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"Year of the Rooster" returns by popular demand to Ensemble Studio Theatre January 9

Posted by:	Official_Press_Release 12:52 pm EST 12/04/13

Year of the Rooster Returns January 9 For Four-Week Run Ensemble Studio Theatre World Premiere Hit by 25-year-old Youngblood playwright Eric Dufault directed by John Giampietro Year of the Rooster by a 25-year-old Youngblood playwright Eric Dufault, directed by John Giampietro and featuring Denny Dale Bess, Delphi Harrington, Thomas Lyons, Bobby Moreno, and Megan Tusing playing characters both human and/or animal, will return to the Ensemble Studio Theatre, 549 West 52nd Street, Thursday, January 9, for a four-week run through February 2, Artistic Director William Carden announced. Year of the Rooster opened October 24 to critical raves and over-the-top audience response. The New York Times made it a "Critic's Pick", saying "...it isn't merely entertaining. It's astonishingly entertaining." The month-long run sold out long before its original November 24 closing date. Year of the Rooster is a comic, mythic elevation of the gritty subculture of American cockfighting that opened the Ensemble Studio Theatre's 46th season in October. Year of the Rooster at the Ensemble Studio Theater isn't merely entertaining. It’s astonishingly entertaining," …"dazzling comic fury." - The New York Times "Eric Dufault's comical cockfight thriller Year of the Rooster, written for Youngblood, brims with that group's ferocious, under-30 pep.." - Time Out New York Eric Dufault developed the play in the Ensemble Studio Theatre's Youngblood program for playwrights under 30-years of age. "Eric Dufault is a daring, original voice writing in a comic, mythic and scintillating vein. He takes us into the peculiar sub-culture of cock fighting and finds in that fierce and funny world dark resonances of ambition, winning and losing that reach us all. We knew then this was a voice to be heard," said Mr. Carden. Year of the Rooster is a combination of lowbrow, foul-mouthed humor and hyper-articulate references to Greek myths and legends. The play centers on the regularly ridiculed Gil (Thomas Lyons) who now, with his new rooster, a fearsome killing machine named Odysseus Rex (Bobby Moreno), is experiencing things he’s never had in his life -- hope, victory, and revenge. Year of the Rooster: Pictured is Bobby Moreno - Please Credit Russ Kuhner Eric Dufault is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College. His plays include The Tomb of King Tot, American Girls, and The Desert Play. His plays have been performed at the Ensemble Studio Theatre/Youngblood as part of their 34th Annual Marathon of One Act Plays and Unfiltered series. Additionally, his work has been performed at the Flea Theatre, the 52nd Street Project, the Magnet Theatre, the Lark Play Development Center, and the Great Plains Theatre Conference. He is the recipient of a 2013 Sloan Commission, the 2010 Lipkin Playwriting Award, and the 2008, 2009, and 2010 Harle Adair Damann Playwriting Award. His play Something Fine will be published in the Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2014 anthology. He is a member of the Obie award-winning Youngblood Playwriting Group at the Ensemble Studio Theatre. Scenery is by Alexis Distler, lighting by Greg MacPherson, sound by Shane Rettig, and costumes by Sydney Maresca. Fight Director is Qui Nguyen and the production stage manager is Eileen Lalley Year of the Rooster returns Thursday, January 9, at 7:00pm and performs Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 7:00pm and Mondays at 7:00pm. Matinees are Saturdays at 2:00pm and Sundays at 5:00pm. The final performance is February 2. All seats are $40 except for tickets purchased before the ball drops in Times Square (December 31, 2013), which are priced at $20. To order tickets call 866.811.4111 or click < www.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/134>. Youngblood Youngblood is Ensemble Studio Theatre’s OBIE-winning collective of emerging professional playwrights under the age of 30. Founded in 1993, Youngblood serves as a creative home for the next generation of theater artists, providing artistic guidance, peer support, regular feedback and a fertile production environment which allows for the playwrights to hone their skills and explore their craft. We also provide exposure to the public and the press, professional outreach to the industry, and opportunities for production and publication. Many of most celebrated writers to emerge in the past several years are Youngblood graduates. A short list includes: Lucy Alibar (Beasts of the Southern Wild) Robert Askins (Hand to God) Annie Baker (The Flick) Nikole Beckwith (Everything Is Ours) Amy Herzog (4000 Miles) Jon Kern (Modern Terrorism) Michael Lew (Bike America) Elizabeth Meriwether (New Girl) Qui Nguyen (Vampire Cowboys) Christopher Shinn (Dying City) Lucy Thurber (The Hill Town Plays) Plays by current and former Youngblood playwrights have been performed at Lincoln Center, Playwrights Horizons, Soho Rep, Steppenwolf, Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Mark Taper Forum, the Vineyard Theater, the Atlantic Theater Company, Rattlestick, Ma-Yi, Second Stage, and many others. Background The Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST) was founded in the belief that extraordinary support yields extraordinary work. We are a dynamic and expanding company of artists committed to the discovery and nurturing of new voices and the continued support and growth of artists throughout their creative lives. Through our unique collaborative process we develop and produce original, provocative, and authentic new plays that engage and challenge our audience and audiences across the country.

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