Cumming And Cox Lead DEAD DAD DOG Reading 11/29

Classic Stage Company (CSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, will present acclaimed actors Alan Cumming and Brian Cox in a special one night only staged reading of DEAD DAD DOG, written by John McKay, Monday evening, November 29 at CSC (136 East 13th Street) at 8 pm. The reading will be staged by Brian Kulick. A limited number of tickets are available to the public at $25.

Meet Eck. He's your average, aspiring, unemployed, Scottish bloke. Meet Willie, his garishly dressed, Hoover ex-salesman of a Dad. A typical day becomes hilariously madcap, when the two suddenly find themselves inexplicably reunited, given the fact that Willie's been dead for twelve years.

DEAD DAD DOG continues the venerable story-telling tradition that chronicles the conflict between fathers and sons, a genre that has a lineage beginning with Oedipus Rex and working its way through Hamlet and Long Day's Journey Into Night. Author John McKay gives this age old conflict a rich comic turn in his celebrated play.

John McKay started writing and performing professionally with the radical scots comedy group The Merry Mac Fun Show in 1985. In 1988 DEAD DAD DOG premiered at the Edinburgh Traverse theatre and transferred to a successful run at The Royal Court Theatre upstairs in London. McKay also adapted the play into a television series for the BBC in the early 90's. Other work includes Hellbent On Christmas (Traverese theatre), Stubborn Kinda Fellow (Channel Four Television) and Up With Bob and Jesse. (Traverese Theatre)

For tickets and information, visit www.classicstage.org or call (866) 811-4111, or (212) 352-3101, or visit the CSC box office at 136 East 13th Street, Monday through Friday 12 pm to 6 pm.
Now in its 44th year as one of New York's most exciting theatres, Classic Stage Company is the award-winning Off-Broadway theatre committed to re-imagining the classical repertory for a contemporary American audience. Led by Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, they recently presented David Ives' highly acclaimed Venus In Fur, directed by Walter Bobbie as well as Ostrovsky's The Forest, adapted by Kathleen Tolan, starring Dianne Wiest and John Douglas Thompson, and directed by Brian Kulick. In the previous season the company presented three sold-out acclaimed productions: Shakespeare's The Tempest, starring Mandy Patinkin; Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, starring Denis O'Hare, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard; and Anne Carson's An Oresteia. Recent productions: critically acclaimed sold-out runs of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, starring Dianne Wiest and Alan Cumming; the world premiere of David Ives' New Jerusalem, directed by Walter Bobbie; Hamlet, Richard II, and Richard III starring Michael Cumpsty and directed by Brian Kulick; and Zoe Caldwell in Yasmina Reza's A Spanish Play, directed by John Turturro. In January, CSC will present Maggie Gyllenhaal, Josh Hamilton, Jessica Hecht and Peter Sarsgaard in Chekhov's Three Sisters, directed by Austin Pendleton.

CSC presents plays from the past that speak directly to the issues of today. As CSC returns to works of the past, it endeavors to keep a clear eye on the future, particularly in terms of the next generation of artists and audiences. Founded in 1967, CSC has received wide recognition for its significant contributions to theatre as an art form through productions of classic plays, translations and adaptations and a long-standing commitment to the identification and nurturing of leading and 

emerging artists. Classic Stage's artists are the finest established and emerging theater practitioners working in this country. Highly respected and widely regarded as a major force in New York and American theatre, Classic Stage has been cited repeatedly by all the major Off-Broadway theater awards: Obies, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League and the 1999 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Body of Work. Memberships to Classic Stage Company productions are available at various price levels, including the flexible MasterPass membership, which in addition to prime seats entitles members to participate in CSC special series, including their sold-out Open Rehearsal events. For more information on Classic Stage Company visit the theatre's website at www.classicstage.org.

 

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