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Rattlestick Playwrights Theater's THE ALIENS Plays Through 5/23
by BWW News Desk - Apr 20, 2010


Rattlestick Playwrights Theater will conclude its 15th Anniversary season with the world premiere of The Aliens, by Annie Baker (Circle Mirror Transformation, Body Awareness). Directed by Sam Gold (Circle Mirror Transformation, Rag and Bone), performances begin Wednesday, April 14th, 2010. Opening night is Thursday, April 22nd at 7pm. The show is scheduled to run through Sunday, May 23rd, 2010.

Chernus, DeHaan, Gann Cast In Rattlestick Playwrights Theater's THE ALIENS
by BWW News Desk - Apr 14, 2010


Rattlestick Playwrights Theater will conclude its 15th Anniversary season with the world premiere of The Aliens, by Annie Baker (Circle Mirror Transformation, Body Awareness). Directed by Sam Gold (Circle Mirror Transformation, Rag and Bone), performances begin Wednesday, April 14th, 2010. Opening night is Thursday, April 22nd at 7pm. The show is scheduled to run through Sunday, May 23rd, 2010.

Kate Walsh and Paul Sparks To Star In ATC's DUSK RINGS A BELL, Opens 5/27
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 12, 2010


Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce that Kate Walsh ('Private Practice,' 'Grey's Anatomy') and Paul Sparks (Broadway's Hedda Gabler) will star in the world premiere of Stephen Belber's play DUSK RINGS A BELL directed by Sam Gold.

OTHER PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS Set For Irish Rep's New Works Reading Series 4/9
by BWW News Desk - Apr 9, 2010


The Irish Repertory Theatre continues its New Works Reading Series with a free reading of Megan Mostyn-Brown's OTHER PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS on Friday, April 9 at 3:00pm at the Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) in Manhattan.

New Georges Receives Significant Mellon Foundation Grant, Announces 2010 Initiatives
by Mary Hanrahan - Apr 8, 2010


New Georges has announced that the company has received a three-year, $90,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation which supports the creation of an artistic director's discretionary fund. This grant is intended to help New Georges maintain financial stability during these volatile economic times, and thereby continue to do excellent artistic work, take risks, commit to new plays/artistic projects, and invest in artists over time.

OTHER PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS Set For Irish Rep's New Works Reading Series 4/9
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 6, 2010


The Irish Repertory Theatre continues its New Works Reading Series with a free reading of Megan Mostyn-Brown's OTHER PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS on Friday, April 9 at 3:00pm at the Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street) in Manhattan.

HERE Arts Center Presents MILK With Jordan Baker & Peter Bradbury, Previews 4/26
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 30, 2010


New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director; Sarah Cameron Sunde, Associate Director), the OBIE Award-winning downtown theater company founded in 1992, and New Feet Productions will present the world premiere of Emily DeVoti's thought-provoking new play 'MILK,' directed by Jessica Bauman.

Playwrights Horizons Adds Four Productions To 2010-2011 Season
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 29, 2010


Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, is proud to announce four additional productions for its 2010/2011 40th Anniversary Season. The three World Premieres and one New York premiere join the previously-announced New York premiere of Edward Albee's ME, MYSELF & I.

Long Wharf Theatre's SYLVIA Closes 3/14
by BWW News Desk - Mar 14, 2010


Beloved playwright A.R. Gurney, a Connecticut resident and author of the plays The Cocktail Hour, The Dining Room and Love Letters, returns to Long Wharf Theatre with his hit comedy Sylvia.

Stephen Adly Guirgis Joins Moses, Rapp & Shinn in BAD BOYS OF OFF BROADWAY
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 28, 2010


Stephen Adly Guirgis will join Itamar Moses, Adam Rapp and Christopher Shinn for 'The Bad Boys of Off Broadway', the first in a series of seminars focused on the culture, business and history of Off Broadway sponsored by The Off Broadway Alliance, on Sunday, February 28, 2010.

Stephen Adly Guirgis Joins Moses, Rapp & Shinn in BAD BOYS OF OFF BROADWAY
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 25, 2010


Stephen Adly Guirgis will join Itamar Moses, Adam Rapp and Christopher Shinn for 'The Bad Boys of Off Broadway', the first in a series of seminars focused on the culture, business and history of Off Broadway sponsored by The Off Broadway Alliance, on Sunday, February 28, 2010.

Long Wharf Theatre Presents SYLVIA 2/17-3/14
by BWW News Desk - Feb 17, 2010


Beloved playwright A.R. Gurney, a Connecticut resident and author of the plays The Cocktail Hour, The Dining Room and Love Letters, returns to Long Wharf Theatre with his hit comedy Sylvia.

Rapp And Shinn Featured In THE BAD BOYS OF OFF BROADWAY Panel
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 12, 2010


The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, general managers, venue owners, press agents and marketing personnel, will hold the first in a series of planned seminars focusing on the culture, business and history of Off Broadway theater.

Chernus, DeHaan, Gann Cast In Rattlestick Playwrights Theater's THE ALIENS
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 10, 2010


Rattlestick Playwrights Theater will conclude its 15th Anniversary season with the world premiere of The Aliens, by Annie Baker (Circle Mirror Transformation, Body Awareness). Directed by Sam Gold (Circle Mirror Transformation, Rag and Bone), performances begin Wednesday, April 14th, 2010. Opening night is Thursday, April 22nd at 7pm. The show is scheduled to run through Sunday, May 23rd, 2010.

