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The New School for Drama Presents
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NEW YORK, October 14, 2009—The New School for Drama presents The Rimers of Eldritch, written by Lanford Wilson and directed by Hal Books, on Thursday, October 29 through Saturday, October 31, at The New School Drama Theater. The Rimers of Eldridge is the first offering of the FIRST LOOK Workshop Performance Series, featuring workshop presentations of classical and contemporary works. Rimers is full of intrigue: A man is murdered. Who is the man? Who murdered him? Only the inhabitants of a small mid-western town have the answers….
“Workshop performances enable our second-year acting students to get to the heart of real theatre work,” said New School Drama Director Robert LuPone of the productions, which are staged in a final rehearsal atmosphere with minimal sets, lights, costumes, and props. “Our FIRST LOOK series is an excellent way for our students to get first-hand experiences on stage.” The second play in the FIRST LOOK series will be The Caucasian Chalk Circle, by Bertolt Brecht, and directed by Johanna McKeon, and will be performed on February 25-27, 2010.
Before working with New School Drama students, director Hal Brooks was directing My Name is Asher Lev at the Marin Theatre Company in Mill Valley, California. His recent projects include directing the tour of Nilaja Sun’s Obie Award Winning No Child…,. as well as the acclaimed Off-Broadway hit and Pulitzer Finalist Thom Pain (based on nothing). Other recent productions include Lady by Craig Wright, Lonesome Hollow and “MASTER HAROLD”…and the boys.
The MFA acting program at The New School for Drama offers a comprehensive hands-on education in the art of acting. This track offers intensive training in all aspects of internal and external disciplines, as well as in the individual and collaborative application of classical and modern texts. Acting is one of the three MFA programs at The New School for Drama, alongside Playwriting and Directing, which enables all students to work collaboratively to develop their skills as professional artists.
Performances of The Rimers of Eldritch are on October 29 through October 31 at 8:00 p.m. in addition to a Saturday matinee at 3:00 p.m. at The New School for Drama Theater, 151 Bank Street, 3rd floor. The performances are free but reservations are recommended. Call Ticket Central at 212.279.4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com.
About The New School for Drama
At The New School for Drama, the instinct to create is revered. Through its interrelated three-year MFA program in acting, directing, or playwriting, the school is forging the next generation of dramatic artists. A faculty of working professionals brings to the fore each student’s unique and original voice and helps them establish a rooted sense of who they are as individuals and as artists. The New School’s history in the dramatic arts began in the 1940s, when the Dramatic Workshop, led by founder Erwin Piscator and a faculty including Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg, fostered artistic voices as distinctive as Tennessee Williams and Marlon Brando. For more information, visit www.drama.newschool.edu.
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