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Signature Theatre's KUNG FU $25 Tickets Now on Sale

Posted by:	Official_Press_Release 01:02 pm EST 12/03/13

$25 TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR SIGNATURE THEATRE’S WORLD PREMIERE OF DAVID HENRY HWANG’S KUNG FU DIRECTED BY LEIGH SILVERMAN FEATURING COLE HORIBE AS BRUCE LEE ADDITIONAL CASTING ANNOUNCED PERFORMANCES BEGIN FEBRUARY 4; OPENING NIGHT IS FEBRUARY 24, 2014 IN THE IRENE DIAMOND STAGE AT THE PERSHING SQUARE SIGNATURE CENTER WWW.SIGNATURETHEATRE.ORG Signature Theatre (Founding Artistic Director James Houghton; Executive Director Erika Mallin) is pleased to announce that tickets are now on sale for the world premiere of David Henry Hwang’s new play KUNG FU, directed by Leigh Silverman. The production runs February 4 through March 16, 2014 with a February 24, 2014 opening night in The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues). All tickets for the initial run of the production are $25 as part of the Signature Ticket Initiative: A Generation of Access. Emmanuel Brown, Clifton Duncan, Bradley Fong, Francis Jue, Peter Kim, Ari Loeb, Reed Luplau, Kristen Faith Oei and Christopher Vo join the previously announced Cole Horibe, who will be playing Bruce Lee. Additional casting will be announced in the coming weeks. An exhilarating portrait of international icon Bruce Lee's journey from troubled Hong Kong youth to martial arts legend, KUNG FU blends dance, Chinese opera, martial arts and drama into a bold new theatrical form. This World Premiere production follows Lee in America as he struggles to prove himself as a fighter, a husband, a father, and a man. The creative team includes Emmy Award-nominated Sonya Tayeh (Choreography), Dou Dou Huang (Specialty Choreography), David Zinn (Scenic Design), Anita Yavich (Costume Design), Ben Stanton (Lighting Design), Darron L West (Sound Design), Darrel Maloney (Projection Design), Du Yun (Composer), Deborah Hecht (Vocal and Dialect Coach), and Joanna C. Lee and Ken Smith (Cultural Consultants). David H. Lurie is the Production Stage Manager. Casting by Telsey + Company. To purchase tickets for all Signature productions, call the Signature Theatre Box Office (212-244-7529) or visit signaturetheatre.org. Tickets to the initial runs of all Signature productions at The Pershing Square Signature Center are $25, part of the groundbreaking Signature Ticket Initiative: A Generation of Access, a program that guarantees affordable and accessible tickets to every Signature production through 2031. Serving as a model for theatres and performing arts organizations across the country, the Initiative was founded in 2005 and is made possible by lead partner The Pershing Square Foundation. Additional support provided by Founding Sponsor Time Warner Inc., Margot Adams, the Ford Foundation, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. 2013-2014 SEASON OVERVIEW RESIDENCY ONE – DAVID HENRY HWANG SERIES KUNG FU WORLD PREMIERE Directed by Leigh Silverman February 4 – March 16, 2014 The Irene Diamond Stage Tickets on Sale Now An exhilarating portrait of international icon Bruce Lee's journey from troubled Hong Kong youth to martial arts legend, Kung Fu blends dance, Chinese opera, martial arts and drama into a bold new theatrical form. This World Premiere production follows Lee in America as he struggles to prove himself as a fighter, a husband, a father, and a man. Cole Horibe (“So You Think You Can Dance”) will play the role of Bruce Lee. LEGACY PROGRAM THE OLD FRIENDS WORLD PREMIERE By Horton Foote Directed by Michael Wilson The Irene Diamond Stage Final performance played on October 20, 2013. August Wilson’s HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED NEW YORK PREMIERE Co-conceived with and directed by Todd Kreidler Now through December 29, 2013 The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre In collaboration with and featuring Ruben Santiago-Hudson This solo show, featuring Ruben Santiago-Hudson, shares August Wilson’s personal stories about his encounters with racism, music, love, violence, and life-changing friendships as a young poet in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Directed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright’s long-time collaborator Todd Kreidler, August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned charts one man’s journey of self-discovery and what it means to be a black artist in America. Support for the Legacy Program is provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. RESIDENCY FIVE stop. reset. WORLD PREMIERE Written and directed by Regina Taylor The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre Final performance played on September 29, 2013. CHÉRI WORLD PREMIERE Conceived, directed and choreographed by Martha Clarke Now through – December 29, 2013 The Irene Diamond Stage Inspired by the classic 1920 novel by controversial French author Colette, Chéri is Martha