Multi award winning playwright/lyricist Steven Sater has chosen LA's Rogue Machine to present the World premiere of his play NEW YORK ANIMALS. Casting has been finalized.
Steven Sater won the Tony Award for Best Book and Best Score, the Drama Desk and Outer Critics' Circle Award for Best Lyrics, the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, and the 2010 Olivier Award for Best New Musical for Spring Awakening. Other awards include the Dramatists Guild Hull-Warriner Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, New York Drama Critics' Circle, and Drama League Awards for Best Musical.Plays include the long-running Carbondale Dreams; Perfect for You; Doll (Rosenthal Prize); Umbrage (Steppenwolf New Play Prize); A Footnote to the Iliad (New York Stage and Film); Asylum (Naked Angels), and a reconceived musical version of Shakespeare's Tempest (Lyric Hammersmith). In addition to Spring Awakening, he has collaborated with Duncan Sheik on Umbrage (HERE); Nero (Magic Theatre, New York Stage and Film); The Nightingale (La Jolla Playhouse and American Conservatory Theater); the critically acclaimed album Phantom Moon (Nonesuch); and a new musical version of Alice in Wonderland. Steven is currently at work with Serj Tankian (System of a Down's; 2006 Grammy Award, 4 Grammy nominations) and Burt Bacharach on new musicals. Additionally, he works as a pop/rock lyricist and a screenwriter (the forthcoming Chitty Chitty Bang Bang remake for Sony Pictures).ROGUE MACHINE proudly presents their third world premiere production in Los Angeles. The company has presented 2 Los Angeles premiere (COMPLEAT FEMALE STAGE BEAUTY, and STOP KISS) 4 West Coast premiere (FOUR PLACES, AMERICAN DEAD, BINGO WITH THE INDIANS, and HALF OF PLENTY), and 3 world premiere productions which include last season's critically acclaimed RAZORBACK and the award winning production of Henry Murray's TREEFALL, now being published by the Dramatist Play Service. Rogue Machine is a collective of award winning entertainment veterans bringing a new and distinctive voice to Los Angeles Theatre. Their mission includes building a Theatre Of ideas and nurturing the development of plays from contemporary writers while manifesting current culture, and consciousness.
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Caroline Aaron (Older Woman) made her Broadway debut in Robert Altman's Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. Subsequent appearances on Broadway include starring roles in the Jose Quintero/Jason Robards' revival of The Iceman Cometh, and the Mike Nichols comedy Social Security, (he first directed her on film in Heartburn opposite Meryl Streep, she then reteamed with him for Working Girl, Primary Colors, and What Planet Are You From?). Caroline returned to Broadway for I Hate Hamlet. Most recently, she appeared in Love, Loss, and What I Wore at the Geffen Playhouse. At the Mark Taper Forum she was seen in Wendy Wasserstein's The Sisters Rosensweig and was acknowledged by the theatre community with both a Helen Hayes and Dramalogue Award. Caroline garnered an Ovation Award nomination and another Dramalogue Award for her work in the stage version of Call Waiting. She has a distinguished career in TV and film and has repeatedly worked with directors such as Woody Allen, Mike Nichols, Robert Altman, Nora Ephron, Paul Mazursky and Don Roos. Caroline was honored with a Blockbuster Award nomination for best supporting actress in Bounce. KEVIN BRIEF (Older Man) is perhaps most familiar for his appearances on over fifty television shows. He is recognized for roles on local stages in plays such as A Prayer for My Daughter at Crown City Theatre, and the award winning productions of Additional Particulars and Glengarry Glen Ross. Kevin is a founding member of the Mud-Luscious Theater Ensemble and has appeared in many of their productions. He often works regionally at theatres such as Missouri Repertory, Asolo State Theatre, and the Unicorn Theater. Selected TV credits include: Big Bang Theory, Medium, and American Teenager, Cold Case, Will & Grace, ER, and House. TV movies in which he has played leading roles include Three Secrets with Jaclyn Smith, Dead Before Dawn with Cheryl Ladd, Gone In The Night, Live From Bagdad, and Little John (HallMark Hall of Fame). Kevin will be seen in the Adam Sandler film, Born To Be A Star, and other film credits include The Kingdom, Full Count, Guinevere (a Sundance winner), A Month of Sundays (opposite Rod Steiger), Durango Kids, and Threat of Exposure. JUDITH CHAPMAN (Maxine Faulk) began working on stage and in television in New York where she joined the Actors' Studio, and landed the role of Natalie Hughes on the daytime drama As The World Turns. She has enjoyed a long career with many of the networks daytime dramas. Other TV: Murder, She Wrote, The Fall Guy, Magnum, P.I. and Silk Stalkings. Film credits include: 28 DAYS, The Sweetest Thing, Night of The Running Man and Scorpio One. Judith was recognized by The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences with a Silver Circle Award, which honors members of the television community who have contributed 25 years to the industry. She joined the cast of The Young and the Restless in 2005, in the role of Gloria Bardwell. Judith formed "The Troubadours of Daytime," a theatre company of Daytime actors who utilize their time, talent, and love of theatre to raise money for organizations such as Kiva.org. Burl Moseley (Younger Man) began his acting career in New York performing in such plays as Christopher Shinn's Where Do We Live (Vineyard Theatre), Zakiyyah Alexander's Blurring Shine (NYC Fringe), and Daryl Watson's Prime Time (Abingdon Theatre). He created the role of Benjamin in Daniel Alexander Jones' Bel Canto in Boston and has performed at the Sundance Theatre Lab and the New York Theatre Workshop. Selected TV credits include 24, Law & Order, Brothers & Sisters, Young & The Restless, and Monk. Film credits include Truth, Feel Good Lost, and Straw Man.JENNIFER RILEY (Younger Woman) is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and is originally from Dallas, Texas. She has starred in over 30 stage productions and several independent films. Since moving to Los Angeles five years ago, Jennifer co-founded the Jabberwocky Theatre Company and has starred in several of their acclaimed productions. Her favorite roles in Los Angeles have been Clara Dearborn in Grace (Actor's Circle Theatre) and Marie Broncato in Lost and Found (Lounge Theatre). Jennifer produces the Rogue Machine Off-The-Clock series and is a founding member of Rogue Machine.
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