| Roundabout announces three new works for 2020 Off-Broadway season | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 10:14 am EST 02/15/19 | |
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| ANNOUNCES THREE NEW WORKS FOR 2020 OFF-BROADWAY SEASON AT THE HAROLD & MIRIAM STEINBERG CENTER FOR THEATRE 72 MILES TO GO… by Hilary Bettis World Premiere Begins Winter 2020 …what the end will be by Jiréh Breon Holder A Mimi Commission Play+ for Roundabout Directed by Margot Bordelon World Premiere Begins Spring 2020 DARLING GRENADINE, Book, Music and Lyrics by Daniel Zaitchik Directed and Choreographed by Michael Berresse New York Premiere begins at Roundabout Underground Winter 2020 +Support for the Mimi Commission Program is provided by The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust. Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director/CEO) is thrilled to announce a line-up of all new work Off-Broadway, including a new Roundabout commission by Roundabout Underground alumnus Jiréh Breon Holder (Too Heavy for Your Pocket) and the first Roundabout Underground musical in more than a decade. The 2019-2020 Off-Broadway season at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre will feature the world premiere of 72 Miles to Go… by Hilary Bettis; the world premiere of the Roundabout commission …what the end will be by Jiréh Breon Holder, directed by Margot Bordelon; and the new musical Darling Grenadine, book, music & lyrics by Daniel Zaitchik, directed and choregraphed by Michael Berresse which originated as a part of the 2018 Roundabout Underground Reading Series. As part of Roundabout’s New Play initiative, each participating Underground playwright receives a commission for a new play, demonstrating an unparalleled level of commitment to writers’ careers and the future of theatre in New York. 72 MILES TO GO… / WINTER 2020 IN THE LAURA PELS THEATRE Seventy-two miles. That’s the space between Nogales, Mexico and Tucson, Arizona—and the world of distance that separates a mother at a shelter and her American-born husband and children. This premiere from Juilliard playwright Hilary Bettis (“The Americans”) follows a splintered family over 10 years of strength, struggle and love, as they face the profoundly personal drama of immigration. …what the end will be / SPRING 2020 IN THE LAURA PELS THEATRE Roundabout welcomes back playwright Jiréh Breon Holder following his triumphant 2017 Underground debut, Too Heavy For Your Pocket. In this new work, a Mimi Commission for Roundabout, three generations of men live under one roof and grapple with their own truths of what it means to be black and gay. It’s an exploration of pride, pain, and patience through the unflinching eyes of fathers and sons. DARLING GRENADINE / WINTER 2020 IN THE ROUNDABOUT UNDERGROUND Roundabout Underground debuts its first new musical in a decade. When charismatic songwriter Harry falls for clever chorus girl Louise, all of Manhattan glitters with the blush of new love. But what happens when the sparkling fantasy begins to dissolve? Bubbling over with charm, wit, and whimsy, Darling Grenadine navigates the tension between romance and reality, light and dark, bitter and sweet. Featuring a vibrantly eclectic score and stirring book and lyrics by Daniel Zaitchik. HILARY BETTIS (Playwright, 72 Miles to Go…) is a Brooklyn-based writer who works in TV, film and theater. She was nominated for a 2018 and 2019 Writer’s Guild of America Award for her work on the Emmy (Best Writing) and Golden Globe (Best Drama) series “The Americans” on FX, which she wrote on for the final two seasons. Her play, 72 miles to go… is a 2019 Finalist for the prestigious Blackburn Prize. She is a graduate of the Lila Acheson Wallace Playwright Fellowship at The Juilliard School. Bettis has received fellowships, workshops, and residencies at the Roundabout, Alley All New Festival, Orlando Shakes PlayFest, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, 2050 Fellow at New York Theatre Workshop, John N. Wall Fellow at Sewanee Writers’ Conference, SPACE at Ryder Farm, Writer-In-Residence at Cape Cod Theatre Project, La Jolla Playhouse, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow, Playwrights’ Week at The Lark, NNPN’s National Showcase of New Plays, Audrey Residency at New Georges, Two River Theater, Great Plains Theatre Conference, WildWind Lab at Texas Tech, The Kennedy Center/NNPN MFA Workshop, and a Sloan/EST Commission. She has had plays recognized by The Kilroys every year since its inception. She has been a Runner-Up for the Alliance Theatre’s Kendeda Award, Nuestras Voces National Playwriting Competition, American Blues Theater’s Blue Ink Award, New America Fellowship, and the Leah Ryan Prize. Bettis is a member of the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages, Ensemble Studio Theater, a Usual Suspect at NYTW, an Affiliated Artist at New Georges, The Kilroys, and a proud member of the WGA. The Ghosts of Lote Bravo received a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere at the Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City, MO, Borderlands