The All-Americans present the World Premiere of SCHOOLED, written by Lisa Lewis and directed by James Kautz (Artistic Director of The Amoralists), as part of The New York International Fringe Festival. SCHOOLED runs from tonight, August 15, through August 27, 2015 at The Robert Moss Theater (Venue #15), located at 440 Lafayette Street between Astor Place and East 4th St., across the street from The Public Theater in New York City.
Performances are Sat 8/15 at 9pm, Tue 8/18 at 2pm, Thu 8/20 at 4:45pm, Sun 8/23 at 7pm, and Thu 8/27 at 4:45pm. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased online at
FringeNYC.org. The running time is approximately 90 minutes. For more info on the show visit
SchooledThePlay.com.
From acclaimed storyteller
Lisa Lewis and director
James Kautz comes SCHOOLED, a fiercely funny and gripping new play about privilege, ambition, and the lengths we'll go to succeed. Two university students vie for a competitive grant from their roguish professor in a taut threesome that tests their romantic relationship and their ethics. A biting drama with surprising humor, SCHOOLED is a searing examination of entitlement and envy, the lies we tell ourselves, and the truths we refuse to believe.
The cast includes
Quentin Maré (Broadway: Rock 'n' Roll, Coram Boy, Julius Caesar, Off-Broadway: The Castle with PTP/NYC, Sleeping Rough with Page 73),
Lilli Stein (Pentecost with PTP/NYC, Job at The Flea, Appropriate at Actors Theatre of Louisville) and Stephen Friedrich ('Tis Pity She's a Whore directed by
Jesse Berger, CBS's "Elementary").
The production team includes Tyler M. Perry (Set Design & Props), Evan Roby (Lighting Design), Christopher Metzger (Costume Design), Jeanne Travis (Sound Design & Production Stage Manager), Judy Bowman CSA (Casting), Matthew Schneider (Original Dramaturg) and Form Theatricals (General Management).
SCHOOLED's development history includes a staged reading hosted by Broadway producer
Ken Davenport, which starred Tony nominee and Drama Desk Award winner
Peter Friedman (The Nether),
Sarah Steele (Slow Girl at Lincoln Center) and
Zoë Winters (An Octoroon). Additional development includes readings at
Naked Angels Tuesdays@9 and a staged reading at the New Ohio Theatre directed by Obie Award winner
Oliver Butler (The Debate Society), starring Friedman,
Phoebe Strole (The Madrid),
Mara Davi (Broadway's A Chorus Line) and
James Kautz (The Other Thing). SCHOOLED had a two-week residency at New Helvetia Theatre's Sacramento New Works Festival with director
Matthew Schneider.
Lisa Lewis (Playwright) is a New York Times-published essayist and acclaimed storyteller. Her plays have been developed by
Naked Angels Tuesdays@9, Davenport Theatricals, The New Ohio Theatre, Core Artist Ensemble, and New Helvetia Theatre's Sacramento New Works Festival, where she was an artist in residence. Her essays and profiles have appeared in The New York Times, ELLE Magazine, Kirkus Reviews, New York Theatre Magazine, and New York Press. A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Dramatic Writing Program, Lewis spent six years as a story analyst for
New Line Cinema,
Robert De Niro and
Jane Rosenthal at Tribeca Film, and
The Weinstein Company. For more information, visit
www.LisaLewisWriting.com.
James Kautz (Director) is the creator and Artistic Director of the award-winning Amoralists Theatre Company in NYC. Under Kautz's leadership, the company has produced 15 World and New York Premieres by some of America's most visceral and celebrated playwrights including
Derek Ahonen,
Lyle Kessler,
Adam Rapp and
Mark Roberts. Through the Amoralists he has also championed the new play development of over 100 scripts. Kautz most recently directed the 2014 World Premiere of
Derek Ahonen's The Qualification of Douglas Evans at Walkerspace to great acclaim. As an actor, some of his notable credits include Emily Schwend's The Other Thing and Take Me Back,
Derek Ahonen's The Pied Pipers of The Lower East Side,
Adam Rapp's The Hallway Trilogy and Ghosts in the Cottonwoods, and
Lyle Kessler's Collision. For more information, visit
www.TheAmoralists.com.
THE ALL-AMERICANS make the political personal with provocative, emotionally potent, character-driven stories that question how we live today. They believe in the power of theater to change hearts and minds, to move us, shake us, to entertain us... and to leave us talking long after the curtain falls.
The theater is accessible from the N, R train to 8th St., or #6 train to Astor Place.
