Designers Announced For THE LAST CASTRATO At The Connelly Theater, Previews 11/12

Gap in the Wall Productions presents "The Last Castrato" by Guy Fredrick Glass, Off Broadway at the Connelly Theater, 220 East 4th Street (Bet Avenue A & Avenue B subway: F to 2nd Ave.;6 to Astor). Inspired by true events, the play is directed by John Henry Davis. Previews begin on November 12th and the Opening is Tuesday, November 16th. www.lastcastrato.com.

Andreea Mincic (Scenic Designer) has done set and costume design in both Europe and United States. Recent work includes "Red Over Red", "Nurses in New England", "Hedda Gabler". Other collaborators include LAByrinth Theatre Company, Hudson Stage Company, New School of Drama, Soho Rep, Firebone Theatre Company, Light Box Theatre Company, Vital Theatre, The, Buro fur Off Theatre-Leipzig, The Place-London, The National Theatre- Bucharest, etc.

Brenda Abbandandolo (Costume Designer) select theater credits include "Unrequited" (The Public Theater Shakespeare Lab), for the Women's Project: The Women Chill", "Remembrance" and for other companies "Mission Drift", "Strindberg Strindberg", "Wonder", "Global Cooling: "The Dime Show", "Keep the Change". Recent film credits include: A Younger Man, Newsworthy, Outmode, and Positive.

Mark T. Simpson (Lighting Designer) on Broadway the Associate Lighting Designer for "Lombardi", "Memphis", "Guys and Dolls", "In the Heights", "Les Miserables", "The Color Purple", "Sinatra" (Radio City), "The Full Monty" to name a few. Off-Broadway: "Forbidden Broadway"); and set and lights for "Lypsinka, As I Lay Lip-Sching" and David Drake's "Son of Drakula" at DTW.

"The Last Castrato" tells the story of Alessandro Moreschi, the last of that unique, almost forgotten group --the castrati-- who were damaged at a young age by forces beyond their control. The play is set at a Vatican that has been uneasily thrust into the twentieth century, as Moreschi becomes the only member of his line to preserve his voice for the newly-invented phonograph. Through his personal journey, as he battles bureaucracy, homophobia, and raw political ambition, he grapples with his sexual identity to find out who he really is. Told with humor, passion, and the music of the castrati, "The Last Castrato" is a celebration of the triumph of the human spirit over oppression.
Guy Fredrick Glass has had performances and readings of his plays in New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Washington DC, England, and Japan. Healing and The Therapeutic Hour were published by Smith and Kraus in their 2007 Best Ten Minute Plays series. Dr. Glass is also a psychiatrist who practices in Manhattan and New Jersey. He was for many years Newsletter Editor for the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists, and has spoken at national and international conferences on topics related to gay and lesbian mental health. John Henry Davis (Director) of theatre, film, and television in New York and across the country, and he has directed at Playwrights Horizons, Mark Taper Forum, Kennedy Center, and Dallas Theatre Center, working with writers and composers such as Beth Henley, Tom Babe, Ossie Davis, and Jason Robert Brown. In television and film, he has directed Oz (HBO), The Sarah Jones Show (Bravo), and was director of the award winning feature film Ordinary Sinner. He also directed the premieres of the plays Papa and Mountain, both starring Len Cariou for tour and Off-Broadway and Daughters at the Westside Arts.

Performances are Wednesday - Saturday at 8:00 pm. There are special matinees at 3:00 pm on Sat 11/20 and Sun 11/28; and 8:00 pm Sun 11/21. There is no performance Wed 11/17 and (Thanksgiving week) on Wed 11/24 & Thurs 11/25. Tickets are $18. Tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets - Phone: 1.800.838.3006 (ask for Event Number 125160) or online by clicking here: Buy tickets for The Last Castrato.