Theater in Tucson, Arizona. The play was published in American Theatre Magazine in February 2018 with stills from the production on the cover. Her play, Alligator, was produced Off-Broadway with New Georges and The Sol Project, and was nominated for a 2017 Drama Desk for Outstanding Music in a Play. Queen of Basel, a bilingual adaptation of Miss Julie commissioned by Miami New Drama, was produced at Miami New Drama in April 2018, and will receive its World Premiere at Studio Theatre in D.C. March 2019. Her play, 72 miles to go… received a workshop production at the Alley’s All New festival in January 2019, and will receive it’s Off-Broadway World Premiere at the Roundabout Winter 2020. As a screenwriter, Bettis has written, produced, and directed multiple short films, which have screened at film festivals across the globe. She has developed and sold multiple original TV shows, and is currently developing a project at FX with Propgate producing, and another project at AMC. And she is an alumni of the prestigious Sundance Institute Episodic TV Lab. She is represented by CAA and Grandview. www.HilaryBettisWriter.com JIRÉH BREON HOLDER (Playwright, …what the end will be) is an Atlanta-based theater artist, currently writing for NBC’s hospital drama New Amsterdam. His play Too Heavy for Your Pocket was the recipient of the Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award, winner of the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition National Graduate Playwriting Competition, and had an extended off-Broadway run at the Roundabout Theatre. He was a recipient of the 2016 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards and honored as the Fellowship of Southern Writers' 2017 Bryan Foundation Award for Drama. From 2016-2019, Jiréh served as the Playwriting Fellow of the Department of Theater and Creative Writing at Emory University. In 2016, he received his MFA in Playwriting from the Yale School of Drama where he studied with his beloved professor Sarah Ruhl. He is a co-founder of Pyramid Theatre Company in Des Moines, Iowa. Jiréh’s plays blend poetry and politics, often pulling from the magic and mundaneness of everyday life in the South. Other plays include The Least of These, In The Southern Breeze, …what the end will be,The Dancing Granny, and 50:13. He has received productions or readings at the Alliance Theatre, Yale School of Drama, Roundabout Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Seattle Repertory Theater, and the Old Globe Theatre. www.jirehbreonholder.com MARGOT BORDELON (Director, …what the end will be) is a Brooklyn based director who specializes in new work. Upcoming: Do You Feel Anger? by Mara Nelson-Greenberg at the Vineyard, and Something Clean by Selina Fillinger at Roundabout Underground. Recent projects: Eddie and Dave by Amy Staats at Atlantic Theater Company; Plot Points in Our Sexual Development by Miranda Rose Hall at LCT3; Wilder Gone by Angela Hanks for Clubbed Thumb (NYT's Critic's pick); Do You Feel Anger? at ATL’s Humana Festival, The Last Class: A Jazzercize Play by Megan Hill at ATC in Seattle, Too Heavy For Your Pocket by Jiréh Breon Holder at the Roundabout Underground and the Alliance, The Pen by Julianne Wick Davis and Dan Collins for Premieres NYC (NYT’s Critic's pick), peerless by Jiehae Park at Yale Rep, Cherry Lane, and Marin Theatre Company, and A Delicate Ship by Anna Ziegler for Playwrights Realm (NYT's Critic's pick). Margot's work has been seen at Ars Nova, American Theater Co., Berkeley Rep, Cherry Lane, Clubbed Thumb, Dodo, Juilliard, The Lark, NYTW, P73, Perry Mansfield, Play Penn, Portland Center Stage, Primary Stages, The Public, PWC, Rattlestick, SPACE at Ryder Farm, Steppenwolf, the Wilma, and Woolly Mammoth, among others. Margot moved east after spending six years in Chicago working as a director, writer and performer. She is a founding member of Theatre Seven of Chicago and spent four seasons working on the artistic staff of Looking glass Theatre. BFA: Cornish College of the Arts. MFA: Yale School of Drama. www.margotbordelon.com DANIEL ZAITCHIK (Book, Music & Lyrics, Darling Grenadine) is a singer-songwriter and musical theatre composer, lyricist and bookwriter. As a singer-songwriter, he has performed at venues including Joe's Pub, 54 Below, Rockwood Music Hall, and The Bootleg Theater. He was the frontman and writer for the 11-piece, multi-voiced band Blue Bottle Collection, and his albums include Summer of the Soda Fountain Girls and Bad Dancer. He is currently recording his next solo album. Zaitchik’s musicals include Darling Grenadine, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Costume, and Suprema (with playwright Jordan Harrison.) His work has been developed at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Roundabout Theatre Company, Lincoln Center Theater, New Dramatists, Ars Nova, NAMT, Princeton University, Goodspeed Musicals, and others. As a sometimes-actor, he has worked at theatres including Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theater Club, Williamstown Theater