| Playwrights Horizons announces final extension for hit MILES FOR MARY | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 05:24 pm EST 01/31/18 | |
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| PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS ANNOUNCES SECOND EXTENSION FOR THE ACCLAIMED OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE OF MILES FOR MARY A NEW PLAY CREATED BY THE MAD ONES WRITTEN BY MARC BOVINO, JOE CURNUTTE, MICHAEL DALTO, LILA NEUGEBAUER AND STEPHANIE WRIGHT THOMPSON IN COLLABORATION WITH SARAH LUNNIE & THE CREATIVE ENSEMBLE OF AMY STAATS AND STACEY YEN DIRECTED BY LILA NEUGEBAUER Production extends a third and final week, now through Sunday, February 25 Due to critical acclaim and popular demand, Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced a second extension of their presentation of the New York stage return of MILES FOR MARY, a new play created by The Mad Ones. The play is written by Marc Bovino, Joe Curnutte, Michael Dalto, Lila Neugebauer and Stephanie Wright Thompson; in collaboration with Sarah Lunnie and the creative ensemble of Amy Staats and Stacey Yen. Directed by Lila Neugebauer, this new limited engagement at Playwrights Horizons marks the production’s Off-Broadway debut. Originally announced to play through February 4, MILES FOR MARY opened on January 22 and immediately announced a two-week extension through February 18. The production will now play an additional, third week through Sunday, February 25 at Playwrights Horizons’ Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street). This is the latest extension possible. Ben Brantley of The New York Times has twice named MILES FOR MARY a CRITIC’S PICK, first in 2016 and now again in 2018. He’s praised it as, “A master class in passive aggression, and a priceless portrait of accumulating anger in the workplace with a first-rate cast. So funny and unexpectedly touching!” Sara Holdren in New York Magazine proclaimed it, “A stunning feat, both of ensemble writing and acting. MILES FOR MARY is a smart, barbed, helplessly funny observation of human idiocy. Director Lila Neugebauer excels at drawing nuanced, sensitive work out of her ensembles, and under her guidance all six actors turn in performances as meticulous as the set on which they move.” Helen Shaw of Time Out New York also named it a CRITIC’S PICK and gave it FIVE STARS, calling it, “Pure delight and radiating pleasure! Your troubles lift from your shoulders while you’re watching MILES FOR MARY. Go now, go now. Don’t dare dream it’s over.” David Cote in the Village Voice called it, “A carefully orchestrated slice of nostalgia from the ingenious Mad Ones! Directed by the in-demand Lila Neugebauer, the excellent actors do extremely colorful, nuanced work with organic immediacy and deep-grained authenticity. Revel in their finely shaded portraits.” And The New Yorker hailed, “MILES FOR MARY impresses in many ways, including an exceptionally balanced and cohesive ensemble. The play goes deep, tilting almost imperceptibly from spoof to heartbreak.” The entire “superb ensemble” (Bob Hofler, The Wrap) returns, featuring The Mad Ones company members Marc Bovino, Joe Curnutte, Michael Dalto, and Stephanie Wright Thompson, as well as Amy Staats (The Sluts of Sutton Drive at Ensemble Studio Theatre) and Stacey Yen (John at ACT). MILES FOR MARY is a part of Playwrights Horizons’ new Redux Series, which joins forces with kindred theater companies to remount their productions at Playwrights for a wider audience. The production first received critical acclaim during its smash run at The Bushwick Starr in Brooklyn during the fall of 2016. It’s 1988 and the planning committee for Garrison High School’s ninth annual Miles For Mary Telethon is fired up and ready to go. Across subcommittee sessions in the Phys Ed teachers’ lounge, The Mad Ones assemble an analog elegy to the camcorder 1980s, Girls Track and Field, and the consecrated American High School. The production features scenic design by Amy Rubin, costume design by Ásta Bennie Hostetter, lighting design by Mike Inwood and sound design by Stowe Nelson. Production Stage Manager is John C. Moore. MILES FOR MARY was developed with support from The Bushwick Starr and world premiered during