Jenn Colella is Beebo in 'Brinker Chronicles,' Begins Feb.19 at 37 Arts

Jenn Colella (Urban Cowboy, High Fidelity) has been confirmed to play the title role in the new Off-Broadway production of Beebo Brinker Chronicles, beginning a 10-week limited engagement Off-Broadway run February 19 at 37 Arts. A stage adaptation of Ann Bannon's groundbreaking, award-winning pulp novels of the 1950s and 1960s, Beebo Brinker Chronicles is written by Kate Moira Ryan and Linda S. Chapman and directed by Leigh Silverman. Opening night is slated for March 5.

"Fueled by booze and furtive sex, Beebo Brinker Chronicles follows the lives and loves of four friends in pre-Stonewall Greenwich Village. Beth and Laura, secret lovers in college, still pine for each other. Before they can reunite, they find themselves entangled in a web spun by Beebo Brinker, a butch denizen of the underground bar scene, and Jack, a flamboyant fop with caustic wit," explain press notes.

Colella will join previously announced actors David Greenspan (2007 Obie for Some Men and Faust), Carolyn Baeumler (Trouble In Paradise), Bill Dawes (Gross Indecency, Burning Blue), Autumn Dornfeld (The Graduate), and Marin Ireland (Obie Award for Cyclone).

The design team includes Theresa Squire (costumes), Rachel Hauck (set), Nicole Pearce (lights), Jill BC DuBoff (sound) and Roy Gabay (General Manager).

Beebo Brinker Chronicles runs February 19 - April 27 with performances Tuesday at 7PM; Wednesday, Thursday & Fridays at 8PM; Saturday at 5PM & 9PM; and Sunday at 3PM & 7PM.

37 Arts is located at 450 West 37th Street (between 9th & 10th Aves). Tickets are $46.25 - $56.25. To buy tickets call 212-307-4100 or visit www.TicketMaster.com.

Jenn Colella (photo by Walter McBride / Retna Ltd)