The Obie Award-winning National Asian American Theatre
Company (NAATCO), will present French playwright Pierre Marivaux's 18th
Century romantic comedy The Dispute, directed by Jean Randich --
performed by an all Asian-American cast -- with previews beginning
August 4 prior to an official press opening of August 8 at the Abingdon
Theatre (312 West 36th Street) in Manhattan.
"A dark, erotic philosophical comedy revolving around the 'dispute' of
the title,
The Dispute endeavors to discover which sex committed the
first infidelity. A prince persuades his lover to watch the playing out
of a cruel experiment
set in motion 18 years earlier when his father was having the same
dispute with his lover: four young people, two men and two women, who
have been reared in isolation since birth, are released into a garden
to see who will sin first -
the man or the woman," according to press notes.
Performancesrun
Tuesdays - Saturdays at 7:30pm, with Saturday and Sunday matinees at
3:00pm. Tickets are $19 (prior to August 8 tickets are $15) and can be
reserved by visiting
www.SmartTix.com or by calling 212-868-4444. For additional details, please visit
www.naatco.org.
Photos by Sue Rees
Alfredo Narciso and Jennifer Ikeda
Lanny Joon, Jennifer Chang and Alexis Camins
Alfredo Narciso and Jennifer Ikeda
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