Neil LaBute News

Profiles Theatre opens its 20th Anniversary Season with the acclaimed comedy-drama Men of Tortuga by Jason Wells, directed by Steppenwolf ensemble member Rick Snyder. The production runs October 9-December 7, 2008, at Profiles Theatre, 4147 N. Broadway. Men of Tortuga will play for a limited engagement at Profiles through December 7, 2008 only and will not extend. The press opening is Thursday, October 9, 2008, at 8:00 p.m.

The 20th Anniversary revival of DAVID MAMET's Speed-The-Plow begins preview performances tonight, Friday, October 3, 2008 with an official opening set for Sunday, October 26, 2008 at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street).

New York's eternally boundary-pushing theater company Naked Angels (Geoffrey Nauffts, Artistic Director and Brittany O'Neill, Managing Director) has announced that it will present the Off Broadway premiere of Fault Lines, a new play by Stephen Belber, directed by David Schwimmer.

Eating Their Words, redefining 'dinner theater' by wedding a seasoned chef with prominent playwrights for an integrated and sophisticated evening of new cuisine and new plays, adds chef Sam Mason's Tailor to its event line-up, Monday November 3rd.

New York's eternally boundary-pushing theater company Naked Angels (Geoffrey Nauffts, Artistic Director and Brittany O'Neill, Managing Director) has announced that it will present the Off Broadway premiere of Fault Lines, a new play by Stephen Belber, directed by David Schwimmer.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival, in association with TPTE LLC, will present the New York premiere of TO PAINT THE EARTH, music by Jonathan Portera and words by Daniel Frederick Levin, directed by Michael Bush (Stormy Weather, Based on a Totally True Story), as part of the 5th Annual NY Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF). Performances will run September 22nd-Oct 1st.

Philip Seymour Hoffman will direct the European premiere of 'RIFLEMIND', a new play by Sydney Theatre Company Co Artistic Director Andrew Upton. 'RIFLEMIND' will open at the Trafalgar Studios in the hubbub of London's West End on Thursday 18 September, following previews from 15 September.

Stamford Theatre Works will open its 21st season in September at its barn theatre, 200 Strawberry Hill Avenue in Stamford, with 'The Mercy Seat' by Neil LaBute, September 17 - October 5.

Profiles Theatre opens its 20th Anniversary Season with the acclaimed comedy-drama Men of Tortuga by Jason Wells, directed by Steppenwolf ensemble member Rick Snyder. The production runs October 9-December 7, 2008, at Profiles Theatre, 4147 N. Broadway. Men of Tortuga will play for a limited engagement at Profiles through December 7, 2008 only and will not extend.

This first show in the Furious season is the West Coast premiere of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize winning play, which recently finished an Off-Broadway run.

16th Street Theater is proud to announce its production of Tanya Saracho's 'Kita y Fernanda' directed by Artistic Director Ann Filmer. Kita y Fernanda will run September 25 - October 25, 2008 at the Berwyn Cultural Center.'Kita y Fernanda' is a look at class, immigration and women's friendships as it follows the lives of two girls growing up in the same household; one the privileged daughter of a rich Mexican family living in Texas, the other the child of an undocumented maid.

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo have announced that Beast, written by Michael Weller and directed by Jo Bonney, will begin performances Friday, August 29 at 8pm, at NYTW, 79 East 4th Street, between Second Avenue and Bowery. Opening night is scheduled for Monday, September 15 at 7pm. The production will run through Sunday, October 12.

London Calling with Champaign Charlie September 12th 2008.

Stamford Theatre Works will open its 21st season in September at its barn theatre, 200 Strawberry Hill Avenue in Stamford, with 'The Mercy Seat' by Neil LaBute, September 17 - October 5.

Set in Southern Ohio during the Great Depression, a chance encounter between a guitar-strumming hobo and a woman left at the altar changes the course of both of their lives forever. Featuring powerful monologues set against a Woody Guthrie-inspired folk music soundtrack, KANSAS CITY OR ALONG THE WAY is about struggling to find a life worth living and how to find beauty in the challenges life throws you.

Eating Their Words, reinventing the concept of 'dinner theater' by wedding a seasoned chef with prominent playwrights for an integrated evening of new cuisine and new plays, adds Sam Mason's Tailor to its event line-up, Monday November 3rd.

Kelly Brook will make her West End stage debut staring as 'Jeannie' in Neil LaBute's hit play 'FAT PIG' at the Comedy Theatre in London.

New York's eternally boundary-pushing theater company Naked Angels (Geoffrey Nauffts, Artistic Director and Brittany O'Neill, Managing Director) has announced that it will present the Off Broadway premiere of Fault Lines, a new play by Stephen Belber, directed by David Schwimmer.

THE NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL and KIM VASQUEZ/ GRAYLADY ENTERTAINMENT, INC. present NYMF's only Children's musical this year, MAX AND THE TRUFFLE PIG

Kevin Bishop will star as 'Carter' and Nicholas Burns as 'Tom' alongside Joanna Page as 'Jeannie' and Ella Smith as 'Helen' in the transfer of Neil LaBute's hit comedy 'FAT PIG', which will open at the Comedy Theatre in London on Thursday 11 September. 'FAT PIG', currently starring Kris Marshall, Joanna Page, Ella Smith and Robert Webb, will finish its Trafalgar Studios season on Saturday 6 September. 'FAT PIG' opened in May this year to critical acclaim and has been playing to sell-out houses.