EMILY AT THE EDGE OF CHAOS Premieres At Ensemble Studio 3/26

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (William Carden, Artistic Director, Paul Alexander Slee, Executive Director) proudly announces the premiere of Emily at the Edge of Chaos, a new play written and performed by Emily Levine*, directed by Marcia Jean Kurtz*. Performances begin March 26th, and continue through April 11th at E.S.T. (549 West 52nd Street), on the 6th Floor.

Brainiac comedian Emily Levine's one-woman show takes you on a thought-provoking and hilarious ride through the paradigm shift: from Newton's rational universe to the wildly improvisational universe of quantum physics, chaos theory and more. Levine was propelled into this universe when she developed a rare medical condition called "acromegaly", manifesting in a set of bizarre symptoms that included loss of balance; cognitive dissonance; and a compulsion to grow beyond her natural limits...the very same symptoms that have been plaguing America! In this thoroughly original comic monologue, Emily offers tips from her own personal paradigm shift to help the country - and the universe - through theirs.

Humorist, speaker, radio commentator, Harvard grad Emily Levine began her career with an improvisational comedy group called "The New York City Stickball Team". Several television appearances, a few college tours and innumerable fights later, the group broke up and Levine went on to co-write and perform a series of Emmy-award winning commercial satire segments for WNET's "Fifty-First State". Using the same unique combination of humor and real information that was fast becoming her trademark, Levine provided consumer information as a weekly feature of WNBC's News 4. Though her real ambition was to become an oracle, Levine settled for a career as a stand-up comedian, headlining in comedy clubs and making television appearances on shows such as David Letterman's "Late Night". The Los Angeles Times called her "a stand-out as a stand-up." Newsweek called her "one of the new queens of comedy." In the ‘80s, Levine became a television writer/producer, working on shows such as "Designing Women" and "Love and War." Under overall deals at Universal Studios and The Walt Disney Company, she created and produced pilots for new situation comedies for CBS, NBC, ABC and HBO. The marriage of Levine's brain with her funny-bone has resulted in a new career as a corporate speaker and as a radio commentator for WNYC in New York. She also has created two one-woman shows: "It's Not You, It's the Universe: How to Have Your Cake and Eat It Too and Lose Weight"; and the prematurely-titled "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Free Market". Performances of Levine's shows have earned her accolades like "brainy and zany" (Time Out New York), a "mad professor genius comic" (Los Angeles Times) and standing ovations from audiences at the Tiffany Theatre and Theatre 40 in LA, and American Place Theatre and 92nd Street Y. In the words of producer Norman Lear: "Go see Emily Levine at the risk of blowing your mind, splitting your sides, and exiting a better person."
Ensemble Studio Theatre is a not-for-profit developmental theatre founded in 1972 with two primary goals: to nurture individual theatre artists, and to develop new American plays. Under the guidance of founder Curt Dempster, the theatre's membership grew from a core of 20 artists to a flourishing community of over 500 theatre artists of the highest caliber. Among them are winners of accolades and higher awards including Pulitzer Prizes, Oscars, Tonys, Emmys, and Obies. E.S.T. is a lifelong artistic home for its member playwrights, directors, actors, designers, technical personnel, and administrators. Each year, the Ensemble produces over 300 projects, including readings, staged readings, and fully produced mainstage full-lengths.

THE ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE is located at 549 West 52nd Street (between 10th & 11th Avenues). Performances will be Thursdays, Fridays, & Saturdays at 7pm beginning March 26th and continuing through April 11th. Tickets will be $15 for all performances. To purchase tickets, and for more information, please call 212-352-3101 or at www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org

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