Seattle, WA – Capping off a season of new play development—which included performances of The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later and Equivocation with Oregon Shakespeare Festival—Seattle Repertory Theatre presents three high-profile new plays under the umbrella of their New Play Program.
The world premiere of An Iliad opens in the Leo K. Theatre for a run April 9-May 16, 2010. Created by Broadway actor Denis O'Hare and director Lisa Peterson, the play is an intimate, modern re-telling of Homer's famous tale of gods, heroes, and the Trojan War. O'Hare was originally slated to perform the piece, but has since stepped down due to scheduling conflicts. Seattle actor Hans Altwies will take on the one and only part in this imaginative celebration of the art of storytelling.
Bookending An Iliad are two workshop performances held in the Rep's black box space, the PONCHO. Actor/playwright Alan Alda ("M*A*S*H," "The West Wing") will be in Seattle working on his new play Radiance, a surprising peek at the outrageous life of scientist Marie Curie, directed by Daniel Sullivan. There will be three public workshops March 26-28, 2010. Pulitzer-nominated Adam Rapp's play Welcome Home Dean Charbonneau, about a Wisconsin family's attempt to celebrate the return of their son from Iraq (to both comic and heart wrenching effect), performs May 21-23, 2010. Rapp directs.
"This is such a fitting way to end a really successful year of collaborations with playwrights," said Producing Artistic Director Jerry Manning. "With these three plays, Seattle audiences have the opportunity to be partners in the development of some of the most exciting new American theatre, to say, 'I was there at the beginning...'"
Originally formalized under former Artistic Director Daniel Sullivan, Seattle Rep's New Play Program helped launch many plays that went on to national success, including Wendy Wasserstein's The Heidi Chronicles and Peter Parnell's The Cider House Rules. During this 2009-10 season, the re-instated program has included one of the premiere readings of The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, readings by Cheryl West and Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, and, with Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the presentation of the world premiere production of Bill Cain's Equivocation, which began its off-Broadway run Feb. 10.
Tickets for An Iliad are currently on sale through the Seattle Rep Box Office at (206) 443-2222 as well as online at www.seattlerep.org. A very limited number of tickets are available to the general public for both Radiance and Welcome Home Dean Charbonneau, and they can be purchased starting Feb. 23 by calling the Box Office.
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