59E59 Theaters Present WISH I HAD A SYLVIA PLATH, Previews 10/5

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Asheville, NC's New Umbrella with the NYC Premiere of WISH I HAD A SYLVIA PLATH, written by Edward Anthony, directed by Daniel S. Zimbler and featuring Elisabeth Gray. WISH I HAD A SYLVIA PLATH begins previews on Tuesday, October 5 for a limited engagement through Sunday, October 31. Press Opening is Sunday, October 10 at 3:30 PM.

The performance schedule is Tuesday at 7:30 PM; Wednesday at 1:00 PM and 7:30 PM; Thursday - Friday at 8:30 PM; Saturday at 2:30 PM and 8:30 PM; Sunday at 3:30 PM. The regular ticket price is $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members). Tickets are available by calling Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or online at www.59e59.org. 59E59 Theaters is located at 59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues. For more information visit www.59E59.org.

Esther Greenwood, heroine of The Bell Jar, must mix, blend and whip her memories, fantasies and illusions into the most perfect poem of her life before Olson the Magic Oven takes her away.

Winner of a Fringe First Award for "innovative and outstanding new writing," WISH I HAD A SYLVIA PLATH premiered at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe to wide critical acclaim. The Guardian praised WISH I HAD A SYLVIA PLATH as, "a moving meditation on the difficulties of combining creativity and domesticity...Cleverly combining film with live action, the show veers wildly- like Esther's mind- between farce and tragedy... I left the theatre with a lump in my throat." The Scotsman called it "Wild, tragic, funny as French and Saunders...This comic treatment laced with dark moments sheds fresh light on a familiar story."

Edward Anthony (Playwright) read English Literature and Language at Oxford University; he now divides his time between London and the East Coast. Anthony is currently writing The Chop Suey Barbie Trick, a one-woman puppet play about paranoid schizophrenia.

Elisabeth Gray (Actor) read English Literature and Language at Oxford University. She has appeared in numerous stage productions both in the US and the UK. Awards: UK Juliet Bernard Memorial Prize for 'Most Promising Young Actress' and Stage Awards Nominee for 'Best Solo Show' for Wish I Had a Sylvia Plath (UK).