Photo Flash: 'The Third Story' in Previews at La Jolla Playhouse
The Third Story is an uplifting and very funny play that is composed of three interconnected stories: a realistic tale of a mother and son screenwriting team in the 1940's, a B-movie about the uneasy alliance between a mob queen and a frosty lady scientist and a Russian fairy tale in which a painfully shy Princess makes a dark pact with a mercurial old witch.
The cast features: Charles Busch (Baba Yaga/Queenie Bartlett) who recently starred in his own screenplay of Die, Mommie, Die! and is the author of such critically acclaimed plays as The Tale of the Allergist's Wife; Mary Beth Peil (Peg/Dr. Rutenspitz) a Tony-nominated actress most recently seen on Broadway in Sunday in the Park with George, whose credits include Film: Stepford Wives and TV: Grams in Dawson's Creek; Jonathan Walker (Drew/Steve) whose credits include Film: Michael Clayton and Broadway: Twentieth Century and After the Fall; Jennifer Van Dyck (Constance Hudson) whose recent credits include Film: Across the Universe, TV: New Amsterdam, Broadway: Hedda Gabler; Scott Parkinson (Zygote) who performed on Broadway in The Coast of Utopia; and Rebecca Levy (Vasalisa/Verna/Miss Tinsley) a third-year MFA student at UC San Diego who has also performed in Lulu at Harvard University and Peter Pan at Berkshire Theatre Festival.
Previews Begin: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 @ 7:30 pm
Press Opening: Sunday, September 21, 2008 @ 7:30 pm
Closes: Sunday, October 19, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Tuesdays @ 7:30 pm / Wednesdays @ 7:30 pm / Thursdays @ 8:00 pm / Fridays @ 8:00 pm
Saturdays @ 2:00 pm (no Saturday matinee during first preview week) & 8:00 pm
Sundays @ 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
For tickets call 858-550-1010 or visit www.lajollaplayhouse.org. The box office is located at 2910 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla, CA.
Rebecca Lawrence and Jonathan Walker
Scott Parkinson and Charles Busch
Rebecca Lawrence, Scott Parkinson and Jonathan Walker
Rebecca Lawrence and Charles Busch
Mary Beth Peil, Jonathan Walker and Charles Busch
Charles Busch and Rebecca Lawrence
Jennifer Van Dyck, Charles Busch and Mary Beth Peil
Charles Busch and Jonathan Walker
Jennifer Van Dyck and Scott Parkinson
Photos by J.T. McMillan
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