New Play 'Sealed for Freshness' Opens Feb. 24

Doug Stone's play Sealed for Freshness will begin performances in New York starting Tuesday, February 15th, 2007; opening night will be on February 24th, 2007 at the New World Stages, located on 340 West 50th St.

Sealed for Freshness, "the new Tupperware comedy," is set in the 1960's. Sealed for Freshness "is the story of five mid-western women who believe in being good wives, good mothers and good neighbors.  They were raised to trade their dreams, hopes and desires for social norms . . . and now they want them back.  These hermetically sealed, airtight lives unravel during a sidesplitting Tupperware party gone awry. The women of Sealed for Freshness are struggling with lost  youth, missed opportunities ­and deviled egg containers.  In other words, they¹re the original Desperate Housewives," press materials state.

Sealed for Freshness premiered in a sold-out 2003 limited engagemnt Off Broadway at the Pantheon Theater and has since had coast-to-coast SRO runs.

Sealed for Freshness is directed by Stone, and features set design by Rob Odorisio, lighting design by Traci Klainer, costumes by Rob Bevenger and sound design by Ken Hypes.  The production is presented by Cannon Entertainment Group in association with Fresh Ice Productions.

Stone has been a freelance writer for Comedy Central and Time Warner. He also wrote several feature films, including Living and Dining. His full-length plays include Leveling the Pulse, Betting the Longshot and Blame and Glue Trap.  

The performance schedule is as follows: Tuesday ­ Friday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $65.00 and can be purchased by calling Telecharge.com at (212) 239-6200, online at www.telecharge.com or at the New World Stages Box Office at 340 West 50th Street (Monday from 1:00 ­ 6:00 p.m., Tuesday - Saturday from 1:00 ­ 8:00 p.m. and Sunday from 1:00 - 7:30 p.m.).