59E59 Announces Winter/Spring Schedule

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is proud to announce the roster of shows for the 2011 Winter/Spring Season. All performances take place at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). For tickets, call Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or online at www.59E59.org.

Wednesday, January 12 - Sunday, February 6
SCREENPLAY by Scott Brooks, directed by Jenny Greeman
With Scott Brooks, Diana DeLaCruz, Heather Dilly and Jonathan Sale
Produced by Badlands Theatre Company
A biting Hollywood satire that examines friendship, rivalry and ambition, ScreenPlay traces the explosive journey of a film on its way to Oscar night.

Thursday, January 13 - Sunday, February 6
ROOM 17B by Mark Dobson and Joel Jeske, directed by Mark Lonergan
With Mike Dobson, Danny Gardner, Joel Jeske and Brent McBeth
Produced by Parallel Exit
The Drama Desk nominated comedy troupe Parallel Exit returns to 59E59 Theaters with a show that explores the power struggles, rivalries and one-up-manship in the most absurd office in New York City. If Buster Keaton and Monty Python did office work, it would look like ROOM 17B.

Thursday, February 10 - Sunday, February 27
IN YOUR IMAGE by Rob Benson, directed by Deborah Wolfson
With Rob Benson, Roger Clark and John Michalski
Produced by On the Square Productions
In a Northern English town, a man dies alone in his rubbish-strewn apartment. In the aftermath, his two sons pick over the remnants of their father's life. What can be salvaged and what can be thrown away?

Thursday, February 10 - Sunday, March 6
THE BODY POLITIC by Richard Abrons and Margarett Perry, directed by Margarett Perry
With Matthew Boston, Eve Danzeisen, Brian Dykstra, Leslie Hendrix, Daren Kelly and Michael Puzzo
Produced by At Hand Theatre Company
Mr. Right falls for Ms. Left in this political Odd Couple. An old fashioned romantic comedy about love on the campaign trail.

Saturday, March 5 - Sunday, April 10
CLIFFORD CHASE'S WINKIE adapted by Matt Pelfrey, directed by Joe Tantalo
Produced by Godlight Theatre Company
Godlight Theatre Company brings Clifford Chase's scathingly funny novel to the stage. The zeitgeist assumes the form of a one-foot-tall ursine Everyman-a mild-mannered teddy bear named Winkie who finds himself on the wrong side of America's war on terror.

Tuesday, March 8 - Sunday, March 27
PLAY NICE! by Robin Rice Lichtig, directed by Joan Kane
Produced by Ego Actus Design
The Diamond sisters use the only resources they have-their imaginations-to cope with the abusive Dragon Queen (their mother). Inspired by Jean Genet's The Maids.

Tuesday, March 29 - Sunday, April 17
THE PROMISE by Douglas Maxwell, directed by Johnny McKnight
With Joanna Tope
Produced by Random Accomplice, Glasgow
Retired school teacher Maggie Brody thought she'd left teaching behind. But she finds herself covering a day at the local primary school, battling her thirst for booze as well as the headmaster and six-year-old Rosie, a Somali refugee who refuses to speak. This tense new thriller, called "a 90 minute text of sustained brilliance...it threatens to take the breath away" by The Scotsman, kicks off Scotland Week in New York.

Mid April -Sunday, July 3
AMERICAS OFF BROADWAY
The 3rd annual celebration of American theater returns to 59E59 Theaters with a line up of shows from across the United States.