their 2016-2017 season. The performance schedule for MILES FOR MARY will be Tuesdays through Fridays at 7:30 PM, Saturdays at 2 & 7:30 PM and Sundays at 7PM. There is a special Sunday matinee 2/25 at 2PM. Single tickets, $45-75, may be purchased online via www.phnyc.org, by phone at (212) 279-4200 (Noon-8pm daily) and in person at the Ticket Central Box Office, 416 West 42nd Street (between Ninth & Tenth Avenues). Following this special presentation of MILES FOR MARY, the Playwrights Horizons 2017/2018 Season will continue with THIS FLAT EARTH, the world premiere of a new play by Lindsey Ferrentino, directed by Tony Award winner Rebecca Taichman (previews begin March 16); DANCE NATION, the world premiere of a new Susan Smith Blackburn Prize-winning play by Obie Award winner Clare Barron, directed by Obie Award winner Lee Sunday Evans (April 2018); and conclude with LOG CABIN, the world premiere of a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Jordan Harrison, directed by Tony Award and Obie Award winner Pam MacKinnon, featuring Jesse Tyler Ferguson (June 2018). Patron Program Memberships begin at $1,500 (all but $550 is tax-deductible) and include two reserved house seats and personalized concierge service to all six Playwrights Horizons productions, as well as a variety of exclusive benefits including invitations to attend special events with artists, staff and board members. Complete benefits list at www.phnyc.org. Playwrights Horizons’ season productions are generously supported in part by The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Playwrights Horizons is supported in part by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. In addition, Playwrights Horizons receives major support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, the Peter Jay Sharp Foundation and the Time Warner Foundation. www.phnyc.org www.Facebook.com/PlaywrightsHorizons Twitter: @phnyc Instagram: phnyc BIOGRAPHIES Marc Bovino (Ken Wyckoff/Writer/Co-Artistic Director, The Mad Ones). Playwrights debut. With The Mad Ones: Miles for Mary (The Bushwick Starr), The Essential Straight & Narrow (New Ohio Theatre), Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War (New Ohio Theatre, The Brick, Ars Nova), The Tremendous Tremendous (The Brick), and Inspector Pennywhistle and the Nefarious Case of the Sweet Shop Murder (Clubbed Thumb, SummerWorks Hot Dish). New York: Be The Death of Me (The Civilians, Irondale Center) Trade Practices, Lush Valley, Rus(h) (HERE). Regional: A Christmas Carol, Dracula (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Uncle Sam’s Satiric Spectacular (Humana Festival), A Christmas Carol (Hartford Stage). Joe Curnutte (Rod Dietrich/Writer/Co-Artistic Director). Playwrights debut. With The Mad Ones: Miles for Mary (The Bushwick Starr), The Essential Straight & Narrow (The New Ohio), Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War (New Ohio Theatre, The Brick, Ars Nova), The Tremendous Tremendous (The Brick), and Inspector Pennywhistle and the Nefarious Case of the Sweet Shop Murder (Clubbed Thumb, SummerWorks Hot Dish). Also a writer/actor of Unnatural Acts: Harvard’s Secret Court of 1920 (CSC, multiple Drama Desk nominee). Regional: Two Men of Florence (Huntington), Dracula (Actors Theatre of Louisville). TV: The Get Down (Netflix), American Odyssey (NBC), Person of Interest (CBS), The Story of Vice (NatGeo), I Just Want My Pants Back (MTV), As the World Turns (CBS), All My Children (ABC). Featured in Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto V. Michael Dalto (David Eagan/Writer/Associate Director, The Mad Ones). Playwrights debut. With The Mad Ones: The Essential Straight & Narrow (The New Ohio Theatre) Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War (New Ohio Theatre, The Brick, Ars Nova), The Tremendous Tremendous (The Brick). Regional: Pride and Prejudice and Shipwrecked! The Amazing Adventures of Louis De Rougemont (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Brink! (Humana Festival 2009), Man of La Mancha and A Christmas Carol (Virginia Stage Co.), Lemony Snickett’s The Composer is Dead (Virginia Symphony Orchestra). BA in Religious Studies, Rollins College; previously a member of the 2008/09 Apprentice Co. of Actors Theatre