Adam Rapp Directs Premiere of New Denham Play

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (David Van Asselt, Artistic Director; Sandra Coudert, Managing Director) presents the New York premiere of a provocative new play by Christopher Denham (star of Red Light Winter), directed by Adam Rapp (Red Light Winter, "Winter Passing").

In cagelove, Sam¹s fiancée Katie has been raped by a former lover. Or has she? With a wedding date looming, Sam fights to save their now fragile relationship, even while undertaking a desperate search to uncover Katie¹s secret past. Whispers become certainty, certainty becomes obsession and Sam must decide: How far is too far for love? The cast includes: Daniel Eric Gold (The Paris Letter, Small Tragedy), Gillian Jacobs ("Blackbird," the upcoming Adam Rapp film) and Emily Cass McDonnell (Indoor/Outdoor, Aunt Dan and Lemon). The production team includes: John McDermott (Sets), Erika Monro (Costumes), Ed McCarthy (Lights), Eric Shim (Sound), Sarah Bishop-Stone (Assistant Director) and Paige van den Burg (Production Stage Manager).

cagelove begins performances at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (224 Waverly Place, west of 7th Avenue between West 11th & Perry Streets), Wednesday evening, May 10th at 8:00PM and will continue through Sunday afternoon, June 18th. There is a special added preview on Saturday, May 13th at 3PM. OPENING NIGHT IS MONDAY EVENING, MAY 15th AT 7:00PM. The performance schedule is Monday through Saturday evenings at 8:00PM and Sunday afternoons at 3:00PM. There are no Tuesday performances. Tickets are $40 and are available at SmartTix - (212) 868-4444 or www.smarttix.com.

BIOS

Daniel Eric Gold (Sam) Off-Broadway: The Paris Letter (Roundabout Theater Company), Small Tragedy (Playwrights Horizons ­ OBIE Award), This Thing of Darkness (Atlantic Theatre Company), Beautiful Thing (Cherry Lane Theatre). Regional theatre: Loot (Intiman Theatre), Dealer's Choice (Victory Gardens/Theatre on the Lake), Henry V (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Indiscretions (Organic/Touchstone Theatre), The Million Bells of Ocean (ATC), Much Ado About Nothing (Oak Park Festival), Straight as a Line (Goodman Studio Theatre), SubUrbia and Marvin's Room. Film: "The Dying Gaul," "Kissing a Fool," "The Negotiator" and "Adventure Day." TV: "The Sopranos," "Early Edition" and "Guiding Light." Daniel will soon begin work on Craig Lucas's next play, Singing Forest, at Seattle's Intiman Theatre.

Gillian Jacobs (Katie) is a recent graduate of The Juilliard School. Credits include a recurring role in the NBC television series "The Book of Daniel," and a pilot for ABC. She plays the female lead in Adam Rapp¹s upcoming film "Blackbird."

Emily Cass McDonnell (Ellen) Credits include: Indoor/Outdoor (SPF), Adam Rapp's Members Only (Slant), Aunt Dan and Lemon (New Group), Saint Latrice (PS 122), Shoppers Carried By Escalators into the Flames (Vineyard), North Atlantic (Wooster Group), Shunkin (Big Dance), Richard Maxwell's Ute Knos vrs Crazy Liquors, Tory Vazquez's Wrestling Ladies , To Whom it may Concern & The Tempest, both at Williamstown. Workshop: Dennis Johnson's Psychos Never Dream and American Sligo by Adam Rapp. Film: "Blackbird," "Before it Had a Name" w/Willem Dafoe, "Marie and Bruce" w/ Julianne Moore, and "Planet Earth."

Christopher Denham (Playwright) Plays include: In Film, Haven, Haven: Part Two, Mutilation, Stranger Danger. Workshops/readings: Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, New York Stage and Film. He is the author of three horror novels, THE BELLRINGERS, AT THE SPIKE, and BREAKBONE FEVER. His fiction has appeared in The Oyster Boy Review, Nuvein, Flesh and Blood and Samsara. He is currently adapting the novel, KING RAT, by China Mieville for director, Joseph Hahn. He is the recipient of the 2003 Ovid Grant For New Writing, adjudicated by Jon Robin Baitz and Michael Morris. He has also been commissioned by The Huntington Theater in Boston. As a director, his short film, The Skin, premiered at the Chicago Horror Film Festival. In the fall, Christopher will write and direct the independent horror film, Home Movie, for Moderncine Films. He can now be seen in Adam Rapp¹s play Red Light Winter at the Barrow Street Theatre.

Adam Rapp (Director) is the author of many plays. Off-Broadway productions include Nocturne (New York Theater Workshop), Faster (Rattlestick), Trueblinka (the Maverick Theater), Stone Cold Dead Serious (Edge Theater), Blackbird (Edge Theater), and Finer Noble Gases (Rattlestick). His first feature film, Winter Passing, starring Ed Harris, Will Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel, which he wrote and directed, opened in New York and Los Angeles on February 17th. He recently wrapped his second film, Blackbird, which he adapted from his play. He is also the author of seven novels. Most recently, Under the Wolf, Under the Dog (Candlewick Press), was short-listed for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Recent directing credits the Off-Broadway premiere of his play Blackbird, which was nominated for two Drama Desk awards, and the world premiere of Red Light Winter, which won Chicago's Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Work. A graduate of Clarke College in Dubuque, IA, Rapp also completed a two-year playwriting fellowship at Juilliard. He lives in New York City where he is the resident playwright for Edge Theater Company and plays in the band Less (lesstheband.com). He was born in Chicago and raised in Joliet, Illinois.

RATTLESTICK PLAYWRIGHTS THEATER is an Obie Award-winning company, which has produced over thirty-five world premieres in the past ten years. Now in its 11th season, Rattlestick has introduced new writers and received critical acclaim for its innovative work. Rattlestick¹s Advisory Board participates in The Emerging Playwrights Project, which matches a new playwright with an established artist for an experienced eye and creative support. Playwright and artist mentors have included Edward Albee, Jon Robin Baitz, Zoe Caldwell, Arthur Kopit, Craig Lucas, Joe Mantello, Terrence McNally and Marsha Norman. Previous plays include Two Boys in a Bed, Message to Michael, Carpool, Volunteer Man, A Trip to the Beach, Ascendancy, Stuck, Vick¹s Boy, The Messenger, Saved or Destroyed, Neil¹s Garden, My Special Friend, Faster, Bliss, St. Crispin¹s Day, Where We¹re Born, Five Flights, Boise, Finer Noble Gases, God Hates The Irish: The Ballad of Armless Johnny, Miss Julie, The Pavilion, Acts of Mercy: passion-pla and the Off-Broadway GLAAD Award-nominated hit The Last Sunday in June.