INTAR Extends World Premiere of LOCUSTS HAVE NO KING

INTAR (Lou Moreno, Artistic Director/John McCormack, Executive Director) is proud to announce that the Off-Broadway premiere of Locusts Have No King by J. Julian Christopher, will add a one-week extension, through May 1st, to accommodate overwhelming demand for this acclaimed new play. David Mendizábal directs a cast that includes John J. Concado, Dan Domingues, David Grimm and Liam Torres.

Two gay couples get together for a dinner party. They work together. They even live in the same building. And, they are closeted. But when one of them ponders his resignation, the others fear the exposure of their hidden relationships. They cannot allow this to happen. They won't allow this to happen. So, all hell breaks loose... literally.?

The New York Times praised it, calling it "a love-triangle comedy with a supernatural streak." And went to say "Funny though the play is, the surprising and rather lovely thing about Locusts Have No King - receiving its world premiere in David Mendizábal's excellently cast production at INTAR - is that it never treats its characters or their vocation as punch lines. The strength of Locusts Have No King, which takes its title from the Book of Proverbs and its characters' names from the Gospels, is in its emotional and philosophical underpinnings."

Theatermania agreed, saying "Under the sly direction of David Mendizábal, the truth behind this wickedly delicious play reveals itself in a tantalizingly slow striptease. While we may not at first understand why they're stuck in this palace (no spoilers here), we want to know more. With a Hitchcockian eye for suspense, Mendizábal instills a creeping sense of dread, an ever-present suspicion that something here is not right. It all amounts to the most epically strange drinking and fighting play in years. We're able to blast into the twilight zone thanks to superbly grounded performances by the cast. Locusts Have No King smartly captures the lengths to which we will go to protect our privilege, even if that privilege appears ridiculous to everyone outside our cloistered circle."

Perhaps New York Theater Guide summed it up best: "The layers and depth of this revelational play was so mentally stimulating that my husband and I walked home from the West to the East Side totally engrossed in dissecting every beat of the divine performance instead of hailing a cab. This is when I know that a production has captivated me completely -I can't let it go, it stays with me and I start to analyze it from every possible perspective."

INTAR, one of the United States' longest running Latino theatres producing in English, works to:

§ Nurture the professional development of Latino theater artists;

§ Produce bold, innovative, artistically significant plays that reflect diverse perspectives;

§ Make accessible the diversity inherent in America's cultural heritage through an integrated program of workshops, productions of works-in-progress, and mainstage productions. INTAR brings to the public vital and energetic voices of emerging and accomplished Latino theater professionals, giving expression to the diversity and depth of today's Latino-American community.

Performances are Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8 PM and Sundays at 5pm. Performances will take place at INTAR's theater space (500 West 52nd Street, at Tenth Avenue, on the 4th Floor).

Tickets for all performances will be $30 and may be purchased at www.intartheatre.org or by calling 212/352-3101.

For more information, visit INTAR on the web at www.intartheatre.org.

Photo Credit: Carol Rosegg