| Keen Company announces musical pre-show prior to SORRY, WRONG NUMBER, starring Marc delaCruz, Sarah Lynn Marion, Lauren Molina and host Dan Domingues | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 01:22 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
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| Drama Desk and Obie Award-Winning Keen Company Announces the Cast for An Exciting Musical Pre-Show Starring Marc delaCruz, Sarah Lynn Marion and Lauren Molina, Hosted by Dan Domingues Prior to the All-Star Benefit Broadcast of Sorry, Wrong Number Starring Four-Time Academy Award Nominee Marsha Mason, Along with Heidi Armbruster, Tony Award Winner Chuck Cooper, Jasminn Johnson, and Matt Saldivar Benefit Livestream To Air Monday February 15th at 7pm EST ONE NIGHT ONLY! Tickets Now On Sale! Keen Company continues the 2020-'21 Season with all-star benefit broadcast of Sorry, Wrong Number by Lucille Fletcher, which Orson Welles called "the greatest single radio script ever written!" Today Keen Company Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein announced the cast for the musical pre-show: Lauren Molina, Marc delaCruz, and Sarah Lynn Marion, hosted by Dan Domingues. In addition to the exciting pre-show, this one-night only event will feature a starry cast breathing new life into a classic script, followed by an exclusive talkback after the show with artists. Benefit tickets are only $25 and are available at www.keencompany.org. Inspired by the original broadcast which aired in 1943, Keen Company has crafted a transportive hour of classic radio: the enigmatic host, Dan Domingues, welcomes the audience to an evening of song that turns to a night of horror & suspense. The evening will begin with Lauren Molina, Marc delaCruz, and Sarah Lynn Marion serenading patrons with standards from the Great American Songbook. Then suspense will build with the reading of Lucille Fletcher's masterpiece Sorry, Wrong Number. Stay online after the performance for a live talkback that will connect the audience with the cast and creatives. Sorry, Wrong Number, directed by Jonathan Silverstein, will star four-time Academy Award nominee Marsha Mason along with Heidi Armbruster, Tony Award winner Chuck Cooper, Jasminn Johnson, and Matt Saldivar. Sorry, Wrong Number will have Live Foley Effects created by Nick Abeel. "We've been having a wonderful time in rehearsals bringing Sorry, Wrong Number to life. In addition, we're delighted to be including some talented Keen alums into the mix for an entertaining pre-show. I am so grateful to everyone who gave their time and talent to help Keen. It's sure to be a treat for your ears!" said Mr. Silverstein. To access the livestream, patrons will be sent a private link and password via email at least two hours before curtain. All ticket buyers will have access to Sorry, Wrong Number on Monday February 15th at 7pm EST when the event premieres. Tickets to this and all fundraiser events this season support Keen Company's Hear/Now audio theater season, as well as Keen's Playwrights Lab for mid-career writers, and Keen Teens which serves students in all five boroughs of NYC. Sorry, Wrong Number begins with a simple phone call, and follows the progression of one frantic night as Mrs. Elbert Stevenson accidentally overhears a murder plot while home alone and confined to her bed. Will anyone believe her, or will time run out to call for help? Listen as the suspense grows and hear why Sorry, Wrong Number is renowned as one of the most thrilling radio scripts ever written. Originally airing on the "Suspense" radio program on May 25th 1943, Agnes Moorehead starred as Mrs. Stevenson. The play was reprised seven times - the final broadcast was February 14th 1960. In 2015, the original broadcast was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for inclusion in the National Recording Registry. It was adapted into the acclaimed 1948 film noir starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster; Stanwyck was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Listen as the suspense grows and time runs out to stop a gruesome murder, then join the artists after the broadcast for an exclusive talkback. Keen Company is an award-winning Off-Broadway theater creating story-driven work that provokes identification, reflection, and emotional connection. In intimate productions of plays and musicals, the company tells stories about the decisive moments that change us. Keen also runs a developmental new work initiative for mid-career