Rising Sun to Kick Off 12th Season with IT'S A SPEAKEASY Benefit, 6/24

Rising Sun Performance Company will host a one-night-only event Shhh... It's a SpeakEasy on Monday, June 24th, 2013, from 7 to 11:30 p.m.

Step back in time with the RSP Ensemble for some roaring 20s style fun! Enter the world of Charlie's speak-easy & casino, where booze flows freely, card players are fast, the girls are floozy, and the Jazz is Red Hot.

Set in an immersive environment, audience members can dance, mingle and play with the sordid characters of the 1920s underworld.

Doors open at 7PM; "Ante Up" at 7:30PM. It all takes place at UNDER St. Marks, 94 St. Marks Place, between 1st Avenue and Avenue A. (No wheelchair access). Directions: L train to 1st avenue or F to 2nd Ave.

Tickets: $20 In Advance; $25 at Door (Cash Only). To purchase tickets call SmartTix: 212-868-4444 or online: www.risingsunnyc.com. Dress to Impress, 20s style encouraged but not required. This event is 21 yrs and older for entry.

Featuring the talents of the critically acclaimed RSP Ensemble: Akia, Andrea Cordaro, Ashleigh Herndon, Carl Fengler, Christina Germaine, Derek W. S. Shore, Elizabeth Burke, Jak Prince, Kervin Peralta, Margaret Kissinger, Michael Aguirre, Ryan Dusek, Samantha DeSimone, Stephon Pettway, Tim Butterfield & Tiffini Minatel. And the Musical Styling's of Queer Folk Duo Anna/Kate.

Founded in September of 2001, Rising Sun Performance Company,(RSP) is a downtown Off-Off Broadway theatre company dedicated to producing ensemble based work. It is run by artists for artists to allow them to create their own opportunities instead of their opportunities creating them. RSP is the full time artistic home for a wide range of theatre artists, including actors, writers, directors, designers, singers, and dancers. 2011 marks the beginning of RSP's Tenth producing season and its sixth year of residency at Horse TRADE Theater Group (the Kraine Theatre, UNDER St Marks, and the Red Room), culminating in 38 plus productions and events. This includes the development of twelve world debut plays, over 30 One Act Plays as part our annual series, the launch of an on-going musical cabaret series, free outdoor performances, children's theatre, immersive themed theatrical experiences and its trademark revivals, including sold out critically acclaimed hits: "The Shape of Things", "An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein", "Hellcab" , "The Last Supper" and most recently its site specific repetory production of "Hotel Suite" Featuring the NYC revival of "Bug"

Committed to the principle of ensemble performance through the collaboration of a company of actors, directors and playwrights, Rising Sun Performance Company's (RSP) mission is to advance the vitality and diversity of American theater by nurturing artists, encouraging repeatable creative relationships, and contributing new works and revitalized pre-existing work to the national canon. Rising Sun Performance Company realizes this goal by providing a safe artistic home that stimulates risk-taking without limits of genre or agenda. In July 2005, Rising Sun was nominated for two New York Innovative Theatre Awards, for their production of The Shape of Things By Neil LaBute, Directed by John Pinckard For Outstanding Ensemble and Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor for Tate Ellington. In July 2009, Rising Sun's commissioned play[pwnd] by Kitt Lavoie received a New York Innovative Theatre Awards nomination for Outstanding Short Script and Artistic Director Akia, was honored with the NYITA Founders Award.

Pictured: Flor Bromley & Steve Mass at the 2010 Speakeasy. Photo Credit: Olivia Rorick.