| New York Theatre Workshop Announces Full Cast and Creative Team for HUNDRED DAYS | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 11:03 am EDT 10/19/17 | |
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| FULL CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR HUNDRED DAYS BOOK BY THE BENGSONS AND SARAH GANCHER MUSIC AND LYRICS BY THE BENGSONS DIRECTED BY TWO-TIME OBIE AWARD WINNER ANNE KAUFFMAN WITH MOVEMENT DIRECTION BY OBIE AWARD WINNER SONYA TAYEH FEATURING COLETTE ALEXANDER, ABIGAIL BENGSON, SHAUN BENGSON, JO LAMPERT, DANI MARKHAM, AND REGGIE D. WHITE PREVIEWS BEGIN NOVEMBER 15, 2017 OPENING NIGHT SET FOR DECEMBER 4, 2017 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2017 TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT WWW.NYTW.ORG New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) (Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director Jeremy Blocker) is proud to announce the full cast and creative team for HUNDRED DAYS, with a book by The Bengsons (Iphigenia in Aulis) and Sarah Gancher (The Place We Built), music and lyrics by The Bengsons, direction by Obie Award winner Anne Kauffman, and movement direction by Obie Award winner Sonya Tayeh (you’ll still call me by name). Previews for HUNDRED DAYS begin November 15, 2017 with an opening night set for December 4, 2017 at New York Theatre Workshop (79 E. 4th Street New York, NY 10003), playing through December 31, 2017. The performers for HUNDRED DAYS are Colette Alexander (you’ll still call me by name), Abigail Bengson (Iphigenia in Aulis), Shaun Bengson (Iphigenia in Aulis), Jo Lampert (Joan of Arc: Into the Fire), Dani Markham (tUnE-yArDs), and Reggie D. White (I and You). HUNDRED DAYS will feature set and props design by Kris Stone (The Light Years), costume design by Sydney Gallas (Dear Evan Hansen), set and lighting design by Andrew Hungerford (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) and sound design by Nicholas Pope (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) with Stage Management by Lindsey Turteltaub. NYTW brings you a folk-punk dream like you've never experienced before. Shaun and Abigail Bengson's HUNDRED DAYS unleashes an exhilarating and raw story about embracing uncertainty, taking a leap, and loving as if you only had a hundred days to live. HUNDRED DAYS was originally commissioned, developed and produced by Z Space and piece by piece productions. Season memberships are now on sale at www.nytw.org or 212-460-5475. The 2017/18 season will also include the World Premiere of AN ORDINARY MUSLIM, by NYTW Usual Suspect Hammaad Chaudry (Salaam, Mr. Bush), directed by NYTW Usual Suspect and Obie Award winner Jo Bonney (The Body of An American); a new production directed by NYTW Usual Suspect, Tony Award nominee, and three-time Obie Award winner Rachel Chavkin (Hadestown; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) of LIGHT SHINING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, by NYTW Usual Suspect and five-time Obie Award winner Caryl Churchill (Love and Information; A Number); and the New York Premiere of THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND by Marcus Gardley (X: Or, Betty Shabazz v. The Nation), directed by NYTW Usual Suspect and Obie Award winner Lileana Blain-Cruz (Red Speedo; The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World). Currently playing at NYTW is MARY JANE by NYTW Usual Suspect and Pulitzer Prize Finalist Amy Herzog (4000 Miles, Belleville), directed by NYTW Usual Suspect and two-time Obie Award winner Anne Kauffman (Sundown, Yellow Moon; A Life) and featuring Carrie Coon (Fargo, The Leftovers). MARY JANE plays through October 29, 2017. Single tickets for HUNDRED DAYS are $85, with $65 tickets available for performances from November 17 to November 19. In order to provide access to those in their surrounding community and those with income limitations, NYTW launched CHEAPTIX, an affordable ticket program. At the first two performances of every NYTW production, tickets will be sold to the general public for just $25. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, online at NYTW.org or by phone from the NYTW Box Office at 212-460-5475. Standard ticketing fees apply. Additionally, a $25 day-of ticket rush will be available for young people, seniors, artists and Lower East Side residents. Rush tickets are subject to availability and are sold cash-only, limit two per person. Proper identification is required for all rush tickets. Youth (ages 25 and under) and seniors (ages 65+) may present an ID indicating date-of-birth; Artists may present an ID and a program or union card; Lower East Side residents may present an ID that includes your address. The performance schedule for HUNDRED DAYS is as follows: Tuesday and Wednesday at 7pm, Thursday and Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm & 8pm, Sunday at 2pm and 7pm. Exceptions: there will be no performances on Thursday, November 23; Tuesday, December 5; or Sunday, December 24. There will