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Opened: March 28, 2007
Closing: April 15, 2007

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Hani Furstenberg, Brian Mendes & More Set for Adam Rapp's THROUGH THE YELLOW HOUR at Rattlestick, 9/13
by BWW News Desk - Sep 13, 2012


Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Artistic Director David Van Asselt and Managing Director Brian Long have announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Through the Yellow Hour, a play written and directed by Adam Rapp (Pulitzer Prize finalist for Red Light Winter). The first production of the company's 18th season, Through the Yellow Hour will begin performances tonight, September 13, 2012 at Rattlestick Theater (224 Waverly Place-off Seventh Avenue South, between Perry and West 11th Streets). The cast includes Hani Furstenberg, Brian Mendes, Matt Pilieci, Danielle Slavick, Alok Tewari, Joanne Tucker, and Vladimir Versailles.

Becky Ann Baker, Peter Friedman and More Set for Playwrights Horizons' THE GREAT GOD PAN
by Kelsey Denette - Aug 29, 2012


Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced additional casting for its 2012/2013 Season, with initial casting for THE GREAT GOD PAN, the World Premiere of a new play by Obie Award winner Amy Herzog (After the Revolution at PH, 4000 Miles), directed by Carolyn Cantor (After the Revolution and Essential Self-Defense at PH, Pumpgirl, Orange Water Flower).

Hani Furstenberg, Brian Mendes & More Join Adam Rapp's THROUGH THE YELLOW HOUR at Rattlestick; Full Cast Announced!
by BWW News Desk - Aug 9, 2012


Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Artistic Director David Van Asselt and Managing Director Brian Long have announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Through the Yellow Hour, a play written and directed by Adam Rapp (Pulitzer Prize finalist for Red Light Winter). The first production of the company's 18th season, Through the Yellow Hour will begin performances on Thursday, September 13, 2012 at Rattlestick Theater (224 Waverly Place-off Seventh Avenue South, between Perry and West 11th Streets). The cast includes Hani Furstenberg, Brian Mendes, Matt Pilieci, Danielle Slavick, Alok Tewari, Joanne Tucker, and Vladimir Versailles.

President Obama to Award Presidential Medal of Freedom to Bob Dylan, Toni Morrison, Madeleine Albright and More, 5/29
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2012


On Tuesday, May 29th, President Barack Obama will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Medal of Freedom is our Nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. The Medals will be presented at the White House in an afternoon ceremony.

President Obama to Award Presidential Medal of Freedom to Bob Dylan, Toni Morrison, Madeleine Albright and More, 5/29
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2012


On Tuesday, May 29th, President Barack Obama will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Medal of Freedom is our Nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. The Medals will be presented at the White House in an afternoon ceremony.

FAR FROM HEAVEN Musical to Play Williamstown Theater Festival This Summer; Opens Off-Broadway in 2013
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 14, 2012


According to the New York Times, Playwrights Horizons will present FAR FROM HEAVEN, a new musical with book by Tony Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out, Three Days of Rain), music by Tony Award nominee Scott Frankel (Grey Gardens) and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Michael Korie (Grey Gardens, The Grapes of Wrath), in Spring 2013. The show will also play Williamstown Theatre Festival this summer. The musical was adapted from the acclaimed, award-winning 2002 Focus Features/Vulcan Productions motion picture Far From Heaven, written and directed by Todd Haynes.

Anthony Rapp Set for NOCTURNE Reading Today
by BWW News Desk - Dec 12, 2011


New York: Royal Family Productions presents a benefit reading of RAPP READS RAPP. Anthony Rapp reading Adam Rapp's play, Nocturne. This special benefit will take place on Monday, December 12 at Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th Street). Tickets are $65 and can be purchased by visiting www.symphonyspace.org.

Anthony Rapp To Read Adam Rapp’s NOCTURNE At Symphony Space 12/12
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 5, 2011


Royal Family Productions presents a benefit reading of RAPP READS RAPP: Anthony Rapp reading Adam Rapp's play, Nocturne.

