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OPENS AT THE GENE FRANKEL THEATRE
PREVIEWS BEGIN Thursday, January 5th
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BRIDESBURG, a
new play Victor Kaufold, about the growing American problem of economic decline and its effect on a young couple, will open Monday, January 9th at The Gene Frankel Theater (24 Bond Street). Previews begin
Thursday, January 5th. Presented by the Miscreant Theatre, BRIDESBURG is directed by Jack Young.
BRIDESBURG is
a darkly comic and intense look at five
working-class American’s struggling to maintain their sanity, while
battling the hostilities of today’s economic environment.
Philadelphian’s Matt and Kay are young parents-to-be living in the
basement of Matt’s mother’s
house. The impending adult responsibility, coupled with the familial
stresses of tight living quarters prompts their battle against family,
the job market and each other.
The cast of BRIDESBURG features Jeff
Barry (“Date Night,” “The Company Men”), Susan Ferrara (The Indie hit, “Then We Got Help!”), Julian
Joseph (“Blue Bloods”),Brianne Moncrief (“The Sopranos,” “All My Children”) and Mizo Peck (“Night
At The Museum and “Night At The Museum ll,”).
Victor Kaufold has
had productions at the Hudson Theater (Los Angeles), The Avery Theater
(Annandale), and the Yale Cabaret. He is the youngest person ever to be
nominated for an Ovation Award for best new play The Why that
starred Fred Savage, Noah Wiley and James Marsters. The Blank Theatre in Los Angeles originally produced his play in 2000 as the winner of a young playwrights festival. Victor has had readings of other
works at New York Theater Workshop, The Flea
Theater, Ars Nova, La Mama and the Lark. Victor currently teaches
theater at Medgar Evans College and English at Borough of Manhattan
Community College and Fordham University. He holds an MFA from the Yale
School
of Drama. Kaufold grew up in a working class community in Philadelphia and his writing displays a true understanding of the complexity of family relationships and working class neighborhoods.
Jack Young is
head of the University of Houston's Professional Actor Training Program. This past year he directed Comedy of Errors for Virginia Shakespeare Festival, directed Taming
of the Shrew and played Iago in Othello for Houston Shakespeare Festival, and directed Arcadia for
the UH-PATP. He has worked with new plays at
Actors Theatre of Louisville, Duke Stage Company, Primary Stages,
Pioneer Square Theatre (Seattle), The Warehouse Theatre (SC), and
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. He directed Yussef El-Guindi's Hostages for
The Miscreants in January 2010.
Miscreant Theatre, which was founded in 2008, is a
circle
of artists committed to creating theatre that is fresh and
gritty, mounting productions that make use of various theatrical
techniques that allow for avenues of discovery in to the human
experience. Previous productions include Strindberg’s The
Creditors, Chekhov'sIvanov and The Cherry Orchard, and Yussef El-Guindi's Hostages. BRIDESBURG is
Miscreant's first world premiere.
The playing schedule for BRIDESBURG is as follows: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
at 8PM, with a matinee on Sundays at 2PM. Opening night is Monday, January 9th at 7PM. Tickets are $18. The production runs through January 28th.
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"Bridesburg"by Victor KaufoldRunning Jan 5th - 29th
We at Miscreant Theatre are thrilled to invite you to our first world premiere of Victor Kaufold’s BRIDESBURG this January at the Gene Frankel Theatre directed by Jack Young! We are honored to present this frighteningly talented playwright’s first New York production since he graduated from the Yale School of Drama.
This time, Miscreant explores the darkly comic and intense world of five working-class Philadelphians trying to get by in a hostile economic environment with their hearts and minds intact.
Jack Young is eager to re-join Miscreant to bring Victor Kaufold's energetic script to the stage. Having had the chance to collaborate on Yussef El-Guindi's HOSTAGES in 2010, Jack relishes the opportunity to dig into a new work with The Miscreants' special blend of guts and smarts.
THE BRIDESBURG TEAM also includes actors Mizuo Peck, Susan Ferrara, Jeff Barry, Brianne Moncrief, and Julian Joseph.
The playing schedule for BRIDESBURG is as follows: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM, with a matinee on Sundays at 2PM. Previews begin january 5th at 8 PM. Opening night is Monday, January 9th at 7PM. Tickets are $18. The production runs through January 29th.
For tickets visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/216443 or
www.miscreanttheatre.org
Read more: http://offoffbroadway.broadwayworld.com/article/BRIDESBURG-Comes-To-The-Gene-Frankel-Theater-19-20111213#ixzz1gTArNwrz
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