be an additional performance on Friday, December 22 at 2pm. The performances on Sunday, December 31 will be at 1pm and 5pm. New York Theatre Workshop, now in its fourth decade of incubating important new works of theatre, continues to honor its mission to explore perspectives on our collective history and respond to the events and institutions that shape all our lives. Each season, from its home in New York's East Village, NYTW presents four new productions, over 80 readings and numerous workshop productions for over 45,000 audience members. NYTW supports artists in all stages of their careers by maintaining a series of workshop programs, including work-in-progress readings, summer residencies and artist fellowships. Since its founding, NYTW has produced over 100 new, fully staged works, including Jonathan Larson's Rent; Tony Kushner's Slavs! and Homebody/Kabul; Doug Wright's Quills; Claudia Shear's Blown Sideways Through Life and Dirty Blonde; Paul Rudnick's The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told and Valhalla; Martha Clarke’s Vienna: Lusthaus; Caryl Churchill's Mad Forest, Far Away, A Number and Love and Information; Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen’s Aftermath; Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Enda Walsh’s Once; Rick Elice’s Peter and the Starcatcher; David Bowie and Enda Walsh’s Lazarus; Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown; and eight acclaimed productions directed by Ivo van Hove. NYTW’s productions have received a Pulitzer Prize, seventeen Tony Awards and assorted Obie, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards. FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.nytw.org # # # BIOS COLETTE ALEXANDER (Performer) began playing the cello at the age of four in Detroit, Michigan. With a primary focus on performing with pop/rock bands and in theater, she has toured extensively in Europe, the U.S. and Asia, and appeared on albums including the Grammy nominated work of Angelique Kidjo (Oyé), The Pop Ups (Radio Jungle) and Sara Bareilles (The Blessed Unrest). She has performed and recorded with many artists, including Jens Lekman, Josh Groban, Rilo Kiley, Rachael Yamagata, Greg Laswell, Girls in Trouble, Au Revoir Borealis, Matt Jones & the Reconstruction, and The Bengsons. Her original work 'Seed/Stem/Calyx' (co-written with The Bengsons) will be paired with the choreography of Sonya Tayeh and can be seen on tour with the Malpaso Dance company for their 2017-18 season. She currently resides in New York City. JO LAMPERT (Performer). Selected Off-Broadway: Joan of Arc: Into the Fire (Public Theater, Lortel Nomination); Rimbaud in NY (BAM); New York Animals (New Ohio); Iphigenia in Aulis (CSC); Dance, Dance Revolution (Ohio). Selected regional: Marie Antoinette (A.R.T./Yale Rep); Prometheus Bound (A.R.T.); The Last Goodbye (Williamstown). TV: “The Path,” “Orange is the New Black”. DANI MARKHAM (Performer), a Louisville, Kentucky native, discovered her love for rhythm at the early age of 7 and by the age of 8, Markham was gigging regularly with the Louisville Leopard Percussionists. During her early years, Markham was featured in Modern Drummer Magazine and received nation-wide attention for her drumming and xylophone ragtime chops. Markham continued her pursuit in music, receiving a full-tuition scholarship to the University of Miami's esteemed Frost School of Music. While attending the University of Miami, Markham expanded her studies in world music including Brazilian, Afro-Beat, and Afro-Cuban rhythms. Her recent collaborations include critically acclaimed indie-rock band, Tune-Yards and most recently, Grammy nominee Childish Gambino. She has appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” “Conan,” “Jools Holland,” and has performed alongside comedian, Dave Chapelle. Markham appeared on the judge panel this year for the international Hit Like A Girl drum competition and actively engages in programs that inspire the youth and women through drumming and creative expression. Markham is currently based in Brooklyn, New York and is an official LP (Latin Percussion) Artist and Endorsee. REGGIE D. WHITE (Performer). Off-Broadway: Hundred Days (Public Theater - Under the Radar); I & You (59E59 Theaters); For The Last Time (Clurman Theatre). Other theatrical credits include Blues For Mr. Charlie (Williams Project); And She Would Stand Like This (The Movement Theatre Company); The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (People's Light); Frontieres Sans Frontieres (Bushwick Starr); The Last Tiger in Haiti (La Jolla Playhouse/Berkeley Rep); and Party People (Berkeley Rep). TV: “Gotham,” “Blindspot.” Film: Buzzer, Medias Res, and Stranger In Blood. Training: Atlantic Theater School, Cal State Hayward. Currently a TCG Fox Fellow at Berkeley Rep. THE BENGSONS (Book, Music & Lyrics) have appeared across the country and around the world at such venues as Joe’s Pub (NYC), NYU’s Skirball Center (NYC), MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA), On