Ego Actus Presents 100 SAINTS YOU SHOULD KNOW, Beginning 5/9

Ego Actus (Bruce A! Kraemer and Joan Kane producers) will present Kate Fodor's 100 Saints You Should Know from May 9th thru May 26th at Urban Stages. Joan Kane directs. The cast features Rosie Cosch*, Eric Percival, Carolyn Cutillo, Phoenix Lee and Annette Hunt* (Ivanov at CSC Rep). (*Members of Actors' Equity)

Theresa, a single mother with a difficult teenage daughter, works as a cleaning lady for the rectory of a local Catholic Church. There she meets Matthew, a priest experiencing a crisis of faith. When Matthew is suddenly temporarily relieved of his duties Theresa, who has recently started to embrace the existence of God, is compelled to search for him. Finding him at the home of his well intentioned, but clueless mother, Matthew seems indifferent about Theresa's journey. However, after her mischievous daughter inadvertently causes a local teenage boy to have a serious accident both Theresa's and Matthew's issues of faith begin to colloid.

Kate Foder's 100 Saints You Should Know was first presented at the Steppenwolf's Performing Garage before premiering at Playwrights Horizons in 2007. It was named one of the 10 Best Plays of 2007 by Entertainment Weekly and Time Out New York. Kate Fodor's other plays include Hannah and Martin which won the Kennedy Center's Roger L. Stevens Award, among other honors, and RX produced this year by Primary Stages. Her plays are published by Dramatists Play Service. She has been a resident playwright at New Dramatists since 2008.

Director Joan Kane was named one of the 2011 People of The Year in independent theatre by nytheatre.com. Some of her directing credits include Play Nice! Off-Broadway at 59E59 Theaters, Aliens With Extraordinary Skills at Theater 54, Safe in the 2012 Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, Pizza Man at Bridge Theater and a recent critically acclaimed production of Penny Jackson's I Know What Boy's Want at the WorkShop Theater. She has directed plays and readings at the Lark Play Development Center, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Theatre for the New City, The Samuel French Short Play Festival, The Players Club and The Actors Studio.

Producer and lighting designer Bruce A! Kraemer has done lighting design for Roundabout Theatre and Soho Rep and designed shows at Ensemble Studio Theatre, 59E59 Theaters and Bleecker Street Theatre, among others. Well skilled in many technical aspects of theatre and TV, he's worked on a variety of events including the Tony Awards, the Grammys and the Olympics.

Ego Actus (Latin for "my way") was founded in 2009 by Joan Kane and Bruce A! Kraemer. They produce, direct and develop plays that are meant to be a complete audience experience using all the elements of theatre contributed by a talented team of playwrights, actors and designers who have made these disciplines the focus of their lives. Each associated artist brings their own creative vision to the shows produced by Ego Actus and their work is unified into a collective "My Way".

100 Saints You Should Know plays at Urban Stages (259 West 30th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues) from Thursday, May 9th thru Sunday, May 26th . Performances are Wednesday thru Saturday at 8PM with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 3PM (no matinee on May11). All tickets are $18. For tickets go to 100Saints.brownpapertickets.com or call (1-800) 838-3006.