SPACEBAR: A BROADWAY PLAY BY KYLE SUGARMAN to Make NYC Premiere at The Wild Project, 10/24-11/8

ARS Productions and Adriel Saporta are thrilled to announce the NYC premiere of SPACEBAR: A BROADWAY PLAY BY KYLE SUGARMAN, written by Michael Mitnick and directed by Maggie Burrows. SPACEBAR: A BROADWAY PLAY BY KYLE SUGARMAN begins performances on Friday, October 24 for a limited engagement through Saturday, November 8. Press Opening is Monday, October 27 at 7 PM.

The performance schedule is Tuesday - Saturday at 8 PM; Sunday at 7 PM. There are added performances on Monday, October 27 at 7 PM (Opening Night), Saturday, November 1 & Saturday, November 8 at 2 PM. There is no performance on Tuesday, October 28. Performances are at The Wild Project (195 East 3rd Street, between Avenues A & B). The regular ticket price is $18. For tickets, call OvationTix on 212.352.3101 or visit www.thewildproject.com.

Kyle Sugarman, a 16-year-old from Fort Collins, CO, writes a 456-page play that he's sure will be the biggest hit in the history of Broadway. Escaping to New York to find a home for his magnum opus, Kyle finds himself facing off with a flighty producer, while also dealing with the absence of his deadbeat father and flirtations with the Captain of the Girls Swim Team back at home. Ever closer to seeing his name in lights, Kyle's adventure is as funny, touching, and surprising as the play he's written.

The cast features John Ellison Conlee (Obie Award-winner for Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence, Tony Award-nominee Full Monty), Will Connolly (Once on Broadway), John Doherty (A Bright New Boise at The Wild Project), Willa Fitzgerald (MTV's Scream), Ana Kayne (The Club at Playwrights Horizons), and Morgan Ritchie (The Seagull at Huntington Theatre Company).

The design team includes Dane Laffrey (Drama Desk Award-nominee The Boys in the Band) for sets and costumes, Jen Schriever (Die Fledermaus at the Metropolitan Opera) for lighting, and Brandon Wolcott (resident sound designer, CollaborationTown)

Michael Mitnick's (playwright) theatre credits include Sex Lives of Our Parents (world premiere Second Stage Uptown), Fly By Night (Playwrights Horizons; Dallas Theater Center; TheatreWorks), Ed, Downloaded (world premiere Denver Center Theatre Company), and Babs the Dodo (world premiere at Washington Ensemble Theatre). Commissions for The Roundabout and Manhattan Theatre Club. Michael's screenplay The Giver, an adaptation of the Newberry Award-winning novel starring Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges, was released in August. Alumnus Ars Nova and Page 73 Playgroups. He received his MFA in Playwriting from the Yale School of Drama. He lives in Brooklyn.

Maggie Burrows (director) graduated with a BA in English Literature from Yale University where she was nominated for the Sudler Prize for Excellence in the Arts. Maggie has assistant directed for Daniel Aukin, Davis McCallum and James Bundy. She served as the assistant director to Daniel Sullivan for Shakespeare in the Park on The Comedy of Errors and King Lear. This winter, she directed Fox on the Fairway at Northern Stage. Maggie has worked with Lookingglass, Steppenwolf, Roundabout, Second Stage, and Finborough in London. Maggie has spent four years as an Artistic Associate at iTheatrics developing their Broadway JR. and Broadway KIDS collections. She is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab and a recipient of the World Performance Project Grant at Yale. Most recently, Maggie directed her first short live action film.

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