Mint Theater Announces Its EnrichMINT Events for A PICTURE OF AUTUMN

Mint Theater (Jonathan Bank, Artistic Director) today announced its line-up of EnrichMint Events for its upcoming production of A Picture of Autumn by N.C. Hunter. For each of their productions, Mint Theater hosts a number of post-show speakers for what are called "EnrichMint" Events. These post-show discussions are free and open to the public. The speakers may be experts on an author or era, or leaders in a humanities field that may bring an entirely different perspective on the play.

EnrichMint Events are supported in part by a grant from The New York Council for the Humanities and the Michael Tuch Foundation. All events take place immediately after the performance and usually last about 50 minutes and are free and open to the public.*

A Video Archive of previous EnrichMint Events is available on the Mint website: look for EnrichMint on the Main Menu and click on Video Archives.

The Mint's EnrichMint Event Schedule for A Picture of Autumn is:

• Saturday, June 1, after the matinee

Professor Keri Walsh, Professor of English, Fordham University

Keri Walsh is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at Fordham University in New York City. She specializes in Twentieth Century Literature, Theatre and Film. She is the editor of The Letters of Sylvia Beach (Columbia University Press, 2010) and the author of the forthcoming volume Mickey Rourke in the British Film Institute's new "Film Stars" series. She is currently at work on two projects: an edition of James Joyce's Dubliners and a book-length study called Acting Like a Hustler: Method Acting, Gender, and the Hollywood Film. At Fordham she teaches courses on Oscar Wilde, Modern Irish Drama, and Modernism and Cinema.

• Sunday, June 2, after the matinee

Dr. Barbara Z. Perman, author of No Ordinary Move - Relocating Your Aging Parents

As an educator, speaker, coach, family consultant, professional organizer and author, Barbara has helped seniors, their loved ones and entire communities rethink the moving process. Known as the "Diva of Downsizing" and "The Yoda of Moving", Barbara is an expert in the areas of the psychology of moving and managing senior moves. Dr. Perman is the Founder & President, Moving Mentor, Inc. Dr. Perman holds a Masters Degree from Oxford University and a Doctorate in Psychology from Edinburgh University in Scotland.

• Saturday, June 8, after the matinee

Paula Span, author of When The Time Comes, Families With Aging Parents Share Their Struggles and Solutions

Paula Span writes the New Old Age Blog for The New York Times. As a journalist, Span spent half her career at The Washington Post, the other half was devoted to freelancing for a raft of publications, including The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Boston Globe, The New York Times and its magazine, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Magazine, and others. Span teaches at the Columbia Journalism School

The American Premiere of A Picture of Autumn by N.C. Hunter, directed by Gus Kaikkonen, will run from May 23rd until July 14th at its home (311 West 43rd Street). Opening Night is set for Monday, June 10 th.

Featured in the cast will be Helen Cespedes, Barbara Eda-Young, Katie Firth, Jonathan Hogan, George Morfogen, Paul Niebanck, Kraig Swartz, Jill Tanner, and Christian Coulson who gained worldwide attention for his role as Tom Riddle in 2002's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

This production reunites Hogan and Morfogen who starred together in the Mint's production of The Madras House by Harley Granville-Barker, also directed by Kaikkonen.

A Picture of Autumn will have set design by Charles Morgan, costume design by Sam Fleming, lighting design by William Armstrong, sound design by Jane Shaw, and prop design by Joshua Yocum.

A Picture of Autumn is a sensitive, intelligent and comic depiction of one family's attempt to grow old gracefully. Autumn tells the story of Charles and Margaret Denham, living in disarray in the decaying ancestral home with ancient Uncle Harry and senile Nanny. Their son Robert returns to England after several years abroad and finds that both the house and its occupants have faded from past glory. When an opportunity to sell the burdensome property arises, Robert leaps at the chance to help his parents downsize.

"The Mint does for forgotten drama what the Encores! series does for musicals, on far more modest means" (The New York Times). The Mint was awarded an OBIE for "combining the excitement of discovery with the richness of tradition," and a special Drama Desk Award for "unearthing, presenting and preserving forgotten plays of merit." Ben Brantley, in The New York Times Arts & Leisurehailed the Mint as the "resurrectionist extraordinaire of forgotten plays."

Performances will be Tuesday through Thursday at 7 PM, Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 2 PM & 8 PM, and Sunday at 2 PM. Tickets are $55. Special added performances on Wednesday June 5th and July 3rd at 2pm. All performances will take place on the Third Floor of 311 West 43rd Street.

Tickets are available by calling the Mint box office toll-free at 866-811-4111 or go to the Mint website, where you can also see video, photos, and more!