Rachel Reiner Productions
presents the World Premiere of
Victor L. Cahn’s
VILLAINOUS COMPANY
Directed by Eric Parness
At Theatre Row’s Clurman Theatre
Beginning Performances January 9; Opening January 12, 2015
New York: Rachel Reiner Productions will present the World Premiere of Victor L. Cahn’s Villainous Company, directed by Eric Parness. The show will begin performances on January 9, and open on Monday, January 12 running through January 31, 2015 at Theatre Row’s Clurman Theatre (410 West 42 Street). Tickets are $19.25 (including a $1.25 theatre restoration charge) and can be purchased at www.Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200.
Claire returns from an afternoon of shopping and discovers that one of her packages is missing. In an effort to retrieve it, she calls the store and a series of events unravels that draw the three women of Victor L. Cahn’s Villainous Company, into a scintillating and suspenseful game of cat and mouse with unexpected results.
Cast includes: Alice Bahlke (Resonance's H4), Julia Campanelli (Sleep No More, “One Life to Live”) and Corey Tazmania (Resonance's R.U.R, Housewives of Mannheim). Creative team: Jennifer Varbalow (Set Designer), Brooke Cohen (Costume Designer), Pamela Kupper (Lighting Designer), Nick Simone (Sound Designer). Casting Consultant is Stephanie Klapper.
Villainous Company
Written by Victor L. Cahn; Directed by Eric Parness
Begins performances on January 9; opens January 12 and runs through January 31, 2015
Performance Schedule: Thursday-Saturday at 8PM; Sunday Matinee at 3PM
Added performances Monday, January 12 at 7PM (opening); Wednesday, January 28 at 8PM
Running Time is 90 Minutes NO intermission
The Clurman Theatre is located at 410 West 42nd Street
Tickets are $19.25 and can be purchased by visiting www.Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200.
www.villainouscompanytheplay.com
VICTOR L. CAHN (Playwright) has written numerous plays produced Off-Broadway and regionally, including Roses in December, Embraceable Me, Fit to Kill (all published by Samuel French), Dally with the Devil (Steele Spring Stage Rights), A Dish for the Gods, Getting the Business, Sheepskin/Bottom of the Ninth, and Sherlock Solo, a one-man show that he performed. He has appeared onstage throughout the Capital Region of New York, taking leading roles in works by Shakespeare, Shaw, Pinter, Coward, Ayckbourn, Simon, Gurney, Christie, and Knott. He is Professor Emeritus of English at Skidmore College, and author of more than a dozen non-fiction books, including Walking Distance: Remembering Classic Episodes from Classic Television. He has also published two novels, and his articles and reviews have appeared in such varied publications as Modern Drama, The Literary Review, The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Variety. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Inc.
ERIC PARNESS (Director) is the Artistic Director of Resonance Ensemble, where he has directed The Lower Depths, The Mail Order Bride, The Cherry Orchard, 23 Knives, The Master Builder, Shakespeare's Slave, and The Truth Quotient, among others. Previous collaborations with Mr. Cahn include Dally With The Devil, Sherlock Solo, Fit to Kill, and Embraceable Me. Other credits include Going Once, Laughting Twice at St. Luke’s Theatre, Jean Cocteau's Crazy for the Dog, Oberon Theatre Ensemble's Of Mice and Men and Starship Astrov, Hypothetical Theatre's Kryptonite City, and new work with adobe theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and Vital Theater. Eric is a professor at Marymount Manhattan College. He has a M.F.A. in Directing from Brooklyn College, is a graduate of Brandeis University and a member of Lincoln Center Theater's Directors Lab.
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