New Rep Presents FRANKIE ANDJOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE, Adds 12/12, 12/15

New Repertory Theatre, in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, is pleased to announce Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, a comedy by Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally. Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune opens for the press on Monday, November 29, 2010 at 7:30pm and plays through Sunday, December 19, 2010 at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in the Black Box Theater.

Due to strong advance ticket sales, New Rep has added two performances.

The additional two performances are on:

Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 7:30pm
Sunday, December 15, 2010 at 7:30pm

"I am delighted we have added two performances," said Kate Warner, New Rep's Artistic Director. "Our decision to add the two shows was simple; advance ticket sales for Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune have been robust. To date, we already have four sold-out performances."

Ms. Warner continues, "I am quite excited about this production. I feel the intimacy of the Black Box Theater provides a wonderful setting for our patrons to fully experience McNally's brilliant and tender comedy."

"I'm thrilled to be making a play at New Rep for the first time with such a remarkable group of people," states Antonio Ocampo-Guzman, the director of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. I have long admired Anne and Bob's work and creating a compelling playground for them has been a very rewarding experience. I'm delighted to share this rich play with New Rep audiences as a reminder that if we listen to each other and let them see us for whom we really are, love is indeed possible."

Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune features Anne Gottlieb as Frankie and Robert Pemberton as Johnny.

In the City that Never Sleeps, is it possible to find real love after one night together? Join Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally's fated duo, Frankie and Johnny, a guarded waitress and a passionate short-order cook, as they discover the world is smaller than they expected, there is no such thing as a mere coincidence, and love can be as simple as deciding to embrace it.

Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune contains mature theme and nudity.

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.

THE ARTISTS

Anne Gottlieb (Frankie) is happy to return to the New Rep. having played Agnes in Silence. She recently appeared as Catherine Givings in the hit production of In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) at SpeakEasy Stage Company. Other recent credits include: Not Enough Air, The Nora Theatre Company; Blithe Spirit Lyric Stage Company; The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Gloucester Stage Company. She was part of the award-winning Ensemble of Speakeasy stage company's The Women and received the 2004 Independent Reviewer's of New England Award for her portrayal of Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra, Boston Theatre Works0 and Emma in Betrayal, The Nora Theatre Company. In 2009, Anne's company, FortyMagnolias Productions co-produced the world premiere of The Wrestling Patient with SpeakEasy and Boston Playwrights' Theatre. She is one of three co-creators of the piece and also appeared as Etty Hillesum, a writer whose diaries and letters inspired the play. Anne teaches acting for the Michael Chekhov Association. She is a Resident Scholar in Collaborative Theatre at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University.

Robert Pemberton (Johnny) is happy to be back working at New Rep, having just performed last season's Speed-the-Plow. Previous credits include: The Goat (Gloucester Stage Company); The Random Carusoe (CentaStage); and Patriot Act (The Fringe Festival in Edinborough, Scotland). He has also recently played Drazen in Ponies at Gloucester Stage Company, as well as Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Boston Theatre Works). He has been seen in Dinner With Friends (Tom) at the GSC; Mercy Seat (Ben) at Lyric Stage; Woman in Black (Kipps) at Stoneham Theatre; Antony and Cleopatra (Antony) at Boston Theater Works; Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick) at the Publick Theatre; and in the World Premiere of Shel's Shorts at the Market Theatre (2002 Elliot Norton Award). He has also been seen at the Huntington Theatre; North Shore Music Theatre; Merrimack Repertory Theatre; SpeakEasy; Foothills Theatre; and The Nora, as well as being a cast member in the long running Shear Madness at the Charles Theatre. Robert's most recent film work includes: By the Sea (nominated for a Latin Oscar); Treading Water; Boondock Saints; The Exchange; Gentleman from Boston; Temps; The Still Point; The New England Connection; and Anathema. On the smaller screen, he can be seen in a recurring role on Showtime's Brotherhood, as well as Another World; Guiding Light; Unsolved Mysteries; and in many local and national commercial spots.
Terrence McNally (playwright) won Tony Awards for best play for Love! Valour! Compassion! and Master Class. In addition, Love! Valour! Compassion! won the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award, and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards for best play. His other plays include Corpus Christi, which was named one of the best plays of 1998 by Time magazine; A Perfect Ganesh, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Lips Together, Teeth Apart; The Lisbon Traviata; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, and It's Only a Play. Earlier stage works include: Bad Habits, The Ritz, Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone?, and And Things That Go Bump in the Night. He has written a number of television scripts, including Andre's Mother, for which he won an Emmy Award. Mr. McNally has received two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Rockefeller grant, a Lucille Lortel Award, and a citation from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. A member of the Dramatists Guild since 1970, Mr. McNally was raised in Corpus Christi, Texas, and makes his home in New York City.

Antonio Ocampo-Guzman (director) is thrilled to be doing his first play at NewRep with Anne and Bob. Antonio recently directed his own translation of García Lorca's Blood Wedding at Northeastern University, where he serves on the faculty of the Department of Theatre. He directed The One Exception for the 1first Tennessee Williams Festival in Provincetown as well as collaborated with performance artists Jeff McMahon (We Small Hours at Dixon Place, NYC) and Carlos Manuel (La Vida Loca). International directing credits include Las Cuñadas at the Teatro Libre (Bogotá) and Death and the Maiden (Toronto). As an actor, he has worked with the Actors Shakespeare Project, The Nora Theatre, Boston Playwrights Theatre and Shakespeare & Company, among others. A Designated Linklater Master Teacher, Antonio has adapted this popular practice into Spanish and offers both bilingual and Spanish-only training and coaching here in the US, as well as internationally. Antonio received his MFA in Directing from York University, Toronto.

Tickets: Full Price $30 general admission. Seniors $5 off full price. Student rush $11.
Call: 617-923-8487 or buy online at www.newrep.org.

 

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