LAB Workshop Production of Ted Malawer's THE ANATOMY OF LOVE Announced

Chance Theater, Anaheim's official resident theater company, is pleased to announce a LAB workshop production of resident playwright Ted Malawer's new play, The Anatomy of Love. The play is being directed by Trevor Biship (Middletown, A Bright New Boise), and will run for only three performances -- Thursday, July 20; Saturday, July 22; and Sunday, July 23.

The Anatomy of Love is about Danny and Laura, a typical modern couple. She is a dedicated, hard-working lawyer while he, an underemployed actor, is a stay at home dad. Their marriage has been shifted to auto pilot as both of them strive for the American dream. But all is brought to a dead, frightening stop when their seven-year old daughter's teacher suggests that the child is most likely transgender. What follows is a fierce and sometimes hostile battle with Danny and Ms. Spencer advocating acceptance and pre-emptive reassignment and Laura adamantly refusing either action. This highly relevant issue of our time is the battleground for this emotional and heartbreaking story of fierce love and dreaded loss.

The Anatomy of Love had previous industry staged readings in New York City with a cast that included Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actress Edie Falco (The Sopranos, Oz, 30 Rock) and was directed by Tony Award-nominated director Sheryl Kaller (Mother and Sons, Next Fall). The Anatomy of Love also had readings at MCC Theater in New York City. As a part of our On The Radar (OTR) New Works Series, Chance Theater will stage the first workshop production of The Anatomy of Love.

For the last seven years, our OTR New Works Series has simultaneously provided a safe, collaborative environment for emerging playwrights and an opportunity for our patrons to "peek behind the curtain" and engage in brand new works-in-progress. The Chance expanded upon its mission by introducing the LAB Series in 2015. This new program takes a new play or musical into the next stage of development by giving the playwright, cast and director additional public performances than a staged reading, providing an opportunity to continue rehearsals and make changes between each performance. Many plays and musicals from our OTR series have gone on to receive world premieres all over the country, including Lincoln Center, Manhattan Theatre Club and Chance Theater.

The OTR program is funded, in part, by a generous contribution from the Dramatists Guild Fund.

MEET THE TEAM

Ted Malawer (Playwright) is the Chance Theater's 2017 Resident Playwright and was a Lila Acheson Wallace Playwrights Fellow at The Juilliard School. His plays include The Anatomy of Love, Daddy Issues, Times Square Psychic, The Watcher, and arrhythmia. Ted's plays have been read or developed at MCC Theater (2016 PlayLabs), Atlantic Theater Company (2017 Amplified Reading Series, upcoming), Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, Juilliard, HERE Arts Center/Untitled Theater Company #61, The New Colony, Edge Theatre Company, and more. Ted has published six novels, including the Mystic City series (Penguin Random House), which has been translated into over ten languages and optioned for television by CBS. He is a Presidential Scholar in the Arts and the recipient of fellowships from the Lecomte du Nouy Foundation, the NFAA/YoungARTS, and the Association for Jewish Theatre. Ted is a graduate of the Columbia University-Juilliard School Exchange Program, and received his Masters in Literature from Fordham University.

Trevor Biship (Director) Recent directorial credits include Chicago at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre, named Best Play of 2016 by the Ashland Sneak Preview. Chance productions include A Bright New Boise, Passion Play, Jerry Springer: the Opera, and the OTR Reading of Lauren Yee's UNTITLED MUSIC PLAY. Theatres worked at: South Coast Repertory, Circle X Theatre, Lucid by Proxy, Chance Theater, California Repertory Company, Cornerstone Theatre and the Pasadena Playhouse. Awards and nominations: LA Ovation Awards, Backstage Garland Awards, LA Drama Critics Circle Awards, LA Weekly Theatre Awards, and St. Louis Post Dispatch Theatre Awards. Faculty Member: CSU Long Beach. M.F.A. in Directing: University of California, Irvine.

ABOUT CHANCE THEATER

Proud to be one of the leading ensemble-driven theatre companies in Southern California, CHANCE THEATER recently received a National Theatre Company grant from American Theatre Wing. The Chance has won six Ovation Awards, including two for Best Production of a Musical - Intimate Theater for its West Coast premiere of Triassic Parq - The Musical and Southern California premiere of Jerry Springer - The Opera, as well as four LADCC Awards, including the Polly Warfield Award for Outstanding Season. The Anaheim City Council named Chance Theater "the official resident theater company of Anaheim", and Arts Orange County has twice named the Chance as "Outstanding Arts Organization". Known for using bold and personal storytelling to promote dialogue and connection within the Southern California theatrical landscape, the Chance is committed to contributing to a more compassionate, connected and creative community. As a constituent member of Theatre Communications Group, Network of Ensemble Theaters, and the LA Stage Alliance, Chance Theater continues to bring national attention to the Southern California and Orange County theater scenes.

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