Clarke’s newest interdisciplinary work, an exciting fusion of theatre, live music, and dance featuring American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Herman Cornejo, prima ballerina assoluta Alessandra Ferri, Academy & Golden Globe Award nominee and Obie Award winner Amy Irving, pianist Sarah Rothenberg, and text by Tina Howe. This tragic story of forbidden love between a young man and an older woman in Belle Époque Paris is a timeless, powerful exploration of sensuality, love, and our preoccupations with youth and age. THE OPEN HOUSE WORLD PREMIERE By Will Eno Directed by Oliver Butler February 11 – March 23, 2014 The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre Tickets on sale January 14, 2014 People have been born into families since people started getting born at all. Playwrights have been trying to write Family Plays for a long time, too. And typically these plays try to answer endlessly complicated questions of blood and duty and inheritance and responsibility. They try to answer the question, “Can things really change?” People have been trying nobly for years and years to have plays solve in two hours what hasn't been solved in many lifetimes. This has to stop. The Open House is an hour and twenty minutes, with no intermission. APPROPRIATE NEW YORK PREMIERE By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Directed by Liesl Tommy February – March 2014 The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre The estranged members of the Lafayette clan have returned to Arkansas and their crumbling old plantation home to settle the accounts of their recently deceased patriarch. As they sort through a lifetime of hoarded mementos and junk, the discovery of a gruesome relic and a surprise visitor send the family into a spiral of crackling confrontations, repressed histories, and regret. Appropriate is a New York premiere by Residency Five playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, winner of the 2013 Sundance Theatre Institute Tennessee Williams Award. Special thanks to the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting Residency Five. About SIGNATURE THEATRE Signature Theatre exists to honor and celebrate the playwright. Founded in 1991 by James Houghton, Signature makes an extended commitment to a playwright’s body of work, and during this journey, the writer is engaged in every aspect of the creative process. By championing in-depth explorations of a playwright’s body of work, Signature delivers an intimate and immersive journey into the playwright’s singular vision. Signature serves its mission through its permanent home at The Pershing Square Signature Center, a three-theatre facility on West 42nd Street designed by Frank Gehry Architects to host Signature’s three distinct playwrights’ residencies and foster a cultural community. At the Center, opened in January 2012, Signature continues its founding Playwright-in-Residence model as Residency One, a first-of-its-kind, intensive exploration of a single writer’s body of work. Residency Five, the only program of its kind, was launched at the Center to support multiple playwrights as they build bodies of work by guaranteeing each writer three productions over a five-year period. The Legacy Program, launched during Signature’s 10th Anniversary, invites writers from both residencies back for productions of premiere or earlier plays. The Pershing Square Signature Center is a major contribution to New York City’s cultural landscape and provides a venue for cultural organizations that supports and encourages collaboration among artists throughout the space. In addition to its three intimate theatres, the Center features a studio theatre, rehearsal studio, and a public café, bar and bookstore. Through the Signature Ticket Initiative: A Generation of Access, Signature has also made an unprecedented commitment to making its productions accessible by underwriting the cost of initial run tickets, currently priced at $25, through 2031. Signature has presented entire seasons of the work of Edward Albee, Lee Blessing, Horton Foote, Maria Irene Fornes, Athol Fugard, John Guare, Bill Irwin, Adrienne Kennedy, Tony Kushner, Romulus Linney, Charles Mee, Arthur Miller, Sam Shepard, Paula Vogel, August Wilson, Lanford Wilson, and a season celebrating the historic Negro Ensemble Company. Signature’s current Residency One playwright is David Henry Hwang; current Residency Five playwrights are Annie Baker, Martha Clarke, Will Eno, Katori Hall, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Kenneth Lonergan, and Regina Taylor; and the current Legacy Playwrights are Horton Foote and August Wilson. Signature, its productions and its resident writers have been recognized with the Pulitzer Prize, Lucille Lortel Awards, Obie Awards, Drama Desk Awards, and AUDELCO Awards, among many other distinctions. For more information, please visit signaturetheatre.org.

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