The Boards (Seattle), FlynnSpace (Burlington, VT), and the Market Theater (Johannesburg, South Africa). Their indie folk opera, HUNDRED DAYS (Public Theatre’s UTR, Z Space, San Francisco; Know Theatre, Cincinnati) was awarded the TBA Award for Best New Musical. They have had three singles featured on national television on “So You Think You Can Dance” (FOX). Most recently their music was featured in Sundown, Yellow Moon for Ars Nova/WP, Hurricane Diane at Two River Theatre Company, Sonya Tayeh’s you’ll still call me by name at New York Live Arts and Anne Washburn and Rachel Chavkin's Iphigenia in Aulis at Classic Stage Company. They are founding members of the Real Make Collective with Sonya Tayeh and Jo Lampert. Abigail Nessen Bengson has toured as a member of tUnE-yArDs, including an appearance on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” Upcoming work includes The Lucky Ones at Ars Nova and a commission with Lincoln Center. SARAH GANCHER’s (Book) writing has been seen on stages across the US and internationally, including London’s National Theatre, Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre, Steppenwolf, The Public Theater, Seattle Rep, Hartford Stage, Ars Nova, P73, WP Theater, The Flea and NYC SummerStage. Honors include the New York Stage and Film Founder's Award, the Clifford Odets Commission, a Time Warner Fellowship at WP Theater, the AR Gurney Prize. and a Drama League Nomination for Best Production of a Musical. She is a member/alum of P73’s writer’s group Interstate 73, The Playwrights Realm Writing Fellows program, WP Theater’s Lab and the Ars Nova Play Group. Sarah was a co-writer of The TEAM’s Mission Drift (Drama League nom, Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Prize, Scotsman Fringe First, Herald Angel; London’s National Theatre, int’l tour to Europe, Asia, and Australia.) Sarah frequently collaborates with devising ensembles including Telluride Theatre and Hand2Mouth (Portland, OR) and has served as the in-house writer for Blue Man Group, as well as enjoyed previous and concurrent lives as a jazz violinist and circus clown. She is currently working with The Bengsons on multiple projects including Hundred Days which premiered at Under the Radar 2017 and a project with Ars Nova. Upcoming: World premieres of I’ll Get You Back Again at Round House Theater directed by Rachel Chavkin and Seder at Hartford Stage directed by Elizabeth Williamson. She is under commission by Asolo Repertory Theater and Second City Theatricals. MFA: NYU. ANNE KAUFFMAN (Director). Recent credits include: Marvin’s Room, A Life (Lortel, Drama League and Drama Desk nominations), Marjorie Prime (Lortel and Drama League nominations), Detroit, Your Mother’s Copy of the Kama Sutra and Maple and Vine at Playwrights Horizons; The Nether at MCC; Smokefall at MCC, The Goodman Theater and South Coast Rep; Buzzer at the Public Theater; You Got Older (Drama Desk nomination) with P73 Productions; Belleville at Yale Rep, NYTW and Steppenwolf; Hundred Days at Under the Radar, Z Space and The Know Theater; The Muscles in our Toes at Labyrinth Theater Company; Somewhere Fun and God’s Ear (also with New Georges) at the Vineyard Theater; Stunning and Slowgirl at LCT3; You Better Sit Down: Tales from My Parents’ Divorce with the Civilians at Williamstown, ArtsEmerson and The Flea. Anne is a founding member of the Civilians, a Clubbed Thumb Associate Artist, where she helped create the CT Directing Fellowship, a New Georges Associate Artist, a Sundance Program Associate, member of the Artistic Council of Soho Rep, and an Executive Board Member of the SDC. Awards include OBIES for Directing and for Sustained Excellence, the Joan and Joseph Cullman Award for Exceptional Creativity from Lincoln Center, the Alan Schneider Director Award, and two Barrymore Awards. SONYA TAYEH (Movement Director) has worked nationally and internationally across the worlds of dance and theater, and is also an accomplished and proud teacher. Tayeh’s most recent credits include: you’ll still call me by name, a dance-symphony directed, and choreographed for her commission from Bill T. Jones’ institution New York Live Arts; Hurricane Diane (Two River Theatre); Hundred Days (Public Theater); The Skin of Our Teeth (Theatre For A New Audience); Andrew Lippas’ The Wild Party (City Center Encores); Iphigenia in Aulis (Classic Stage Company), Kung Fu (Signature Theatre), The Last Goodbye (San Diego’s Old Globe). She has gleaned accolades for her versatile work, including two Emmy nominations for Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance, and the Lucille Lortel and Obie Awards for “Outstanding Choreography” for her work on David Henry Hwang’s dance-play Kung Fu, for which she also received a Drama Desk nomination. Upcoming projects include: As You Like It (Public Theater’s Public Works); newly commissioned pieces for the Hudson Valley Dance Festival; Cape Dance Festival; The Lucky Ones (Ars Nova). |
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