'Monsterface' Announces Cast and Date Change

MONSTERFACE at the Irish Arts Center has had both a cast and date change. MONSTERFACE will now play June 5th through June 28th. Also, Anna Wood has replaced Erinn Ruth in the cast.

The Audax Theatre Group will present Daniel Roberts' latest play, MONSTERFACE, directed by Alex Lippard. Performances will be at the Irish Arts Center, located at 553 West 51st Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues.  Performances will begin on Thursday, June 5th, continuing through Saturday, June 28th. Opening night is scheduled for Friday, June 6th.

After Melanie Crane, a beautiful but middling actress suffers a mental breakdown, her husband Paul brings her to her childhood home of New Hope, PA to heal.  On the night of a snowstorm and after an unspeakable secret is revealed, can the historical town of New Hope, where George Washington staged his famous Delaware crossing, help the Cranes save their marriage and their lives? Will it be Victory or Death for this troubled, modern couple?

Playwright Daniel Roberts has also written for television, and his poetry and fiction have been published in various national periodicals including PRESS, THE HUDSON REVIEW and POETRY.  Previous productions of his plays include The Beginning of the And, The Gold Standard, Frankie and Brando.  Currently, he is developing a project for HBO based on his award-winning, one-act play Ost, teaching poetry at Harlem's PS 101, and is a possible candidate for Congress in New York's 8th District.

Director Alex Lippard is the Artistic Director of Friendly Fire, for whom he directed Hecuba at 45 Bleecker, featuring Kristin Linklater and Chris McCann.  He re-teams with Audax after directing the critically acclaimed world premiere of Frankie.  Most recently he directed Emmy-Award winning actor Daniel J. Travanti in The Last Word at Theatre at St. Clement's. He has also received an Overall Excellence in Directing Award for his direction of Moonchild in the 2004 NY International Fringe Festival.  Other credits include All We Can Handle starring Raul Esparza at Joe's Pub, Hedda Gabler at the Century Center Ibsen Series, and The Sun Also Rises at the Director's Company, which he also adapted.

MONSTERFACE will begin performances on Thursday, June 5th and will continue Saturday, June 28th. The schedule is Thursday through Saturdays at 8pm. Tickets will be $18.00 and may be purchased by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444, or online at smarttix.com.

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