DIRTY GREAT LOVE STORY Makes US Debut at 59E59 Theaters Tonight

59E59 Theaters will present the US premiere of DIRTY GREAT LOVE STORY, written and rhymed by Richard Marsh and Katie Bonna, and directed by Pia Furtado. Produced by Polly Ingham Productions and TIM JOhanson Productions in association with Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, DIRTY GREAT LOVE STORY begins performances tonight, June 11 for a limited engagement through Sunday, June 30. Press opening is Sunday, June 16 at 7:30 PM. The performance schedule isTuesday - Thursday at 7:30 PM; Friday at 8:30 PM; Saturday at 2:30 PM & 8:30 PM; and Sunday at 3:30 PM & 7:30 PM. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Tickets are $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.59e59.org.

An achingly funny story of two hopeful, hapless romantics who get drunk, get it on, and then get the hell away from each other. In her eyes, he's a mistake. A mistake who keeps turning up at parties. In his eyes, she's perfect. But he's short-sighted. Can a one night stand last a lifetime?

This "addictively loveable" (Time Out London) poetry-play charmed audiences at the Pleasance Dome at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival Fringe with its hilarious mash-up of theater and spoken word. Called "bliss" by The Independent, DIRTY GREAT LOVE STORY arrives at 59E59 Theaters after sold-out runs at the Bristol Old Vic, Soho Theatre and Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds.

Katie Bonna (playwright/performer) is a playwright, performance poet and actress, nominated for Best Actress by The Stage in Edinburgh 2012. Other writing includes rapid response piece Underlay (Nabokov at Soho Theatre); the one-woman show The Celebrated Mrs Inchbald (Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds and the U.S.); The Glass Tower (Red Handed Theatre Company); and Liquorice & Smoke-Rings (PULSE Festival). She has created a number of word installations for the Antic Group, in their venues across London, as well as running a number of interactive community-based events with her poetry collective, Dirty Hands, in pop-up and public spaces in her local borough of Wandsworth. She has performed poetry at Latitude, Larmer Tree and Meadowlands festivals, appeared on Channel 4 as part of the Random Acts series, and the live poetry nights Hammer & Tongue and Apples & Snakes.

Richard Marsh's (playwright/performer) plays include: Skittles (BAC, Nursery Theatre, and Radio 4, also performed); Nicked (book & lyrics, HighTide & Criterion); Westminster Side Story (book & lyrics, Coalition at Theatre503); Khaliq's Story / 2007 (Decade at Theatre503); Fairytale of New Cross (Theatre503); Dad's Money (Edinburgh and London, also directed). Richard was one of the inaugural 503/5 writers-in-residence at Theatre503. As a poet, he's performed all over London, at various festivals and internationally as far away as Scotland.

Pia Furtado (director) directs theatre, opera and multi-disciplinary work. She is the artistic director of The Theory of Everything, which is currently developing two new works: The Phillippa Project (a collaboration with the late Abram Wilson) and WT:P. She was a JUMP mentor for the Australian Arts Council in 2012 and trained intensively in Suzuki/Viewpoints with the Siti Company in 2009. Director: Say it with Flowers (Sherman Cymru), Acis and Galatea (Iford), Handel's Susanna (Iford), Cautionary Tales (director and adapter, Opera North); Opera Highlights (director and writer); Werther, L'histoire de Babar, La chouette enrhumée (Opéra Les Azuriales Nice); Fairy Tales/Cinders (Nabokov, BAC/ Latitude); Nicked (HighTide Festival 2011); Manon/Sandra (TTOE/Chopt Logic, NY International Festival); Coffee Cantata (Early Opera Company); Venus and Adonis (La Nuova Musica at Spitalfields Festival); Parade by Jason Robert Brown (UK premiere, winner of 3 Weeks Best Musical and Top 10 Shows in Edinburgh); Bonduca (Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment); The Diary of One Who Disappeared (Grimebourne, Arcola). Pia has also held residencies and staff directed at The Royal Court, The Young Vic, English National Opera, The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Royal Opera House, ENO, and Opera North.

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