SIGNATURE PLAYS Gets One-Week Extension at Signature Theatre

Signature Theatre has announced a one week extension for Signature Plays, which revisits the work of three Legacy playwrights with Edward Albee's The Sandbox, María Irene Fornés' Drowning, and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro. Directed by Lila Neugebauer (A.R. Gurney's The Wayside Motor Inn), this trio of plays, all produced during their author's original Playwright-in-Residence season and presented together for the first time, celebrates Signature's rich and diverse history over the past quarter century.

The production, which opened on May 22, will now run through June 19 in The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues). Tickets for the extension performances start at $30. To purchase tickets for all Signature productions, call Ticket Services at 212-244-7529 (Tues. - Sun., 11am - 6pm) or visit signaturetheatre.org.

The cast includes Nicholas Bruder (Signature's Angel Reapers), Crystal Dickinson (You Can't Take It With You, Clybourne Park), Tony Award nominee Alison Fraser (The Secret Garden), cellist Melody Giron, Pia Glenn (You're Welcome America), Ryan-James Hatanaka (Signature's Big Love), Mikéah Ernest Jennings (World of Wires), January LaVoy (Signature's Two Trains Running), Obie Award winner April Matthis (Iowa), Tony Award nominee Sahr Ngaujah (Fela!, Signature's The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek), Phyllis Somerville (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Tony Award winner Frank Wood (Signature's Angels in America, Side Man).

The design team includes Mimi Lien (Scenic Design), Kaye Voyce (Costume Design), Mark Barton (Lighting Design), Brandon Wolcott (Sound Design and Original Music), Paul Rubin (Aerial Effects). Marisa Levy is the Production Stage Manager. Casting by Telsey + Company, Karyn Casl, CSA.

Photo by Monique Carboni