American Dream (Theatre on Fire); Dancing at Lughnasa (Way Theatre Artists); More Than What (Centastage). Commercial work (voice-over/industrial) can be found at: www.NEActor.com/profile/ChristinePower.

Jeffery Hatcher (playwright) has had plays produced on Broadway, off-Broadway, throughout the United States, and abroad. They include Three Viewings, A Picasso, Scotland Road and Compleat Female Stage Beauty, as well as adaptations of The Turn of the Screw, The Government Inspector, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Tuesdays with Morrie (with Mitch Albom). Film/ TV: Stage Beauty, Casanova, The Duchess, and episodes of Columbo. He is a member of The Playwrights Center, Dramatists Guild, Writers Guild, and New Dramatists.

Jim Petosa (director) has been the artistic and educational leader of the Boston University School of Theatre since 2002, as well as Artistic Director of Maryland's Olney Theatre Center for the Arts since 1994. He also serves as artistic director for the National Players educational touring company and as one of three artistic directors for the Potomac Theatre Project, a company devoted to the presentation of political works. For New Rep, he has directed Opus and The Last Five Years. Other directing credits include: The Glass Menagerie, Democracy, Copenhagen, The Laramie Project, Art, Look! We Have Come Through! (Charles MacArthur Award nomination for Outstanding New Play), Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Director), and The Miracle Worker (Olney Theatre Center); Closetland, Marisol, Good, and The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (Potomac Theatre Project); Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, and Othello (National Players). As a guest artist, he has directed at the John F. Kennedy Center, Studio Theatre, Round House Theatre, and Rep Stage. Petosa received a 2001 Helen Hayes Award nomination for outstanding direction for the Theater J production of Collected Stories. In 2009 he established the Boston Center for American Performance, the professional production extension of the Boston University School of Theatre. A member of Actors' Equity Association, Petosa has served on the board of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Catalyst Theatre, and Playwrights Forum.

Company: New Repertory Theatre

Where: In residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, Black Box Theater, 321
Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA 02472

Production: Three Viewings

Playwright: Jeffrey Hatcher

Director: Jim Petosa

Cast: Joel Colodner Emil
Adrianne Krstansky Virginia
Christine Power Mac
Designers: Cristina Todesco Scenic Design
Molly Trainer Costume Design
Chris Brusberg Lighting Design
David Reiffel Sound Design
Julie Tidemand Properties Design

Performing: First performance: Sunday, November 27, 2011 at 2:00pm
Press Opening: Monday November 28, 2011 at 7:30pm
Runs through: Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 2:00pm

Performances: Sunday, November 27, 2011 at 2:00pm
Sunday, November 27, 2011 at 7:30pm
Monday, November 28, 2011 at 7:30pm (Press Opening)
Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 2:00pm
Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 7:30pm
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 8:00pm
Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 8:00pm
Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 2:00pm (Talkback)
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 7:30pm
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 7:30pm
Friday, December 9, 2011 at 8:00pm
Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 3:00pm
Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 8:00pm
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 2:00pm (Talkback)
Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 7:30pm
Friday, December 16, 2011 at 8:00pm
Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 3:00pm
Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 8:00pm
Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 2:00pm (Talkback)

Tickets: Full Price $35 General Admission. Seniors $5 Off Full Price. Student Rush $10
Call: 617-923-8487 or buy online at www.newrep.org.

Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
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Transportation: #70 or #70A bus to the School Street stop

Parking: Free, six-level parking garage across from the Arsenal Center for the Arts

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