Anthony Rapp Set for NOCTURNE Reading, 12/12
by Nicole Rosky - Nov 8, 2011


New York: Royal Family Productions presents a benefit reading of RAPP READS RAPP. Anthony Rapp reading Adam Rapp's play, Nocturne. This special benefit will take place on Monday, December 12 at Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th Street). Tickets are $65 and can be purchased by visiting www.symphonyspace.org.

Rosie Perez Joins David Hyde Pierce in MTC's CLOSE UP SPACE this Winter
by Jessica Lewis - Sep 8, 2011


The Manhattan Theatre Club has announced full casting for the upcoming world premiere of CLOSE UP SPACE by Molly Smith Metzler, directed by Leigh Silverman. Joining the cast is Academy Award & Emmy Award nominee Rosie Perez (Fearless, The Ritz) as famous author 'Vanessa Finn Adams.' Completing the cast are Jessica DiGiovanni (Off-Broadway Debut) and Colby Minifie (The Pillowman, Landscape of the Body) as well as already announced Tony Award and four-time Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce ('Frasier', Curtains) and Obie Award winner Michael Chernus (The Aliens, In The Wake).

Double MTC News - Cast & Director Set for WE LIVE HERE; Chernus Joins CLOSE UP SPACE
by Robert Diamond - Aug 4, 2011


Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director), Barry Grove (Executive Producer), and Mandy Greenfield (Artistic Producer) announced additional casting and creative team members for the upcoming Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere productions of WE LIVE HERE by Zoe Kazan and CLOSE UP SPACE by Molly Smith Metzler, at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street).

Alexander Gemignani, Will Swenson Set for MOVIE KING Reading Today
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2011


The Ethereal Mutt - Limited and AJ Epstein Presents will present a reading of I Was A Teenage B-Movie King starring Alexander Gemignani, Will Swenson, Nicole Parker and Spencer Moses on Thursday, May 19 at 3PM in New York City. This private presentation is open to members of the industry only.

Alexander Gemignani, Will Swenson Set for MOVIE KING Reading, 5/19
by Nicole Rosky - May 16, 2011


The Ethereal Mutt - Limited and AJ Epstein Presents will present a reading of I Was A Teenage B-Movie King starring Alexander Gemignani, Will Swenson, Nicole Parker and Spencer Moses on Thursday, May 19 at 3PM in New York City. This private presentation is open to members of the industry only.

Next Theatre Presents The Metal Children 4/7-10
by BWW News Desk - Apr 10, 2011


Next Theatre Company is proud to present the Midwest Premiere of Adam Rapp's The Metal Children, directed by Joanie Shultz, April 7- May 8 at 927 Noyes Street in Evanston. Previews are April 7 - 10.

Next Theatre Presents The Metal Children 4/7-10
by BWW News Desk - Apr 7, 2011


Next Theatre Company is proud to present the Midwest Premiere of Adam Rapp's The Metal Children, directed by Joanie Shultz, April 7- May 8 at 927 Noyes Street in Evanston. Previews are April 7 - 10.

Next Theatre Presents The Metal Children 4/7-10
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 4, 2011


Next Theatre Company is proud to present the Midwest Premiere of Adam Rapp's The Metal Children, directed by Joanie Shultz, April 7- May 8 at 927 Noyes Street in Evanston. Previews are April 7 - 10.

Second Stage Theatre to Premiere SEX LIVES OF OUR PARENTS and THE TALLS This Summer
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 23, 2011


Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) has announced the two world premiere plays which will be presented as part of the company's ninth annual Second Stage Theatre Uptown Series this summer: Michael Mitnick's Sex Lives of Our Parents, directed by Davis McCallum, and Anna Kerrigan's The Talls, directed by Carolyn Cantor.

