Double Play Connections will present the NY premiere of Off World Theatre's production of Count Down, a play by Dominique Cieri, directed by Elyse Knight and with choreography by Pene McCourty. Performances will begin on Thursday, November 2; opening on Wednesday, November 8 through November 19, 2006 at The Bank Street Theatre (155 Bank Street, between Washington and West Streets).
"Forty days, 7 angry girls, 1 reluctant teaching artist … set in an all-girls residential facility,
Count Down follows a teaching artist as she attempts to break down the barriers of a group of neglected young women through a creative process," state production notes.
"With a focus on the problems encountered by young girls in this country, and in particular young female victims of abuse and neglect,
Count Down illuminates the serious social ill of domestic violence and demonstrates the role of the arts and artists in helping girls recover from the horrors of abuse.
Count Down is a fictionalized account, inspired by the playwright's experiences over the last 15 years working as a teaching artist with many groups of at-risk youth, including abused and neglected teenage girls."
The cast includes: Valerie Blazek, Sandi Carroll, Reina Cedeno, Major Dodge, Megan Ferguson, Kasey Lockwood, Shawand McKenzie, Adepero Oduye, Dania Ramos.
Cieri's other plays include
Pitz & Joe, For Dear Life and
Last Kiss.The performance schedule: Tuesday – Saturday at 8PM; Sunday at 3PM. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased by visiting
www.SmartTix.com or calling 212-868-4444. For more information on this production, please visit
doubleplayconnections.home.att.net.
