Katharine Houghton Leads THE PRETTY TRAP At The Acorn, Opens 8/2

During this centennial year of Tennessee Williams, Cause Celebrè (Susan Charlotte, Founding Artistic Director) is excited to present the New York Premiere of Williams' one-act version of The Glass Menagerie entitled The Pretty Trap starring Ms. Katharine Houghton and Mr. Robert Eli, directed by Antony Marsellis. The Pretty Trap will begin performances at The Acorn Theatre (410 W 42 Street) on Tuesday, August 2, through August 21, 2011. Tickets are $66.25 and can be purchased at www.Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200.

Katharine Houghton portrays Amanda - a role famously played by her aunt Katharine Hepburn - a mother awaiting the arrival of her daughter's gentleman caller. This production of The Pretty Trap, directed by Antony Marsellis, marks the New York Premiere of this one-act version of the "Glass Menagerie." Cause Celebrè presented the very first public reading of this long buriEd Williams' piece starring Kathleen Turner.
The Pretty Trap
Written by Tennessee William, directed by Antony Marsellis.
Performances begin Tuesday, August 2; Opening Tuesday, August 3, 2011 through August 21, 2011

Tickets are $66.25 and can be purchased at www.Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200.
The Acorn Theatre is located at 410 W 42 Street

Regular priced seats are $66.25 ($10 tax deductible); Premium seating is $131.25 ($70 tax deductible) and can be purchased at www.Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200.

Performances are:
Tuesday, August 2 at 2pm & 7pm
Wednesday - August 3 at 2pm & 8pm
Tuesday - August 9 at 2pm & 7pm
Wednesday - August 10 at 2pm & 8pm
Tuesday - August 16 at 7pm
Wednesday - August 17 at 2pm & 8pm
Thursday - August 18 at 8pm
Friday - August 19 at 2pm & 8pm
Saturday - August 20 at 2pm & 8pm
Sunday - August 21 at 3pm

Running time is 80 Minutes

The Pretty Trap will play in rep with The Shoemaker

Katharine Houghton (Amanda Wingfield ) The niece of superstar Katharine Hepburn (her mother was Hepburn's sister), Katherine Houghton attended Sarah Lawrence College before making her Broadway bow in Ruth Gordon's A Very Rich Woman (1965) She was then cast as Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn's daughter--and Sidney Poiter's fiancé--in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Though Houghton did go on to make other films, she spent the majority of her career onstage. In 1969, she won an Obie Award for her performance in Scent of Flowers. Three years later, she co-founded Kentucky's Pilgrim Repertory Theatre, and then spent the next two decades appearing in one Broadway production after another. In the early 1990s she reemerged on the film scene as a character actress, essaying such roles as the "Cheese Lady" in The Night We Never Met (1993) and Mrs. Hale in Ethan Frome (1994). In addition to her extensive acting credits, Katharine Houghton is a prolific novelist, screenwriter and playwright

Robert Eli (Jim O'Connor - Gentleman Caller), BROADWAY: Tartuffe (Roundabout Theatre Company) OFF-BROADWAY: Saturn Returns (Lincoln Center Theatre) It's A Dry Heat (Primary Stages) NEW YORK: The Drunk (Centerstage) John Gabriel Borkman (The Century Center) The Antioch Rules (Here). REGIONAL: Williamstown, Hartford Stage, Chautauqua, The English Theatre of Frankfurt. TELEVISION: Fringe, All My Children, Guiding Light, As The World Turns. Member of The Gradoux Group and graduate of The Juilliard School.

Antony Marsellis (Director) continues to move between the worlds of theatre, film and television. He has directed numerous plays around the city and country including Harold Pinter's Night School, Samuel Beckett's Krapps Last Tape, and Happy Days as well as the stage version of his critically-acclaimed films, Men of Manhattan and A Broken Sole. He has had the privilege of collaborating on stage and screen with the finest of New York's acting community including: Danny Aiello, Peter Bogdonovich, Tyne Daly, Bob Dishy, Christine Ebersole, Judd Hirsch, Judith Light, Tony Roberts, Marian Seldes, John Shea, Frances Sternhagen, Elaine Stritch, and Kathleen Turner. Plays directed at the Theatre Row include: Susan Charlotte's The Shoemaker (one act version), and Love Divided By/Times Three, Tom Fontana's This Is On Me and A.R. Gurney's The Love Course. He is a member of SDC.

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