Long Wharf Theatre Presents SYLVIA 2/17-3/14
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 22, 2010


Beloved playwright A.R. Gurney, a Connecticut resident and author of the plays The Cocktail Hour, The Dining Room and Love Letters, returns to Long Wharf Theatre with his hit comedy Sylvia.

terraNOVA's Monthly Performance Party SUBTERRANEAN Returns 12/3
by BWW News Desk - Dec 3, 2009


terraNOVA Collective returns December 3, 2009 at 10:00pm with SUBTERRANEAN, their monthly performance party in the D-Lounge, a 75-seat cabaret-style venue below the Daryl Roth Theatre at 101 East 15th Street at Union Square.

Page 73 Productions and New Georges Present CREATURE 10/27-11/21
by BWW News Desk - Nov 21, 2009


Page 73 Productions (Liz Jones and Asher Richelli, Executive Directors) and New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director; Sarah Cameron Sunde, Associate Director) will present the world premiere of Heidi Schreck's riveting new play 'CREATURE,' directed by Leigh Silverman.

terraNOVA's Monthly Performance Party SUBTERRANEAN Returns 12/3
by Gabrielle Sierra - Nov 16, 2009


terraNOVA Collective returns December 3, 2009 at 10:00pm with SUBTERRANEAN, their monthly performance party in the D-Lounge, a 75-seat cabaret-style venue below the Daryl Roth Theatre at 101 East 15th Street at Union Square.

GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES With Selma Blair& Brad Fleischer Runs 10/16-11/15 At Alley Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Nov 15, 2009


The world premiere of Rajiv Joseph's (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo) Gruesome Playground Injuries features Selma Blair (Hellboy, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Storytelling, Legally Blonde, NBC's Kath & Kim) playing Kayleen and Brad Fleischer (Center Theatre Group's premiere of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Broadway's Coram Boy, Off Broadway's Streamers) playing Doug.

Photo Flash: Page 73 Productions' CREATURE (Part 2)
by Alexandra Johnson - Nov 13, 2009


Page 73 Productions (Liz Jones and Asher Richelli, Executive Directors) and New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director; Sarah Cameron Sunde, Associate Director) will present the world premiere of Heidi Schreck's riveting new play "CREATURE," directed by Leigh Silverman. This Off Broadway engagement will be performed at the Ohio Theatre, 66 Wooster Street (between Spring and Broome Streets). Previews begin on Wednesday, October 28, and the official Opening Night will be Monday, November 2 at 7:00 p.m. Performances will run through November 21.

Photo Flash: Page 73 Productions' CREATURE (Part 1)
by Alexandra Johnson - Nov 13, 2009


Page 73 Productions (Liz Jones and Asher Richelli, Executive Directors) and New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director; Sarah Cameron Sunde, Associate Director) will present the world premiere of Heidi Schreck's riveting new play "CREATURE," directed by Leigh Silverman. This Off Broadway engagement will be performed at the Ohio Theatre, 66 Wooster Street (between Spring and Broome Streets). Previews begin on Wednesday, October 28, and the official Opening Night will be Monday, November 2 at 7:00 p.m. Performances will run through November 21.

Wiest & Monk Lead STORIES ON 5 STORIES at Playwrights Horizons, 11/9
by BWW News Desk - Nov 9, 2009


Acclaimed theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced nine initial performers who will participate in the return of its unique benefit evening STORIES ON 5 STORIES on Monday, November 9. Among those taking part in the special event will be two-time Academy Award winner and two-time Obie Award winner Diane Wiest (Memory House at Playwrights Horizons/PH, Hannah and Her Sisters, Bullets Over Broadway), Tony Award winner Debra Monk (Assassins at PH, Redwood Curtain, Curtains), Obie Award winner Jason Butler Harner (current Stage Manager in Our Town, Hedda Gabler, The Coast of Utopia), Clarence Derwent Award winner Zoe Kazan (100 Saints You Should Know at PH; Come Back, Little Sheba; Things We Want), Theatre World Award winner Cassie Beck (The Drunken City and Prayer for My Enemy at PH), Cristin Milioti (The Retributionists at PH, the upcoming The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter), Sue Jean Kim (The Drunken City and BFE at PH, 365 Days/365 Plays), Carmen M. Herlihy (The Thugs, Crooked) and Greg Keller (Broadway's Uncle Vanya, The Rainmaker). Additional performers will be announced in the coming weeks.

Playwrights Horizons To Present STORIES ON 5 STORIES Benefit Series
by BWW News Desk - Nov 9, 2009


Acclaimed theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced it will present the return of its popular benefit evening STORIES ON 5 STORIES on Monday, November 9.

Page 73 Productions And New Georges Present CREATURE 10/27-11/21
by BWW News Desk - Oct 27, 2009


Page 73 Productions (Liz Jones and Asher Richelli, Executive Directors) and New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director; Sarah Cameron Sunde, Associate Director) will present the world premiere of Heidi Schreck's riveting new play "Creature," directed by Leigh Silverman. This Off Broadway engagement will be performed at the Ohio Theatre, 66 Wooster Street (between Spring and Broome Streets). Previews begin on Tuesday, October 27, and the official Opening Night will be Monday, November 2 at 7:00 p.m. Performances will run through November 21.

Page 73 Productions and New Georges Present CREATURE 10/27-11/21
by BWW News Desk - Oct 27, 2009


Page 73 Productions (Liz Jones and Asher Richelli, Executive Directors) and New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director; Sarah Cameron Sunde, Associate Director) will present the world premiere of Heidi Schreck's riveting new play 'CREATURE,' directed by Leigh Silverman.

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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