Photo Flash: 'Dividing The Estate' at Primary Stages

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Horton Foote returns to Primary Stages with the New York premiere of his play Dividing The Estate, described in press notes as "a 12-character human comedy about a family that must confront its past as it prepares for its future."  Performances began September 18; opening night is Thursday, September 27 at 6PM, with performances scheduled through October 28.

Dividing The Estate plays the following performance schedule: Tuesdays at 7PM, Wednesdays through Friday at 8PM, and Saturdays at 2PM & 8PM, and Sundays at 3PM, with a Wednesday matinee on October 24 at 2PM.  In place of the Wednesday matinees on October 10 & 17, Primary Stages is presenting 1PM. performances of Dividing The Estate to student groups at no charge, under the auspices of the Primary Stages NYC Public School Student Matinee Program.  Additionally, following the public performance on October 16, there is a special "Artist/Audience Talkback" for the attendees of the performance that evening.

Single tickets for Dividing The Estate are priced at $60 each, and may be purchased by calling Ticket Central at 212-279-4200, online at www.ticketcentral.com, or in person at the 59E59 THEATERS Box Office.  Group Tickets (15+) are $47.50 each, and are available by calling 212-840-9705.  For further information about Primary Stages, please visit the website at www.primarystages.com, or call (212) 840-9705.  Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters is located at 59 East 59th Street (between Park and Madison Avenues).

Photos by James Leynse

Family Portrait: The cast of Dividing The Estate by Horton Foote directed by Michael Wilson; (standing back row, l-r): Hallie Foote, Arthur French, Devon Abner, Keiana Richard, Nicole Lowrence, Lynda Gravatt, Maggie Lacey; (seated front row, l-r): Penny Fuller, Elizabeth Ashley, James DeMarse, Virginia Kull, Jenny Dare Paulin, Gerald McRaney

Elizabeth Ashley as Stella

Gerald McRaney as Louis

l-r: Penny Fuller, Hallie Foote and Elizabeth Ashley

Devon Abner as Son and Penny Fuller as Lucille

l-r: Jenny Dare Paulin, Nicole Lowrance, Hallie Foote, and James DeMarse