New School For Drama Presents 4th RANDOM ACTS Festival

THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA PRESENTS FOURTH ANNUAL RANDOM ACTS! ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL WITH WORKS BY JOHN M. SYNGE, Thorton Wilder, AND MANY MORE February 19, through April 25, 2009, Thursdays-Saturdays, 8:00 p.m.; Saturday matinees, 3:00 p.m. The New School for Drama, 151 Bank Street, 3rd floor

For five weeks this spring, the Random Acts! One-Act Play Festival invites audiences toexperience the best of The New School for Drama's up-and-coming actors, directors, and playwrights. Free to the public, the festival features the work of 24 actors, 8 directors, and 6new playwrights in 15 presentations of plays drawn from classic and contemporary repertories-including 6 original works by Drama's playwrights featured in the final two weeks!

February 19, through April 25, 2009 Thursdays-Saturdays, 8:00 p.m.; Saturday matinees, 3:00 p.m. WHERE:The New School for Drama, 151 Bank Street, 3rd FloorWHAT: A full schedule is attached. Please note: productions, performers, and directors are subject to change.

TICKET INFO: Free. Reservations recommended for general admission. Call Ticket Central at 212.279.4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com.

Visit www.drama.newschool.edu. At The New School for Drama, the instinct to create is revered. Through its interrelated, three-year MFA program in acting, directing, or playwriting, the school is forging the next generation of performing artists. A faculty of working professionals brings to the fore students' unique and original voices, and helps them establish a rooted sense of who they are as individuals and as artists. The New School's history in the dramatic arts began in the 1940s, when the Dramatic Workshop, led by founder Erwin Piscator and a faculty including Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg, fostered artistic voices as distinctive as Tennessee Williams and Marlon Brando. Since 1994, the university has offered an MFA degree in the performing arts. For more information, visit www.drama.newschool.edu.

WEEK ONE: FEBRUARY 19-21 IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLENby John M. Synge directed by Kathy MacGowanwith David Bly, Connor Carew, Brynne Kraynak, Aidan O'SheaGAMES by James Saunders directed by Web Begole with Nate Faust, Marco Formosa, Tara Herweg, Valerie Lonigro DEN OF THIEVESby Stephen Adly Guirgis directed by Ira Kip with Brittany Bellizeare, David Marshall, DanaMazzenga, Jason R. Stroud, Kirill Vaal, Patrick Williams ***Schedule and titles subject to change based on rights availability.

WEEK TWO: MARCH 5-7 LOVERS by Brian Friel Part One-Winnersdirected by Mary Beth Smithwith Marco Formosa, Jennifer McVey, Adrienne C. Moore, Jason R. Stroud Part Two-Losers directed by Jennifer Hart with Connor Carew, Alison Bridget Chambers, Tara Herweg, Amanda Rhines KOMACHI by Romulus Linney directed by Tamara Ruppart with Ji-Hye Kwon, Aidan O'Shea WEEK THREE: MARCH 26-28BLIND DATE by Horton Foote directed by Kathy MacGowanwith Connor Carew, Brynne Kraynak, Dana Mazzenga, Patrick Williams Selected scenes from BENT by Martin Sherman directed by Sherri Eden Barberwith Nate Faust, David Marshall, Jason R. Stroud A RINGING OF DOORBELLSby Thorton Wilder directed by Web Begole with Jennifer Lagassé, Valerie Lonigro, Adrienne C. Moore, Bridget Ori SPAIN by Romulus Linney directed by Sabina Ptasznikwith David Bly, Marco Formosa, Sara Gozalo, Aidan O'Shea, Guillermo Ulysses, Kirill Vaal ***Schedule and titles subject to change based on rights availability.WEEK FOUR: APRIL 9-11 WAKING UP WITH STRANGERS New Work! by Paul David Young directed by Mary Beth Smithwith Nate Faust, Marco Formosa, Ji-Hye Kwon, David Marshall BROKEN WING New Work! by Rachel White directed by Jennifer Hart with David Bly, Connor Carew, Alison Bridget Chambers, Bridget Ori I'D DO ANYTHING New Work! by Rebecca Stokes directed by Sherri Eden Barberwith Brittany Bellizeare, Mikaela Johnson,Jennifer Lagassé, Aidan O'Shea, Jason R. Stroud, Patrick Williams

WEEK 5: APRIL 23-25 EXTINCTION New Work! by Gabe McKinley directed by Tamara Ruppart with Nate Faust, Marco Formosa, Mikaela JohnsonAN ALAN TURNING MYSTERY New Work! by Zay Amsburydirected by Web Begole with David Marshall, Aidan O'Shea, Amanda Rhines CHERRIES New Work! by Diana Polanskydirected by Sabina Ptasznikwith Jennifer McVey, Bridget Ori, Patrick Williams Note: Schedule, including productions, performers, and directors, subject to change.