'Rites of Privacy' Extends at Urban Stages thru 9/30

Rites of Privacy, actor and author David Rhodes' new play about secrets and the people who keep them, extends its off-Broadway premiere through September 30 at Urban Stages (259 West 30th Street) in Manhattan.

Initially scheduled to run through September 23, Rites of Privacy extends its engagement in response to its enthusiastic audiences. Directed by Charles Loffredo for Moving Parts Theater, the production is now set to run through September 30; Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8PM; Sundays at 7PM. Tickets are $35. For tickets, call 212-868-4444 or visit www.smarttix.com.

"In Rites of Privacy, Rhodes quickly shifts gears (and costumes) to portray an array of characters aching to reveal their darkest secrets: a fading Southern pageant queen, an aging refugee from Nazi Germany, a fish-out-of-water Jew in New Hampshire, a suburban doctor in a predicament, and a Euro club-kid with an unsavory edge. Throughout, Rhodes alternates these characters with candid stories from his own creative and personal life," state press notes.