SOME MEN Comes New Conservatory Theater Center, Previews 5/29-6/5

NCTC is proud to announce the West Coast premiere of Some Men by Terrence McNally and directed by Ed Decker. The show previews May 29 - June 5, opens on Saturday, June 6th and runs through July 12: Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm. (No Shows 6/7, 6/28, 7/4) All performances will take place at The New Conservatory Theatre Center (Decker Theatre), located at 25 Van Ness Ave. near Market St. in San Francisco, 94102. Tickets range from $22 - $34, and are $40 for opening night. Tickets are available at the NCTC Box Office (415)861-8972, or online at www.nctcsf.org.

ABOUT THE SHOW
Beginning at a gay wedding at the Waldorf-Astoria, we embark on a moving and funny march through queer history. A patchwork quilt of male relationships filled with longing, sex, challenges, and joy.

CAST: P.A. Cooley, Matthew Vierling, Patrick Michael Dukeman, Brandon Finch, DAnn Howard, Christopher Morell, Tim Redmond, George Patrick Scott, Scott Cox

Terrence McNally's Crucifixion received its world premiere at NCTC in 2005. His most recent play, Unusual Acts of Devotion, opened the season at Philadelphia Theatre Company and will be seen at the La Jolla Playhouse. In August, the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle will present the world premiere of his musical adaptation of Catch Me If You Can with a score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Next season, the Kennedy Center will produce three of his plays under the title Terrence McNally's Nights At the Opera: Master Class, The Lisbon Traviata, and the world premiere of Golden Age. Last season, his musical adaptation of The Visit was produced at Arlington's Signature Theatre. Recent plays include Deuce on Broadway and Some Men at off-Broadway's Second Stage. He has won four Tony Awards for his plays Love! Valour! Compassion! (as well as the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play, and the Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Awards for Best Play), Master Class, and his musical books for Kiss of the Spider Woman and Ragtime. Recent Broadway credits include the revivals of his plays The Ritz and Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune. Other plays include: A Perfect Ganesh, Corpus Christi, Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams, The Stendhal Syndrome, Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Drama Desk Award Best New Play), and It's Only a Play. Earlier stage works include: Bad Habits (Obie Award for Best Play), Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone?, ...And Things That Go Bump in the Night, and Next. He also wrote the books for the musicals The Full Monty, The Rink, and A Man of No Importance. The San Francisco Opera presented Dead Man Walking with McNally's libretto and music by Jake Heggie. McNally has written a number of TV scripts, including Andre's Mother for which he won an Emmy Award. He has received two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Rockefeller Grant, a Lucille Lortel Award, and a citation from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has been a member of the Dramatists Guild since 1970, and is twice the recipient of the Hull-Warriner Award for Best Play.

The show previews May 29 - June 5, opens on Saturday, June 6th and runs through July 12: Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm. (No Shows 6/7, 6/28, 7/4)

New Conservatory Theatre Center (Decker Theatre) located at 25 Van Ness Ave. at Market St. in San Francisco, 94102.

TICKETS : Tickets range from $22 - $34 and are $40 for opening night on Saturday, June 6th. Tickets are available at NCTC's Box Office (415) 861 8972, or online at www.nctcsf.org.