BLOOD TYPE: RAGU Concludes Its Run At Actors' Playhouse On 4/5

Flying Machine Productions today announced that the Off-Broadway premiere of BLOOD TYPE: RAGU, a new play written and performed by Frank Ingrasciotta, and directed by Ted Sod, will conclude its run at the newly restored Actors' Playhouse (100 Seventh Avenue South) after the matinee on Sunday April 5th. At that point it will have played thirty performances and fourteen previews.

Hailed by audiences and critics alike ("Blood Type: Ragu is a perfect match. An ingratiating performer, with sufficient wit to make it truly universal." - New York Post; "Ingrasciotta's ability to spin a comic tale is deft. A dramatic coming-of-age piece that will speak to all audiences!" - Theatremania).

Blood Type: RAGU is a hilarious and poignant exploration of the Sicilian immigrant experience based on the life of writer/performer Frank Ingrasciotta. This one-man show features more than 20 characters, who live, love and laugh as they struggle to thrive in a new culture, while nurturing the traditions of the old. It's not drama . . . it's just family! And we all have one.

You don't have to be Italian to enjoy Blood Type: RAGU. Its universal themes have delighted audiences around the country. The play's twice-extended four-month run at the Belmont Playhouse broke records, becoming one of the longest running shows in the theatre's ten-year history. The show has also been performed at Dixon Place, HERE, Manhattan Theatre Source, Ensemble Studio Theatre (as part of its Octoberfest), Manhattan Repertory, Authors Playhouse, George Street Playhouse, Westchester Music Conservatory, Riverspace Arts (Nyack), Metropolis Port Theater Company (Atlanta, GA) as well as Westchester Community College, CUNY Lehman College, SUNY Stony Brook. Blood Type: RAGU was recently featured in Prof. Fred Gardaphe's book From Wiseguys to Wise Men.

Tickets for remaining performances are available at Smarttix.com at 212/868-4444. The Actors' Playhouse is located at 100 Seventh Avenue South at Sheridan Square, in the heart of Greenwich Village. For more information visit www.BloodTypeRagu.com