The New York Premiere of a play by Leslye Headland (Bachelorette). Featuring Michael Esper, Sue Jean Kim, Virginia Kull, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Amy Rosoff, Bobby Steggert. Scenic Design David Korins. Costume Design Jessica Pabst. Lighting Design Ben Stanton. Sound Design Jill BC Du Boff. Production Stage Manager Kyle Gates. Directed by Trip Cullman (A Small Fire; Bachelorette).

For these young assistants, life is an endless series of humiliations at the hands of their hellacious boss, a powerful uber-magnate. In rare moments of calm when the phone calls stop rolling, Nick and Nora and their traumatized co-workers question whether all their work will lead to success -- or just more work. Leslye Headland's Assistance is a biting, high-octane satire about our attraction to power and what we're willing to sacrifice to stay in its orbit. "Ferociously funny!" -- F. Kathleen Foley, Los Angeles Times

The New York Premiere of a play by Dan LeFranc (Sixty Miles to Silver Lake). Featuring David Wilson Barnes, Griffin Birney, Tom Bloom, Anita Gillette, Rachel Resheff, Cameron Scoggins, Phoebe Strole. Scenic & Costume Design David Zinn. Lighting Design Mark Barton. Sound Design Leah Gelpe. Directed by Obie Award winner Sam Gold (Seminar; Kin; Tigers Be Still; Circle Mirror Transformation).

Somewhere in America, in a typical suburban restaurant on a typical night, Sam and Nicole meet. And sparks fly, setting in motion an expansive tale that traverses five generations of a modern family, from first kiss to final goodbye. A stunning, big-hearted play that spans nearly eighty years in a single sitting, The Big Meal tells the extraordinary story of an ordinary family. "#1 Play of 2011." --Time Out Chicago. "A fine new American play -- willing to cut to the chase and cut you to the quick." --Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN
May 11 - June 24, 2012
Mainstage Theater

The World Premiere of a play by Obie Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Gina Gionfriddo (Becky Shaw; After Ashley). Directed by Peter DuBois (Becky Shaw; Sons of the Prophet).

After grad school, Catherine and Gwen chose polar opposite paths. Catherine built a career as a rockstar academic, while Gwen built a home with her husband and children. Decades later, unfulfilled in polar opposite ways, each woman covets the other's life, commencing a dangerous game of musical chairs -- the prize being Gwen's husband. With searing insight and trademark wit, this comedy is an unflinching look at gender politics in the wake of 20th century feminist ideals.

Rapture, Blister, Burn is a recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award.

How does a computer scientist hook up with a molecular biologist? He blinds her with science, of course. When Elliot builds a computer program to help Molly with her research project, the variables in their evolving relationship shift as rapidly as the terms of their experiment. This deft and imaginative new ROM-comedy shows that even the most sophisticated algorithm may freeze in the face of life's infinite possibilities.

The New York Premiere of a play by Kirsten Greenidge. Featuring Cherise Boothe, Angela Lewis, Nikiya Mathis, LeRoy McClain, J. Mallory McCree, and Adrienne C. Moore. Scenic Design by Mimi Lien. Costume Design by Toni-Leslie James. Lighting by Justin Townsend. Sound Design by Andre Pleuss. Directed by Rebecca Taichman (The Scene; Orlando).

With potential for more but nowhere to put it, sixteen-year-old Annie's got a choice: honor the pregnancy pact she made with her friends, or find the path to a brighter future. In this searing, sharply observant new play, Kirsten Greenidge finds savage humor and gritty poetry in one inner-city girl's struggle to carve out a life beyond the only one she knows.

A co-production with the Women's Project and La Jolla Playhouse.

The New York Premiere of a play by Jordan Harrison (Doris to Darlene, a cautionary valentine; Futura)Featuring Trent Dawson, Marin Ireland, Peter Kim, Pedro Pascal, and Jeanine Serralles. Scenic Design by Alexander Dodge. Costume Design by Ilona Symogyi. Lighting Design by David Weiner. Original Music and Sound Design by Bray Poor. Production Stage Manager William H. Lang. Directed by Obie Award winner Anne Kauffman (The Thugs; Stunning; This Wide Night).

Katha and Ryu have become allergic to their 21st-century lives. After they meet a charismatic man from a community of 1950s reenactors, they forsake cell phones and sushi for cigarettes and Tupperware parties. In this compulsively authentic world, Katha and Ryu are surprised by what their new neighbors -- and they themselves -- are willing to sacrifice for happiness.

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Photos of Itamar Moses, Kirsten Greenidge, Jordan Harrison, and Gina Gionfriddo by Aaron Epstein. Photos of Leslye Headland and Dan LeFranc by Jeff Prout.

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