Terrorism
May 9 - June 26, 2005
Clurman Theatre, Theatre Row
by the Presnyakov Brothers, translated by Sasha Dugdale,
directed by Will Frears
featuring: Adam Alexi-Malle, Alex Draper, Laura Esterman, Anna George, Darren Goldstein, Elizabeth Marvel, Daniel Oreskes, Lola Pashalinski, R.E. Rodgers

In six interconnected scenes, this startling comedy tells the story of a society in which an imminent threat looms on the edges of everyday life.

"A shrewd, scary comedy! Sure to evoke shudders of recognition."
-Ben Brantley, The New York Times

Hurlyburly
January 10 - March 19, 2005
Acorn Theatre, Theatre Row
Extended April 11 - July 2 at 37 ARTS
by David Rabe, directed by Scott Elliott
featuring: Bobby Cannavale, Josh Hamilton, Ethan Hawke, Catherine Kellner,
Parker Posey, Wallace Shawn, Halley Wegryn Gross

David Rabe's Hurlyburly explores the scandalous, corrupted days of the cocaine and sex infused Hollywood Hills during the mid-1980's.

"A SMASHING REVIVAL. A TERRIFIC CAST. MR. ELLIOTT IS AT THE TOP OF HIS FORM WITH HURLYBURLY."
-Ben Brantley, The New York Times

• Lucille Lortel Award Winner •
(Outstanding Featured Actress -Parker Posey)

• 4 Lucille Lortel Award nominations •
(Outstanding Revival; Outstanding Director - Scott Elliott;
Outstanding Lead Actor- Ethan Hawke; Outstanding Featured Actor- Josh Hamilton)

• 4 Drama Desk Award nominations •
(Outstanding Revival; Outstanding Featured Actor - Josh Hamilton;
Outstanding Director - Scott Elliott; Outstanding Costume Design - Jeff Mahshie)

Critical Darling
February 19 - March 5, 2005
Lion Theatre, Theatre Row
by Barry Levey, directed by Ian Morgan
featuring: Elizabeth Hess, Mark Jacoby, Daniel London, Andrew Polk

The New Group (naked)

At a deserted hotel in Taos, New Mexico, on the eve of World War II, a trio of aging British émigrés are staking claim to their last chances for artistic success and domestic happiness. But their carefully balanced lives are threatened by a young Czech composer with a radical conceit: open homosexuality.

"Director [Ian] Morgan has skillfully maneuvered the actors through the script, allowing an entertaining and often moving ninety minutes."
-Elyse Sommer, Curtain Up

SIN (A Cardinal Deposed)
October 11 - December 4, 2004
Clurman Theatre, Theatre Row
by Michael Murphy, directed by Carl Forsman
featuring: John Cullum, Dan Daily, Cynthia Darlow, Thomas Jay Ryan,
Pablo T. Schreiber, John Leonard Thompson

Two-time Tony Winner John Cullum starred in the New York debut of this riveting theatrical documentary based on the chillingly exact depositions of Bernard Cardinal Law, Archbishop of Boston. SIN reveals the man at the center of the firestorm around the recent priest sex abuse scandal.

"SIN IS POWERFUL THEATER - a deceptively low-key piece of realism that suddenly takes your breath away as the point of the play hits home. AND IT'S A HEARTBREAKER."
-Sommers, NJ Star Ledger

• OBIE Award Winner (Special Citation) •
• 2 Drama Desk Award nominations •
(Outstanding Play; Outstanding Actor - John Cullum)

A Likely Story
December 1 - December 18, 2004
The Lion Theatre, Theatre Row
by David Cale, directed by Tamara Jenkins
featuring: David Cale

The New Group (naked)

A Likely Story looks at unlikely loves - new crushes, strange shifts that start to turn settled lives in new directions. All hell breaks loose as a married woman considers making Viagra brownies to seduce her neighbor, a wife's poodle obsession gets out of hand, and two straight actors who loathe each other are cast as gay lovers in a TV movie.

"David Cale...is a spellbinder. Fascinating as he is to watch, and exquisite as his verbal imagery can be, it is Cale's gifts as a storyteller that hold an audience rapt."
-Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle

Aunt Dan & Lemon
December 9 - March 28, 2004
Clurman/Acorn Theatres, Theatre Row
by Wallace Shawn, directed by Scott Elliott
featuring: Marsha Stephanie Blake, Liam Craig, Isaach De Bankole, Melissa Errico, Kristen Johnston, Carlos Leon, Emily Cass McDonnell, Brooke Sunny Moriber, Maulik Pancholy, Stephen Park, Bill Sage, Lili Taylor

Wallace Shawn's political horror story concerns Lemon and her relationship with Aunt Dan, whose life stories are an unnerving mixture of the delicious and the despicable.

"The play's extraordinary goal [is] nothing less than to make you experience sensually the allure of the fascist governments and murderous regimes...In the aftermath of the American invasion of Iraq and the attendant public debates on pre-emptive warfare, Mr. Shawn's examination of blurred blood stains in Western culture takes on a newly electric topicality."
-Ben Brantley, The New York Times

• WINNER of 2 OBIE Awards •
(Performance - Lili Taylor
Design - Derek McLane)

ROAR
March 23 - May 8, 2004
Clurman Theatre, Theatre Row
by Betty Shamieh, directed by Marion McClinton
featuring: Sarita Choudhury, Sherri Eldin, Joseph Kamal, Daniel Oreskes, Annabella Sciorra

A play about love, sex, ambition, and the Arab-American experience. ROAR is the story of a Palestinian-American family living in Detroit in the wake of the first Gulf War.

"The young writer Betty Shamieh has the playwright's most essential gift: the passion for talk...[her] rich, urgent prose will catch you up, then fling you into a character's life as though it were your own."
-Margo Jefferson, "New Faces, New Ideas, New Cause for Optimism", The New York Times