Contacts:

Gloria Gottschalk, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 239
[email protected]

Lauren Erlichman, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 215
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THE ACTORS STUDIO DRAMA SCHOOL
ANNOUNCES THE 6th ANNUAL REPERTORY SEASON
Wednesday, February 13 – Saturday, May 4, 2002

(New York, NY – January 3, 2002) The Actors Studio Drama School announced today the program that it will present during its 6th Annual Repertory Season, opening on Wednesday, February 13, 2002 and running for 11 weeks through Saturday, May 4, 2002. Performances take place at The Actors Studio Drama School Theatre located at 159 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village (between Sullivan and Thompson Streets).

For a complete schedule, call 212/229-5859. Admission to the Repertory Season performances is free, but reservations must be made in advance by phone or e-mail. The 24-hour reservation line is 212/479-1778, and the e-mail address is [email protected].

This year's class includes 48 actors, 8 playwrights, and 8 directors in original works by the School's playwrights, as well as works drawn from the classic and contemporary repertory. Each program features three pieces, and performances are presented five times a week - Wednesday through Saturday at 8 PM, with a Saturday matinee at 3 PM.

The Repertory Season represents the culmination of a three-year program of intensive study in each of the disciplines represented. The productions are all directed and acted, and many written, by graduating students in their introduction to the public and the professional community.

The following is the complete schedule for the 2002 Repertory Season:

WEEK 1
February 13 - 16
This Is a Play (Keith Bulla, Irene Carl Sankoff)
Dial-a-Mom (Jessica Grossman, Jeanne Langston, Paula Parisot)
Project 9 (or, If Our Tree Were Real) (Tyler Jason Fereira)
The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (Ken Higgins, Troy Sill)

WEEK 2
February 20 - 23
Jerks (Timothy Ryan Olson)
The Way of All Fish (Michelle Best, Lauren Milberger)
Pruning Rachel Rose (Kevin Podgorski)

WEEK 3
February 27 - March 2
Icarus (Dave Lewis, Marianna Mac Niven, Joksan Ramos)
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (Sandra Brunell, Yevgeniy Dekhtyar)
Limited Engagements (Bronwen Coleman, Peter Loureiro)- more -

WEEK 4
March 6 - 9
Traindog (David Ben-Arie)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuff (Stephanie J. Boggs, Altesa Hatcher)
Virtual Reality (Daniel Cole [Stern], Betsy Karic)
Under Covers (Ryan Gilbert, Elizabeth A. Herron)

WEEK 5
March 13 - 16
Mr. Sandman (Jorshinelle Taleon Sonza)
L'Amore È Valeno (Michael G. Rosenthal)
On Tidy Endings (William J.McKay, Tanya Tavereau [Anticevic])

WEEK 6
March 20 - 23
Cowboy Mouth (Katie Corrado, Jesse Weinstein)
Good Night Desdemona, (Good Morning Juliet) (Daniel Ellis, Constance Thackaberry)
Striptease (Ildiko Lujza Nemeth, Özlem Turhal)

SPRING BREAK – NO PERFORMANCES

WEEK 7
April 3 - 6
Baby Dance (Christin D'Ovidio, Joan Fishman)
black + blue (Craig Rising, William Byrd Wilkins)
Rosemary With Ginger (Brooke Lauren Boertzel, Lisa Germ)

WEEK 8
April 10 - 13
Never Swim Alone (Christopher Beckstrom, Geoffrey Zeger)
Cleaning House (Lance Irwin, Andrea Pasquarelli)
What Friends Do (Daniel Kipp)

WEEK 9
April 17 - 20
One for the Road (Matthew Hammond, Stuart Meltzer)
Forgivable Sins (Alexandra Byrn,Karina Galeano)
Conduct of Life (Gustavo Alonso, Bahar Kerimoglu)

WEEK 10
April 24 - 27
Potato, Potahto (Kristin Ledingham, Elizabeth Jane Page)
Affections of an Alley Cat (Janice Bernal, Jerry Zellers)
Two Rooms (Jovanna Hepburn, Heather McHugh)

WEEK 11
May 1 - 4
Split (Gina Ahn, Darren Eichhorn)
4.48 Psychosis (Martin John Bristow, Codie K.Fitch)
the clay pot bloom (Matthew Kelty)

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The Actors Studio Drama School, which offers a three-year M.F.A. program in Acting, Directing, and Playwriting, was created in 1994 when the New School joined forces with the prestigious Actors Studio. James Lipton is Dean of the School. Mr. Lipton also hosts the Actors Studio Seminar Series, which is taped at New School University and airs later as "Inside the Actors Studio" on the Bravo channel on cable television. For further information on the Actors Studio Drama School at New School University, call 212/229-5859 or visit the Web site at www.newschool.edu. For further information on Bravo, call 516/803-3000 or visit the Web site at www.bravotv.com

New School University, with 7,000 matriculated students and 25,000 continuing education students, is comprised of seven academic divisions: The New School, the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang College, Mannes College of Music, the Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, and the Actors Studio Drama School, as well as the University's B.F.A. in Jazz and Contemporary Music. New School Online University offers one of the largest selections of online courses in the nation. For further information about admission to New School University, call 877-528-3321 or go to the Web site at www.newschool.edu