of Louisville. Amy Staats (Brenda Zadakian). Playwrights debut. Select plays include Eddie and Dave (developed at Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor and SPACE On Ryder Farm with Margot Bordelon and Megan Hill), Hands (Naked Angel’s First Mondays), and Throws of Love (Samuel French Festival, winner). As an actor, favorite productions include The Last Class: A Jazzercise Play (Dodo Theater Collective) and Trevor (Lesser America). Select writing awards include: Atlantic Theater Launch Commission: 2016-2017, Best Script, LA Comedy Shorts. She is a founding member of Dodo Theater Collective and is thrilled to be working with The Mad Ones. Stephanie Wright Thompson (Sandra Bulkman/Writer/Co-Artistic Director, The Mad Ones). Playwrights debut. The Mad Ones: Miles for Mary, The Essential Straight & Narrow, Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War, The Tremendous Tremendous. Other credits: The Messenger (Clubbed Thumb), The Subtle Body (59E59), The Hatmaker’s Wife (Playwrights Realm), Mission Drift (The TEAM), Habit (PS122), The Bird and the Two-Ton Weight (EST), 1Rove (The Bushwick Starr), Tigers Be Still (Partly Cloudy People), Have You Seen Steve Steven? (13P), Michael and Edie (Greenpoint Division). Regional: Six Years and Neon Mirage (Humana Festival), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Actors Theatre of Louisville), tempOdyssey (New Jersey Repertory Theater). Stacey Yen (Julie Wyckoff-Barnes). Playwrights debut. Recently performed in Annie Baker's John at ACT, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll, and Miles for Mary with The Mad Ones at the Bushwick Starr. In NYC, she has appeared in new work for Ars Nova, Clubbed Thumb, Fault Line Theatre, The Play Company, The Public Theater, Slant Theatre Company, and Under the Radar Festival. Regional highlights include the world premiere of A Confederacy of Dunces at the Huntington Theater Company with Nick Offerman and Mary Zimmerman's Arabian Nights at Berkeley Rep, Lookingglass Theater, and Arena Stage. Regionally, she has worked at the Goodman Theatre, Hartford Stage, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, and the Williamstown Theater Festival. Internationally she has performed at the Kings Theater (Scotland) and The Esplanade (Singapore). TV: Elementary, Madame Secretary, Treme, The Blacklist, High Maintenance, Gossip Girl, Unforgettable, The Good Wife, Blue Bloods, CSI:NY among others. Education: Brown University, NYU Grad Acting. Lila Neugebauer (Director/Writer/Co-Artistic Director, The Mad Ones). Playwrights debut. Obie, Drama Desk, and Princess Grace Award winner. Recent directing: Annie Baker’s The Antipodes; Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Everybody; Albee’s The Sandbox, Fornes’ Drowning, and Kennedy’s Funnyhouse of a Negro (as an evening, Signature Plays); A.R. Gurney’s The Wayside Motor Inn (all at Signature Theatre); Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves (The Playwrights Realm, NY Stage & Film, and upcoming at Lincoln Center); Abe Koogler’s Kill Floor (LCT3); Mike Bartlett’s An Intervention (Williamstown); Amy Herzog’s After The Revolution, 4000 Miles (Baltimore Center Stage); Zoe Kazan’s Trudy and Max in Love, Eliza Clark’s Future Thinking (South Coast Rep); Lucas Hnath’s Red Speedo (Studio Theatre); Dan LeFranc’s Troublemaker (Berkeley Rep); Partners, O Guru Guru Guru (Humana Festival); Annie Baker’s The Aliens (SF Playhouse, Studio Theatre). With The Mad Ones: Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War, The Essential Straight and Narrow, and Inspector Pennywhistle. Upcoming: Zoe Kazan’s After The Blast (LCT3), Albee’s At Home at the Zoo (Signature Theatre), Lily Thorne’s Peace For Mary Frances (The New Group), and Tracy Letts’ Mary Page Marlowe (Second Stage). The Mad Ones. Founded in 2009, The Mad Ones are a New York City-based company dedicated to creating visceral, ensemble-driven, highly detailed theatrical experiences that examine and illuminate American nostalgia. We devise plays through the ongoing collaboration of performers/writers, designers, and director, with each artist playing an essential role in a piece’s creation from the inception. Our productions appropriate popular American genres, playfully