Red Lab Productions to Premiere Lasha Bugadze's NAVIGATOR IN LOVE

Red Lab Productions (Boris Akunin's Hamlet. A Version) will present the World Premiere of Lasha Bugadze's Navigator in Love, directed by Adam Knight (In the Room with Slant Theatre Project) as part of the Georgian-American Theatrical Feast, a festival of new works written by playwrights from the Republic of Georgia translated into English, July 13-August 6 at Teatro Circulo (64 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery) with performances on Thu 7/13, Fri 7/14, Sat 7/15, Sat 7/22, Wed 7/26, Thu 7/27, Fri 7/28, Fri 8/4 & Sat 8/5 @ 8pm, Sun 7/16, Sun 7/23 & Sun 8/6 @ 3pm. Tickets ($18) are available in advance at http://navigator.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006. The show will run approximately 80 minutes, with no intermission.

Rostom just got a big promotion - and a company car equipped with the latest GPS technology. But when the automated directions start to veer off the map and into the holes in Rostom's dead-end life, he must choose between stark reality and virtual intimacy. A love story - for tomorrow. Winner of the 2012 BBC World Drama Award for Best International Play. Directed by Adam Knight (Naperville with Slant Theatre; Lawrence Dial's In The Room).

Navigator in Love will feature Alan Altschuler* (Bigfoot Stole My Wife with Bedlam Theatre), Masha Dakic* (My Son Just Walks a Bit Slower with PEN World Voices), Ross DeGraw* (Marius with Storm Theatre), Brett Epstein (Naperville with Slant Theatre Project), Michael Propster* (Hamlet A. Version with Red Lab Productions), Lauren Riddle (Sex by Mae West with The Dirty Blondes), and Owen Scott* (Hamlet A Version with Red Lab Productions) with Sound Design by Toby Algya (The Lucky One with Mint Theatre), Lighting Design by Lauren Duffie (In the Room with Slant Theatre Project), and Costume Design by Irina Gachechiladze (Hamlet A. Version with Red Lab Productions). *Appearing courtesy of the Actors' Equity Association.

Lasha Bugadze (Playwright) is a novelist and playwright, whose works have been performed in England, France, and Georgia. He won the Russia and Caucasus Region category of the BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition in 2007 and one of the two top prizes in 2012 for "Navigator in Love". Bugadze is also a frequent television and radio contributor and writer for Georgian Public Broadcasting. He lives and works in Tbilisi.

Adam Knight (Director) has directed new works by Mat Smart, Lucy Alibar, Bekah Brunstetter, Matt Dellapina, Lawrence Dial, Michele Lowe, and David Lee Nelson, among others, at venues such as Ars Nova, E.S.T. Youngblood, HERE, Poetry Project, P.S.122, and The Tank. Recent credits: In The Room (Slant Theatre Project), Naperville (Slant), Exit Carolyn (Sans A/Drilling Company), Polaroid Stories (Strasberg), No No No Yes (Ars Nova ANT Fest). Regional: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (PURE Theatre), The Elephant in My Closet (WaterTower Theatre), Hamlet (College of Charleston), The 13th of Paris (Warehouse Theatre), Come Blow Your Horn (Millbrook Playhouse). Assistant credits: Signature Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Williamstown, Folger Shakespeare Theatre. He is co-Artistic Director of Slant Theatre Project. www.adamknightnyc.com

The Georgian-American Theatrical Feast aims to introduce American audiences to nine playwrights from Georgia (the country, not the state), a small Republic on the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Already becoming known in America for its culinary delights, Georgia is also home to a thriving and innovative theatre community. Featuring two full productions and seven free readings, all never-before-seen in America, along with special events, wine, and music, this festival promises rich, intense, funny, and strikingly relevant flavors to spice up the theatrical summer.
Red Lab Productions is an international collective dedicated to cultural diplomacy through art and performance.

Led by Artistic Director Irina Gachechiladze, Red Lab has performed in four countries in traditional and non-traditional venues, driven by a commitment to cultural cross-pollination of artists and audience. NYC productions include the World Premiere of Boris Akunin's Hamlet. A Version (Theatre at St. Clements) and Chekhov's The Seagull (TheatreLab). International productions include: Don Giovanni (National Armenian Opera); Eugene Onegin (Marjanishvili Theater, Tbilisi, Georgia); The Telephone (Salon Opera, London). www.redlabproductions.org.