playwrights and a unique educational outreach program for teens in all five boroughs of NYC. As part of Keen Company's 21st Season, the company will be producing a year of audio theater. Hear/Now welcomes patrons into a theater of their imagination - now through June 2021 - featuring the world premiere of new audio plays by Pearl Cleage, Kate Cortesi, finkle, James Anthony Tyler, and musical team Melissa Li & Kit Yan. All new audio plays will be released completely free for patrons on Keen Company's website as well as through popular podcast platforms. For early access and exclusive perks, support Keen Company by joining as a season member. Membership levels start at just $1 a month and bonus content, including talkbacks with playwrights and artists, panels with experts, behind the scenes interviews, digital programs, opening night premiere parties, and more. Look for Hear/Now on your podcast app and learn more about membership packages at www.keencompany.org. Up next at Keen Company will be the World Premiere of Digging in the Dark by Pearl Cleage (Blues for an Alabama Sky), an audio piece premiering February 26th. Details will be announced shortly. You can also join the company every Monday night at 6:30pm for Keen After Hours, a free interview show chatting with stars of stage and screen. Episodes stream live on the Keen Company website, as well as the Keen Facebook and Youtube pages. For more information on Sorry, Wrong Number or any of Keen's programs, please visit KeenCompany.org. Marc delaCruz played Jason in Keen Company's revival of Ordinary Days. Broadway credits include Hamilton and If/Then. Off-Broadway: Three Days to See with Transport Group. Dan Domingues's Off-Broadway credits include The Public (The Tempest, Wild Goose Dreams, Fidelis, The Great Immensity), Gingold Group, Sheen Center, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Abingdon Theatre, BAM, 59E59 Theaters, INTAR, Atlantic Theater, Cherry Lane Theatre. Regional: Alley Theatre, White Heron Theatre Company, Arena Stage, The Guthrie, Goodman, NY Stage & Film, Hangar Theatre, Studio Theatre, Cape Playhouse, Weston Playhouse, Kansas City Rep, Rep of St. Louis, Pioneer Theatre, Long Wharf, Florida Stage, Portland Stage, George Street Playhouse. Film: Run All Night, Future '38, In Stereo. TV: "5A5B," "West 40s," "The Blacklist," "Royal Pains," "Law & Order." MFA: A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard. Associate artist: The Civilians. Creator and co-host of "Hot Date," a podcast for movie fans. Sarah Lynn Marion is a southern California native living out her childhood dreams as an actress and model in New York City. Just six months after she graduated from the University of Michigan, she made her New York stage debut in Keen Company's revival of Adam Gwon's Ordinary Days. Other stage credits include All Shook Up (at The MUNY); TV: "High Maintenance" (HBO). She received first place in the Musical Theatre Division of the 2018 CS Music Competition, and was awarded the Jimmy Award, the Jerry Herman Award, the MACY Award, and the JRAY Award for High School Musical Theatre. Sarah Lynn has appeared in short advertisements and has worked on developmental projects, and is grateful to continue to pursue her dreams. Instagram: @sarahlynnmarion Lauren Molina played Her in Keen Company's first musical, the revival of Stephen Sondheim's Marry Me A Little with Jason Tam in 2012, which garnered a Drama League Award nomination. On Broadway, she played Johanna in the actor-musician revival of Sweeney Todd and originated the role of Regina in Rock of Ages. Off-Broadway, she created the roles of Bella Rose in Desperate Measures (Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle nominations) and Megan in Nobody Loves You at Second Stage. She's a co-creator and performer with the acclaimed comedy-pop band The Skivvies. In 2019, she co-conceived a new actor-musician revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, also playing Lucy, at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Other favorite roles include Cunegunde in Candide winning Helen Hayes Award for outstanding actress in a musical (Shakespeare Theatre in DC, Huntington, Goodman Theatre), Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors (Cleveland Playhouse), Squeaky Fromme in Assassins (Yale Rep), Countess in A Little Night Music (Huntington Theatre), Janet in The Rocky Horror Show (Bucks County Playhouse), and Eileen in Wonderful Town (Goodman Theatre). |
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