Bock's 'The Drunken City' with Foa & Dizzia Begins March 13

Playwrights Horizons has announced full casting and details for the fifth production of its 2007/2008 Season, the New York City Premiere of The Drunken City, a new play by 2007 Obie Award winner Adam Bock (The Receptionist).

Directed by Trip Cullman The Drunken City will begin previews on Thursday, March 13 with an official opening on Wednesday, March 26 at 7PM.  Performances will continue through Sunday, April 20 at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street). 

As previously announced, the cast will feature Barrett Foa (Avenue Q, Spelling Bee) and Maria Dizzia (Eurydice at Second Stage).  Completing the cast will be Cassie Beck (world premiere of Adam Bock's Thursday at Encore Theatre), Mike Colter (A Soldier's Play at Second Stage), Sue Jean Kim (BFE at Playwrights Horizons, 365 Days/Plays) and Alfredo Narciso (A Streetcar Named Desire at Roundabout).

Playwright Adam Bock is making his Playwrights Horizons debut with The Drunken City after a string of successful Off-Broadway plays: the Obie Award-winning The Thugs, Swimming in the Shallows and the recent hit The Receptionist. 

"Off on the bar crawl to end all crawls, three twenty-something brides-to-be (Cassie Beck, Maria Dizzia, Sue Jean Kim) find their lives going topsy-turvy when one of them (Ms. Beck) suddenly begins to question her future after a chance encounter with a recently jilted handsome stranger (Mike Colter).  The Drunken City is a wildly theatrical take on the mystique of marriage and the ever-shifting nature of love and identity in a city that never sleeps," explain press notes.

The production features scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Jenny Mannis, lighting design by Matthew Richards and sound design by Bart Fasbender.  Choreography will be by two-time Tony Award nominee John Carrafa (Urinetown, Into the Woods, Love! Valour! Compassion!).  Production Stage Manager will be Bess Marie Glorioso.

The performance schedule for The Drunken City will be Tuesdays through Fridays at 7:30 PM, Saturdays at 2 & 7:30 PM and Sundays at 2 & 7PM.  Tickets are $45 and will go on sale to the general public starting Wednesday, February 13.

Tickets may be purchased online via TicketCentral.com, by phone at (212) 279-4200 (Noon-8pm daily), or in person at the Ticket Central Box Office, 416 West 42nd Street (between Ninth & Tenth Avenues).

The LIVEforFIVE lottery for The Drunken City will be the first preview on Thursday, March 13 at 7:30 PM.  A new initiative created this season as part of the theater company's Arts Access program, LIVEforFIVE makes available $5 tickets for the first preview performance of each Playwrights Horizons production through a lottery via the company's website.

Details for the lottery are as follows: beginning Wednesday, March 5 at 10AM, theatergoers can enter the lottery by filling out an entry form at www.playwrightshorizons.org. Entries will be accepted up until Monday, March 10 at 12 Noon.  Winners of the lottery will be notified via email by March 11 with instructions on how to book their $5 tickets.  One or two tickets may be purchased for $5 each.  

The theater company will offer HOTtix, $20 rush tickets, subject to availability, day of performance only, starting one hour before showtime to patrons aged 30 and under. Proof of age required. One ticket per person, per purchase. Studet Rush, $15 rush tickets, subject to availability, day of performance only, starting one hour before curtain to full-time graduate and undergraduate students. One ticket per person, per purchase. Valid student ID required. 

For subscription and ticket information to all Playwrights Horizons productions, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200, Noon to 8 pm daily or purchase online at the Playwrights Horizons website at www.playwrightshorizons.org