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Sheedy, Ziemba, Chalfant in Dinelaris' The Chaos Theories Reading December 15

By: Dec. 12, 2005
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On the coldest night of the year; in the hottest restaurant in New York City...all hell is about to break loose. Enter the world of THE CHAOS THEORIES, the critically-acclaimed urban comedy written by 2X Drama Desk nominee Alexander Dinelaris. This staged reading is directed by Stewart M. Schulman. Joining Sheedy, Chalfant, Ziemba and Moss are Broadway veterans Julian Gamble, Ted Koch, Matthew Rauch as well as Todd Alan Crain (see bios below). The reading happens this Thursday, December 15th, 3:00 p.m. at the Shetler Studio Theatre, 244 West 54th Street (between Broadway & 8th). 

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Hailed by The Daily News as "bitingly funny," THE CHAOS THEORIES is a pointed journey through the madness of modern society. The action takes place in a hip downtown eatery where on this night you find stalkers and stockbrokers, politicians and playwrights, the high-strung and the hopeless.

"When we first read Alex's multi-plotted script, we immediately recognized a work that was frightening, funny and absolutely new", explains Linda S. Nelson and Patricia R. Klausner of Miljam Productions. "Given this moment in our nation's history, we could not ask for a play more timely and relevant." Nelson and Klausner originally presented THE CHAOS THEORIES in the 2004 NY Fringe Festival, where Backstage noted, "It was obvious from the get-go that Alexander Dinelaris' Fringe Festival entry, THE CHAOS THEORIES, was going to be a cut above the norm."

THE CHAOS THEORIES  was originally developed and produced by Shotgun Productions.

Cast Bios:
Kathleen Chalfant, Broadway: Racing Demon, Angels in America, Part 1 & 2 (Tony & Drama Desk Award nominee, Best Featured Actress), M. Butterfly; Off-Broadway: Five by Tenn, Guantanamo, Nine Armenians (Drama Desk Award nominee), The Last Letter, Savannah Bay, Talking Heads, True History & Real Adventures, Wit (Lortel, Drama Desk & Obie Award, Best Actress), The Party, The Crucible; Film: First Born (2006), The Last New Yorker (2006), Lackawanna Blues, Kinsey and many others; TV: "Law & Order", "The Guardian"

ELISABETH MOSS, Off-Broadway: Franny's Way; Film: The Attic (2006), Bittersweet Place (2005), Girl Interrupted, Gypsy; TV: "The West Wing" (Zoe Bartlet), "Picket Fences"

Ally Sheedy, Broadway: 24 Hour Plays; Off-Broadway: Triptych, The Exhonorated, Hedwig, Advice from a Caterpillar; Film: numerous including Shooting Livien (2005), High Art, The Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire; TV: "Oz", "Hill Street Blues", "St. Elsewhere", "Red Shoes Diary"

Karen Ziemba, Broadway: Never Gonna Dance (Tony & Drama Desk Awards nominee, Best Featured Actress), Contact (Tony Award & Drama Desk Winner, Best Featured Actress), Steel Pier (Tony & Drama Desk Awards nominee, Best Featured Actresss), Angela Landsbury: A Celebration, Chicago, Crazy for You, Teddy & Alice, 42nd Street, A Chorus Line; Off-Broadway: I Do, I Do, And The World Goes 'Round

TODD ALAN CRAIN, Off-Off-Broadway: The Vicar's Wife ("Best Actor in a Musical for the 1998-99 Season" by Peter Filichia of Playbill Online), Married Alive; National Tour: Slim Goodbody Corporation, Sesame Street Live!, and a Brazilian Tour of Grease! ; Film & TV: The Producers, "Chappelle Show", "Max Orbit's Science Series" (Parents' Choice/Dove Award), many commercials

Julian Gamble, Broadway: Democracy, Jumpers, The Caretaker, Dinner at Eight, The Invention of Love, The Iceman Cometh, A Month in the Country, You Never Can Tell; Off Broadway: The Flamekeeper, Call the Children Home (Primary Stages); Regional: More than 100 productions for such theatres as Old Globe, Williamstown, McCarter Theatre, South Coast Rep, Denver Center, Studio Arena, GEVA, Cincinnati Playhouse, Pioneer Theatre, LATC, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Intiman, Arizona Theatre Co. TV & Film: "3rd Watch," "Law & Order," "LA Law," "NY Undercover," "SVU," "Wright Verdicts," "Matlock," "Dallas," "Perry Mason," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," "Highway to Heaven," "HIER" and many others.

Ted Koch, Broadway: The Pillow Man, Death of a Salesman, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Off-Broadway: Meshugah (Naked Angels); National Tour: Death of a Salesman; Regional: True West (Arena Stage, Helen Hayes Nomination- Outstanding Lead Actor), A Streetcar Named Desire (Buffalo Studio Arena), Orphans (CT-20 Ensemble, Joseph Jefferson Award- Best Actor), As You Like It (The Goodman Theater), Guys and Dolls, Macbeth, Burning Chrome and All's Well That Ends Well among others. Film: Hannibal, Autumn in New York, Dinner Rush; TV: "Ed," "Third Watch," "The West Wing," "Hack," "Guiding Light," "Chicago Hope," "Early Edition," Death of a Salesman (Showtime).

MATTHEW RAUCH, Broadway: Proposals; Off-Broadway: The Revenger's Tragedy, Hurlyburly, Langford Wilson's Book of Days (premiere); Regional: The Shakespeare Theatre, Hartford Stage, Arena Stage, American Repertory Theatre, Cincinnatti Playhouse, Long Wharf, the Rep. Theatre of St. Louis, Philadelphia Drama Guild; Film: Future Imperfect (2005), Invitation to a Suicide, The Pearl, and Bayou; TV: "Without a Trace," "The D.A.," "Law and Order," "Navy: NCIS," "Leap of Faith," "Law and Order: Criminal Intent," and in "Metropolis," a pilot for ABC.



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