Festival, Barrington Stage, and Long Wharf Theater. Zaitchik is the recipient of the 2017 Kleban Prize for most promising musical theatre lyricist. Other honors include The Ester B. Kahn Career Entry Award from Boston University, the Frederick Loewe Award from New Dramatists, and The Georgia Bogarduz Holof Lyricist Award. www.danielzaitchik.com MICHAEL BERRESSE (Director & Choreographer, Darling Grenadine) is a Tony and Olivier nominated actor and OBIE award winning director. His Broadway credits include: [title of show], The Cher Show, A Chorus Line, The Light in the Piazza, Kiss Me, Kate, Chicago, Damn Yankees, Guys and Dolls, Carousel and Fiddler on the Roof among others. Other direction: The Golden Apple (Encores!), Now. Here. This. (Vineyard Theatre), The Last Five Years (ACT), Once, Next to Normal, Analog & Vinyl (world premiere), Million Dollar Quartet, Peter and the Starcatcher, Round and Round the Garden. On Film and TV Michael has been seen in State of Play, A.I., The Bourne Legacy, “The Good Wife,” “The Knick,” “Elementary,” “Law & Order,” “Person of Interest,” “SVU,” “Criminal Intent,” “Crossbones.” Fun fact: he was also a Star Search grand champion way back in 1992. Additional programming and information regarding Roundabout’s Off-Broadway season will be announced in the near future. Major support for Roundabout Underground Provided by Jodi Glucksman. ...what the end will be is a Mimi Commission Play, funded by The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust. The development of ...what the end will be was supported by the Laurents/Hatcher Foundation. Roundabout gratefully acknowledges the Leaders for New Works: Alec Baldwin, James Costa and John Archibald, Linda L. D’Onofrio, Peggy and Mark Ellis, Howard Gilman Foundation, Jodi Glucksman, Sylvia Golden, Judith and Douglas Krupp, K. Myers, Katheryn Patterson and Tom Kempner, Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater, Ira Pittelman, Laura S. Rodgers, Mary Solomon, Lauren and Danny Stein, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, and The Tow Foundation. TICKET INFORMATION Tickets are first made available to subscribers and donors. Whether you are interested in the best value or VIP experiences, Roundabout has a package option for you. Visit roundabouttheatre.org or call 212-719-1300 for more info. Sign up for Roundabout’s email club at roundabouttheatre.org to be notified when tickets go on sale to the public. ABOUT THE NEW PLAY INITIATIVE Through the New Play Initiative, Roundabout proves its devotion to the development and production of new works by significant writers and artists. The Roundabout Underground program in particular, provides substantial artistic and financial resources to emerging playwrights to stage their debut productions in New York and on Roundabout’s stages. In addition to producing their first play, writers receive a commission for a future play, showing a level of commitment to writers’ careers and the future of theatre in New York that is unparalleled. The New Play Initiative has discovered and brought audiences some of the most important new voices in theatre and is dedicated to creating a diverse canon for the future of theatre. To learn more about Roundabout’s commitment to the development of new work, visit NPI VIDEO. Roundabout Theatre Company celebrates the power of theatre by spotlighting classics from the past, cultivating new works of the present, and educating minds for the future. A not-for-profit company, Roundabout fulfills that mission by producing familiar and lesser-known plays and musicals; discovering and supporting talented playwrights; reducing the barriers that can inhibit theatergoing; collaborating with a diverse team of artists; building educational experiences; and archiving over five decades of production history. Roundabout Theatre Company presents a variety of plays, musicals and new works on its five stages: Broadway’s American Airlines Theatre, Studio 54 and Stephen Sondheim Theatre, and Off-Broadway’s Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, which houses the Laura Pels Theatre and Black Box Theatre. American Airlines is the official airline of Roundabout Theatre Company. Roundabout productions are supported, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Roundabout 2018-19 Broadway season includes True West by Sam Shepard, directed by James Macdonald, starring Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano; Kiss Me, Kate, directed by Scott Ellis, starring Kelli O’Hara, Will Chase and Corbin Bleu, and Arthur Miller’s All My Sons starring Annette Bening, Tracy Letts and Benjamin Walker, directed by Jack O’Brien. Off-Broadway in 2018-2019, Roundabout’s season continues with Merrily We Roll Along by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth, directed by Noah Brody in a Fiasco Theater production; Toni Stone by Lydia R. Diamond, directed by Pam MacKinnon, with Uzo Aduba; and Something Clean by Selina Fillinger, directed by Margot Bordelon at Roundabout Underground. www.roundabouttheatre.org |
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