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Falco and Shields to Guest Star in Speak Truth to Power
By: BWW News Desk Oct. 23, 2006
Culture Project has announced that Speak Truth To Power will kick-off its New York premiere engagement on Sunday, November 5 with guest stars Edie Falco and Brooke Shields.
Shields and Falco will join the previously announced cast of the show, which includes Carolyn Baeumler, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Megan Byrne, Stephen Kunken, Aasif Mandvi, Lois Markle, Ellen McLaughlin, Charles Parnell, Keith Randolph Smith, and Danton Stone. On board for subsequent guest spots are Gabriel Byrne, Rosario Dawson, Griffin Dunne, Kim Fields, Charles Grodin, Julianna Margulies, Lynn Redgrave, Isabella Rosellini, and Fisher Stevens. Additional guests and dates will be announced shortly.
Speak Truth To Power will play Culture Project¹s mainstage theatre space (45
Bleecker Street) Sundays at 7:00 p.m. and Mondays at 8:00 p.m. beginning
Sunday, November 5 and is scheduled to run through Monday, December 18,
2006. Sunday performances are at 7:00 p.m. and Monday performances are at
8:00 p.m. This is a revised schedule from the one previously announced.
(Death and the Maiden) and directed by Terry Kinney (HBO's 'OZ'), Speak Truth
To Power is an unforgettable affirmation of the human spirit that chronicles
the struggles of 51 human rights activists, including Desmond Tutu, Elie
Wiesel, Helen Prejean, and this year¹s Nobel Peace Prize recipient Muhammad
Yunus," state production notes.
Speak Truth to Power premiered in 2000 at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington D.C. and has toured to over 20 cities in the United States as
well as throughout Greece, London, Madrid, Barcelona, Sydney, Helsinki,
Rome, Geneva, Seoul, Florence, and Mantua. Plans for the future include
performances in Nashville, Paris, Beirut, and Qatar in addition to the run
at Culture Project.
Speak Truth to Power in New York City was launched in a star-studded benefit
performance Friday, October 6 at Chelsea Piers featuring Lorraine Bracco,
Giancarlo Esposito, Charles Grodin, Matthew Modine, Robin Wright Penn,
Gloria Reuben, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Sharon Stone, and Sigourney
Weaver. Ethel Kennedy was also on hand to present the Robert F. Kennedy
Memorial Ripple Of Hope Award to President William Jefferson Clinton for his
commitment to a more just and peaceful world.
Tickets are priced at $25.00, $45.00, and $55.00 and are available through
Ticketmaster by calling 212-307-4100, by visiting www.ticketmaster.com, or
in person at the Culture Project box office (45 Bleecker Street at
Lafayette). For more information, visit www.CultureProject.org or e-mail
katrin@cultureproject.org. Visit www.speaktruthtopower.org for more on Speak Truth to Power.
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