Michael Shannon to Present Jennifer Engstrom's EXCUSE MY DUST (A DOROTHY PARKER PORTFOLIO) at SoHo Playhouse Next Month
By: BWW News Desk
Michael Shannon will present the New York Premiere of EXCUSE MY DUST (A DOROTHY PARKER PORTFOLIO), written and performed by Jennifer Engstrom. Directed by Darren Lee Cole, previews begin October 10 at SoHo Playhouse with opening night set for Sunday, October 19.
Dorothy Parker once suggested that her epitaph read, "EXCUSE MY DUST." A fitting notion, as her remains were left untended in a New York City law firm's filing cabinet fifteen years after her cremation. Join veteran Chicago actress Jennifer Engstrom in an exploration of New York's most celebrated wit, uncovering the soul of the woman through characters from five of Parker's short stories. "I picked up 'The Portable Dorothy Parker,' and to my amazement, I was a Dorothy Parker 'type' - as were every one of my best girlfriends," notes Engstrom. "Here was a woman who in the 1920s and '30s said and wrote the most hilarious, touching and revealing things about herself and the world in which she found herself. In EXCUSE MY DUST, I do not portray Ms. Parker herself, only breathe life and give form to the leading ladies in her stories,"Videos