Photo Flash: 'crooked' at the Women's Project

Catherine Trieschmann's comedy CROOKED directed by Liz Diamond will have its Off Broadway premiere when previews begin Friday, April 11, at 8:00pm for an opening Sunday, April 20, at 7:00pm at the Women's Project Theater, 424 West 55th Street.

CROOKED is a comedy centered on a 14-year-old's warped and wry storytelling that forces the people around her to grapple with matters of faith, fantasy, and flesh.  crooked was first staged at NYC's Summer Play Festival in 2005 before opening to acclaim at London's Bush Theatre in 2006.

Women's Project, Julie Crosby, Artistic Director, is mounting a new production of the play with Cristin Milioti, recently seen on Broadway in Coram Boy and The Lieutenant of Inishmore, as the 14-year-old Laney, an aspiring writer with an imagination as off-kilter as her awkward adolescence. Carmen M. Herlihy plays her earnest, but hapless born-again friend Maribel and Betsy Aidem plays Laney's mother.  Both experience Laney's penchant for storytelling at it spirals out of control.

Tickets for CROOKED are $42; member tickets are $15. Click www.Telecharge.com or call 212.239.6200.  To become a member, click www.WomensProject.org or call the Members Hotline at 212.765.2105.  CROOKED performs Tuesdays evenings at 7:00pm, Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8:00pm, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 3:00pm at Women's Project Theater, 424 West 55th Street.

Cristin Milioti (standing) and Betsy Aidem

Cristin Milioti and Betsy Aidem

Cristin Milioti and Carmen M. Herlihy

Cristin Milioti and Carmen M. Herlihy

Cristin Milioti and Carmen M. Herlihy

Cristin Milioti, Betsy Aidem and Carmen M. Herlihy

Cristin Milioti and Carmen M. Herlihy

Cristin Milioti and Carmen M. Herlihy