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Rattlestick's 2011-2012 Season!
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater is now in its 17th Season!
The Wood by Dan Klores
directed by David Bar Katz
September 1st to October 9th, 2011
Asuncion by Jesse Eisenberg
directed by Kip Fagan
October 12th to December 18th, 2011
This production will be presented off-site at Cherry Lane Theatre.
HORSEDREAMS by Dael Orlandersmith
directed by Gordon Edelstein
November 9th to December 17th, 2011
Yosemite by Daniel Talbott
directed by Pedro Pascal
January 18th to March 3rd, 2012
Massacre (Sing to Your Children) by José Rivera
directed by Brian Mertes
April 3rd to May 12th, 2012
3C by David Adjmi
In association with Piece by Piece Productions and Rising Phoenix Repertory
directed by Jackson Gay
June 6th to July 15th, 2012
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Dan Klores
THE WOOD
September 1st – October 9th, 2011
Dan Klores’ second production at Rattlestick, The Wood is a heartfelt, no-holds-barred look at Mike McAlary, the larger-than-life columnist for The Daily News and The New York Post, and his missionary zeal to ferret out the truth.
Dan Klores is a playwright, writer, Award-winning director and producer. His documentaries, among them Crazy Love (2007), have become modern classics.
Jesse Eisenberg
ASUNCION
October 12th – December 18th, 2011
Edgar and Vinny are not racist. In fact, Edgar maintains a blog condemning American imperialism and Vinny is three-quarters into a PhD in Black Studies. When a young Filipina woman named Asuncion becomes their new roommate, the pair have a perfect opportunity to demonstrate how open-minded they truly are. Academy Award-nominated Jesse Eisenberg’s hilarious and heartbreaking new play explores the complicated ways we exploit culture and politics for our own needs. The cast will include Jesse Eisenberg and the production will be presented off-site at Cherry Lane Theatre.
Dael Orlandersmith
HORSEDREAMS
November 9th – December 17th, 2011
Best known for her Obie Award winning Beauty’s Daughter and the 2002 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Drama, Yellowman, Dael Orlandersmith explores the rapid breakdown of the family unit as a result of addiction in her new play, HORSEDREAMS. After his wife, Desiree dies of an accidental overdose, Loman faces the harsh reality of raising their son, Luka, alone.
Daniel Talbott
YOSEMITE
January 18th – March 3rd, 2012
Yosemite tells the story of three siblings who are sent out into the snow-silent woods in the Sierra Nevada foothills to dig a hole that will be deep enough to bury a family secret. As they dig, they search for a way to escape or be rescued from their lives as the snow continues to fall and the world sinks around them.
Daniel Talbott’s first play, Slipping, which was recently nominated for a LAMBDA Literary Award, was produced at Rattlestick with Piece by Piece Productions in the Summer of 2009. Talbott is an accomplished director, actor, and writer, and the founder and artistic director of Rising Phoenix Rep.
José Rivera
MASSACRE (SING TO YOUR CHILDREN)
April 14th – May 12th, 2012
José Rivera is an Obie Award winner and an Academy Award nominee for his screenplay Motorcycle Diaries. In this new play set in a small New Hampshire town, seven friends conspire to murder their mysterious neighbor Joe. On the night of the killing, as they confront the many meanings of their crime, and they finally relax and laugh and love again…there’s a knock on their door…
David Adjmi
3C
June 6th – July 15th, 2012
The war in Vietnam is over and Brad, an ex-serviceman, lands in L.A. to start a new life. When he winds up trashed in Connie and Linda’s kitchen after a wild night of partying, the three strike a deal for an arrangement that has hilarious and devastating consequences for everyone. Or are they non-consequences? Inspired by 1970s sitcoms, 1950s existentialist comedy, Chekhov and Disco anthems, 3C is a terrifying yet amusing look at a culture that likes to amuse itself, even as it teeters on the brink of ruin.
David Adjmi’s play Stunning was nominated for five Helen Hayes Awards, including the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play, and was produced at LCT3 in July 2009.
