Rising Phoenix Repertory Announces New DPS Edition of SLIPPING

Daniel Talbott's SLIPPING was hailed by the Advocate as one of the top ten plays in NYC the year it premiered at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, in a production starring Seth Numrich and Adam Driver. Four years later, the play went on to have its west coast premiere with Rattlestick West, again starring Numrich in the title role of Eli. Talbott made significant changes to the structure of the play during this production, and DPS has reissued the script in its updated form. The new version is in bookstores now, and available for purchase and licensing at www.dramatists.com.

DPS gives the following synopsis: Alone, numb, and friendless after the violent death of his father, high-school senior Eli moves with his mom from San Francisco to a fresh start in Iowa. A new relationship with a boy at school exposes Eli again to the possibility of closeness and the danger of being swallowed by it.

SLIPPING played to sold-out houses in New York and LA, and has gone on to have numerous productions around the country.

Daniel Talbott is currently a staff writer for The Weinstein Company and Spike TV on The Mist, based on the Stephen King novella, and in development with Jim Parsons' company That's Wonderful Productions for a feature film, Tuolumne. His hour-long drama pilot Summer has been optioned and is in development with Sonar Entertainment and Killer Films. He is a writer, director, and actor, as well as an artistic associate of Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, associate artistic director of {Your Name Here}, and artistic director of the Lucille Lortel and NYIT Award-winning Rising Phoenix Rep. His plays include Slipping (Rattlestick, The Side Project), Yosemite (Rattlestick), Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, America, Kuwait (Rattlestick/piece by piece, Encore), What Happened When (Rattlestick, Your Name Here, Rising Phoenix Rep/HERE), Someone Brought Me (Quince Productions), Mike and Seth (Quince, Encore, The Side Project), Extraordinary Things (RPR), and Gray (Your Name Here). Recent directing work includes Ugly Little Sister (NYU/Strasberg), First Born (The Actors Studio), Selkie (RPR/Weathervane), Thieves (Weathervane/RPR/ Rattlestick), F**king Immaculate (RPR), A Fable (piece by piece/RPR/Rattlestick), Gin Baby (IRT), Scarcity (Rattlestick/Hill Town Plays - OBIE Award), Lake Water (Neighborhood Productions), Eightythree Down (Hard Sparks), Much Ado About Nothing (Boomerang), Squealer (Lesser America), and The Umbrella Plays (the teacup company/FringeNYC - Overall Excellence Award: Outstanding Play). He received a 2011 Theater Hall of Fame Fellowship, a 2007 New York Innovative Theatre Award for directing, a Drama-Logue Award, two Dean Goodman Choice Awards and a Judy Award for acting, and was also named one of the 15 People of the Year by nytheatre.com. He is a graduate of Juilliard and teaches at NYU/Strasberg and Primary Stages/ESPA. He is a proud member of Lesser America and a member of The Actors Studio.

Photo credit: Rattlestick West