HEART OF OAK Comes to FRIGID New York, 2/20-3/6

Heart of Oak, a new play by Laura Hirschberg will play five performances at The Kraine Theater as part of the FRIGID New York festival. Directed by Anais Koivisto, the evening features a cast that includes Leslie Gauthier (St Ann's Warehouse, Lincoln Center), Sam Bruce, Cristina M. Ramos, Jacob Owen, Tsebiyah Mishael, Kasey Brown, Dax Dupuy and Mariah Freda. Katherine Sommer produces, with fight choreography by Jon Meyer.

Fleeing an arranged marriage, Princess Alvida commandeers a pirate vessel and assembles an unlikely crew of laundry women, seamstresses, and cooks. As she struggles with opposing roles -- pirate and princess -- her betrothed finds himself falling for a woman he's barely met. Shanties and swordfights frame this theatrical tale of love on the high seas...

Laura Hirschberg (Playwright) is an NYC-based playwright/director/stage manager, delighted to be collaborating again with Everyday Inferno. Laura's works have been developed and produced by Harvard University, Looking Glass Theatre, WorkShop Theater, 3V Theatre, Caps Lock Theatre, and the 9BC Performance Series. She is a proud member of the WorkShop Theater Company and 3V Theatre. Following Heart of Oak, Laura's new short play, Fish Food will be featured as part of a festival of food plays at the WorkShop Theater in April.

Anais Koivisto (Director) is an award-winning New York based freelance director with an interest in new works and heightened-language classics. Previous credits include The Turn of the Screw at the historic Morris-Jumel Mansion, A Map to Somewhere Else (133rd Street Arts Center Lab), Something Wicked (a Hangover encore selection in last year's FRIGID Festival), Briar Rose & the Thirteenth Fairy (The Jan Hus Playhouse), and multiple short plays and readings with Everyday Inferno, 3V, the Looking Glass Theater Forum, and the Core Artists' Ensemble. Anaïs is the Artistic Director and co-founder of Everyday Inferno Theatre Company, holds a BFA from Boston University and has studied at LAMDA and ACT, is a New York Affiliate member of Seiche Productions, and has served as a member of (Re:) Directions Theatre Company and the Theatre Artists' Conspiracy. www.anaiskoivisto.com

Tickets for Heart of Oak are $16 and can be reserved in advance online at www.FRIGIDnewyork.info. Performance dates are Friday 2/20 at 6:50pm, Sunday, 2/22 at 5:10pm, Thursday, 2/26 at 7:10pm, Wednesday, 3/4 at 10:30pm, Friday, 3/6 at 6:50pm. The Kraine Theater is located at 85 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003, near Broadway-Lafayette on the B,D, F, and M lines and Bleeker Street on the 6 line. For more information visit us online at www.everydayinferno.com.

Photo Credit: Anaïs Koivisto