Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead, directed by Gioia Marchese, is a fast paced, heart stopping New York story!
Lanford Wilson's acclaimed first full length play Balm in Gilead will run October 1st to October 11th, 2009 in a limited 2 week run at 303 Bond Street, resident space of Company XIV, between Union & Sackett in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Previews begin Oct 1st for an October 3rd opening. Performances are Thursdays through Sundays at 8pm. Tickets are $20 and $15 for students/seniors and can be purchased online at http://www.smarttix.com or by calling 212-868-4444. Mature content – no one under 14 will be admitted.
Balm in Gilead is set in an all-night diner in New York, where the riff-raff, the bums, the petty thieves, the lost and the desperate of the big city come together. Here we meet Joe and Darlene, two young people who seem to have the strength and the need to transcend the turmoil and ugliness of the life in which they found themselves.
Gioia Marchese directs the cast of 23. Ms. Marchese is the founding Artistic Director of The Bridge Theatre Company in New York, where she directed their inaugural production of Portland by Ruben Carbajal ("If you're looking for a solid young theatre company to follow, the Bridge Theatre Company merits serious consideration" - NYTheatre.com) and The Bridge West in Los Angeles (whose production of Parallel Lives was called "an impressive showcase for two talented thespians" by Variety). Ms. Marchese is currently a member of the critically acclaimed dance/theater company, Company XIV.
23 of New York's hottest young actors breathe life into Wilson's ode to New York after dark. The cast includes
Jeffrey Evan Thomas (The Ritz), Austin McCormick &
YEva Glover (of Company XIV), Yann Bean (BlackBook Magazine Icon of the Future), Allison Karman (Redbelt, Choke), Sarah-Jane Casey (One Year Lease Theater Company),
Stefanie Nava (The Good Shepard), Darrin Banks, Ashley Lambert, Thiago Felix De Silva, Jared Szafman, Nick Fessette,
Joe Gannon, Peter Zerneck, Chris Cipriano, Chris Triana, Dan Hermann,
Jeff Takacs,
Susan Quinn, Emma Gordon, Jacob Mirer and
Kevin Loreque.
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The design team includes
Zane Pihlstrom (Set Design),
Gina Scherr (Lighting Design) and Austin McCormick (Sound Design).
Running time is 1 hour and 45 minutes with one 15-minute intermission.