re-imagine world history, and incorporate live music in service of a delicately woven, wholly articulated, character-driven universe. The Mad Ones are Co-Artistic Directors Marc Bovino (performer/writer), Joe Curnutte (performer/writer), Lila Neugebauer (director/writer), Stephanie Wright Thompson (performer/writer); Company Members Michael Dalto (performer/music director/marketing director), Ásta Bennie Hostetter (costume designer), Mike Inwood (lighting designer), Laura Jellinek (set designer), Sarah Lunnie (dramaturg), and Stowe Nelson (sound designer). The Mad Ones are currently the Company-in-Residence at Ars Nova. Playwrights Horizons is dedicated to cultivating the most important American playwrights, composers and lyricists, as well as developing and producing their bold new plays and musicals. Under Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, Playwrights builds upon its diverse and renowned body of work, counting 400 writers among its artistic roster. In addition to its onstage work each season, Playwrights’ singular commitment to nurturing American theater artists guides all of the institution’s multifaceted initiatives: our acclaimed New Works Lab, a robust commissioning program, an innovative curriculum at its Theater School and more. Playwrights has been recognized with numerous awards and honors, including six Pulitzer Prizes, 13 Tony Awards and 39 Obie Awards. Prior artistic directors include André Bishop and Don Scardino. Robert Moss founded Playwrights Horizons in 1971 and oversaw its first decade, cementing the mission that continues to guide the institution today. Notable productions include six Pulitzer Prize winners – Annie Baker’s The Flick (2013 Obie Award, 2013 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize), Bruce Norris’s Clybourne Park (2012 Tony Award, Best Play), Doug Wright’s I Am My Own Wife (2004 Tony Award, Best Play), Wendy Wasserstein’s The Heidi Chronicles (1989 Tony Award, Best Play), Alfred Uhry’s Driving Miss Daisy and Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Sunday in the Park with George – as well as Ms. Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation (three 2010 Obie Awards including Best New American Play); Lisa D’Amour’s Detroit (2013 Obie Award, Best New American Play); Samuel D. Hunter’s The Whale (2013 Lortel Award, Best Play); Kirsten Greenidge’s Milk Like Sugar (2012 Obie Award); Jordan Harrison’s Marjorie Prime (2015 Pulitzer finalist); Lucas Hnath’s The Christians (2016 Obie Award, 2016 Outer Critics Circle Award, 2015 Kesselring Prize); Robert O’Hara’s Bootycandy (two 2015 Obie Awards); Max Posner’s The Treasurer, Adam Bock’s A Life and A Small Fire; Taylor Mac’s Hir; Danai Gurira’s Familiar; Anne Washburn’s Mr. Burns, a post-electric play; Sarah Ruhl’s Stage Kiss and Dead Man’s Cell Phone; Gina Gionfriddo’s Rapture, Blister, Burn; Dan LeFranc’s The Big Meal; Amy Herzog’s The Great God Pan and After the Revolution; Bathsheba Doran’s Kin; Edward Albee’s Me, Myself & I; Melissa James Gibson’s This (2010 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist); Doug Wright, Scott Frankel and Michael Korie’s Grey Gardens (three 2007 Tony Awards); Craig Lucas’s Prayer For My Enemy and Small Tragedy (2004 Obie Award, Best American Play); Adam Rapp’s Kindness; Lynn Nottage’s Fabulation (2005 Obie Award for Playwriting); Kenneth Lonergan’s Lobby Hero; David Greenspan’s She Stoops to Comedy (2003 Obie Award); Kirsten Childs’s The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (2000 Obie Award); Richard Nelson and Shaun Davey’s James Joyce’s The Dead (2000 Tony Award, Best Book); Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Assassins; William Finn’s March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland; Christopher Durang’s Betty’s Summer Vacation and Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You; Richard Nelson’s Goodnight Children Everywhere; Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s Once on This Island; Jon Robin Baitz’s The Substance of Fire; Scott McPherson’s Marvin’s Room; A.R. Gurney’s Later Life; Adam Guettel and Tina Landau’s Floyd Collins; and Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley’s Violet. |
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