THE ACTORS STUDIO DRAMA SCHOOL
ANNOUNCES THE 7th ANNUAL REPERTORY SEASON
Wednesday, February 12 � Saturday, May 10, 2003

Repertory Season features the work of the graduating actors,
playwrights and directors in the program

(New York, NY � January 2, 2003) The Actors Studio Drama School of New School University announced today the program that it will present during its 7th Annual Repertory Season, opening on Wednesday, February 12, 2003 and running for 12 weeks through May 10, 2003. 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 or visit the Web site at www.newschool.edu (click on Actors Studio Drama School). Admission to the Repertory Season performances is free, but reservations must be made in advance by phone. The 24-hour reservation line is (212) 479-1778.

This season will feature the thesis projects of 52 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 8:00 p.m. with a Saturday matinee at 3:00 p.m.

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 2003 Repertory Season:

1st week (February 12 � 15, 2003)
"FOOL FOR LOVE" by Sam Shepard
"LOADER" by Roberto Marinas*
"THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT" by Bill Manhoff

2nd Week (February 19 � 22, 2003)
"SNOW ANGEL" by Lewis John Carlino
"A COUPLA WHITE CHICKS SITTING AROUND TALKING" by John Ford Noonan
"THE COLORED MUSEUM" by George C. Wolfe

3rd Week (February 26 - March 1, 2003)
"RIDERS TO THE SEA" by John Millington Synge
"LAST TRAIN TO NIMBROC" by Frances Benn Hall
"THE TIGER" by Murray Schisgal

4th Week (March 5 � 8, 2003)
"THE JERRY THURMAN SHOW" by Michael Bitalvo*
"THE GLASS MENAGERIE" by Tennessee Williams
"THIS IS OUR YOUTH" by Kenneth Lonergan

5th Week (March 12 � 15, 2003)
"AFFECTIONS OF AN ALLEY CAT" by Will Calhoun
"LOOK BACK IN ANGER" by John Osborne
"WAITING FOR GODOT" by Samuel Beckett

6th Week (March 19 � 22, 2003)
"PASSION" by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
"AFTER THE FALL" by Arthur Miller
"SWEET EROS" by Terrence McNally

SPRING BREAK

7th Week (April 2 � 5, 2003)
"WILDWOOD PARK" by Doug Wright
"INTERCAMBIO" by Tom Cork*
"2:51" by Michael Bitalvo*
"GOOD NIGHT LOVIN' TRAIL" by John Patrick Bray*

8th Week (April 9 � 12, 2003)
"AL TAKES A BRIDE" by Gary Sunshine
"ANGELS IN AMERICA" by Tony Kushner
"SELF TORTURE AND STRENUOUS EXERCISE" by Harry Kondoleon

9th Week April (16 � 19, 2003)
"SUNDAY ON THE ROCKS" by Theresa Rebeck
"GEOGRAPHY OF A HORSE DREAMER" by Sam Shephard
"THE SEAGULL" by Anton Chekhov

10th Week (April 23 � 26, 2003)
"THE HONEY MAKERS" by Deborah Grimberg *
"ROSEMARY WITH GINGER" by Edward Allen Baker
"THE BEAR" by Anton Chekhov
"THE BALCONY" by Jean Genet

11th Week (April 30 - May 3, 2003)
"THE GOOD DOCTOR" by Neil Simon
"JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR" Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Words by Tim Rice
"STAND-UP GIRL" by Elizabeth Gutterman*

12th Week (May 7 � 10, 2003)
"PRIVATE WARS" by James McLure
"SPIKE HEELS" by Theresa Rebeck
"THE EVANGELIST" by Jack Bathke *
"SWEET DREAMS, BABY" by Mrinalini Kamath *

* denotes original work by Actors Studio Drama School playwright

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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 of 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 a New York City university committed to critical scholarship, artistic integrity, and ethical responsibility in the social sciences, humanities, the arts and design. It is comprised of a liberal arts foundation of three schools: The New School, Eugene Lang College and the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, and five professional schools: Parsons School of Design, Mannes College of Music, Actors Studio Drama School, Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, and the Jazz & Contemporary Music Program. 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) 5Ave-321 or go to the Web site at www.newschool.edu.