Rapp, Aukin, Cullman Direct THE HALLWAY TRILOGY At Rattlestick, Opens 2/20
by BWW News Desk - Feb 20, 2011


Rattlestick Playwrights Theater continues its 16th season with the world premiere of The Hallway Trilogy, three full length plays set fifty years apart (1953, 2003, 2053) by Adam Rapp.

New Georges Appoints Managing Director Jaynie Saunders Tiller
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 11, 2011


The OBIE Award-winning company New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director; Sarah Cameron Sunde, Associate Director) announces the appointment of Jaynie Saunders Tiller, formerly of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, (A.R.T./New York) as Managing Director of the company.

Rapp, Aukin, Cullman Direct THE HALLWAY TRILOGY At Rattlestick, Opens 2/20
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 16, 2010


Rattlestick Playwrights Theater continues its 16th season with the world premiere of The Hallway Trilogy, three full length plays set fifty years apart (1953, 2003, 2053) by Adam Rapp.

Monk, Esper, et al. Set for STORIES ON 5 STORIES, 11/1
by BWW News Desk - Nov 1, 2010


Acclaimed theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced the initial line-up of performers participating in the popular return of its unique benefit event STORIES ON 5 STORIES on Monday evening, November 1.

Monk, Esper, et al. Set for STORIES ON 5 STORIES, 11/1
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 26, 2010


Acclaimed theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced the initial line-up of performers participating in the popular return of its unique benefit event STORIES ON 5 STORIES on Monday evening, November 1.

New Rep Announces CHERRY DOCS Talkbacks, 10/21-31
by BWW News Desk - Oct 21, 2010


New Repertory Theatre, in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, is thrilled to announce it will be holding post-performance talkbacks after select performances of Cherry Docs with keynote speakers, such as Davalene Cooper, a professor of law at New England Law, Boston; Barbara Wallace Grossman, a Professor of Drama at Tufts University, theater historian, and director; Peter B. Krupp, a prominent Criminal Defense Lawyer and founding partner of Lurie & Krupp, LLP; Jason Owens, a Substance Abuse Counselor and Court Advocate at ROCA in Chelsea; and Elyse Rast, Holocaust Programs Coordinator and Educator, Jewish Community Relations Council, to complement this powerful production.

AFTER THE REVOLUTION Begins Previews at Playwrights Horizons, 10/21
by BWW News Desk - Oct 21, 2010


Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) will begin previews for AFTER TE REVOLUTION on Thursday, October 21 at 7:30 PM. With an Opening Night set for November 10, the limited engagement will play through Sunday, November 28 at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street). AFTER THE REVOLUTION will be the second production of the theater company's 40th Anniversary Season.

New Rep Announces Post-Performance Talkbacks for CHERRY DOCS, Opens 10/18
by BWW News Desk - Oct 18, 2010


New Repertory Theatre, in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, is thrilled to announce it will be holding post-performance talkbacks after select performances of Cherry Docs with keynote speakers, such as Davalene Cooper, a professor of law at New England Law, Boston; Barbara Wallace Grossman, a Professor of Drama at Tufts University, theater historian, and director; Peter B. Krupp, a prominent Criminal Defense Lawyer and founding partner of Lurie & Krupp, LLP; Jason Owens, a Substance Abuse Counselor and Court Advocate at ROCA in Chelsea; and Elyse Rast, Holocaust Programs Coordinator and Educator, Jewish Community Relations Council, to complement this powerful production.

Essential Self-Defense FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Essential Self-Defense have there been?
Essential Self-Defense has had 1 productions including Off-Broadway which opened in 2007.
What awards has Essential Self-Defense been nominated for?
Essential Self-Defense has been nominated for several awards. It was nominated for Outstanding Music for a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for Ray Rizzo, Adam Rapp, and Lucas Papaelias. Additionally, it received a nomination for Outstanding Set Design of a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for David Korins. The show was also nominated for Outstanding Sound Design at The Lortels for Eric Shim.

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