Soho Rep. Opens Anne Washburn's 10 OUT OF 12, Set During a Tech Rehearsal, Tonight

Soho Rep., in association with John Adrian Selzer, recently extended the world premiere of 10 out of 12 by Anne Washburn (Mr. Burns) to July 11. The production, which opens tonight, June 10, reunites the playwright with the Obie Award-winning director Les Waters, Artistic Director at Actors Theatre of Louisville. In 10 out of 12, a company of theatre artists is engaged in the very peculiar-and uniquely impossible-task of making a new play. Based on notes Washburn took during her past technical rehearsals, this Soho Rep. commission is a wry and absorbing look at how work forms us and deforms us.

10 out of 12 takes place during a technical rehearsal, re-creating the multi-layered experience of designers mixing cues, backstage gossip happening over headset and actors passing the time while the director struggles to contain the uncontainable. As these activities unfold simultaneously, the audience is given an intimate glimpse into the act of theater making.

The ensemble includes Quincy Tyler Bernstine as Stage Manager, Jeff Biehl as Technician 3, Gibson Frazier as Ben/Charles, Rebecca Hart as Costume, Nina Hellman as Siget/Old Lady/Lucille, Sue Jean Kim as Eva/Marie, Bruce McKenzie as Director, Garrett Neergaard as Technician 2, Bray Poor as Sound, David Ross as Jake/Richard, Thomas Jay Ryan as Paul/Carstairs, Conrad Schott as Assistant Director, Wendy Rich Stetson as Lights and Leigh Wade as Jamie (Assistant Stage Manager).

The creative team includes David Zinn (sets), Justin Townsend (lights), Bray Poor (sound), Ásta Bennie Hostetter (costumes), George Hoffmann & Greg Kozatek (props); and Amanda Spooner (production stage manager).

Performances of 10 out of 12 will now take place through July 11 (see schedule above) at Soho Rep. Soho Rep. is located at 46 Walker Street in Manhattan. General admission tickets for the original run (May 26 - June 21) are $35 and can be purchased by visiting sohorep.org or calling 212.352.3101. $30 general rush and $20 student rush (valid school ID) tickets are available at the box office one hour prior to curtain for each performance, no advance sales. Tickets for the extension (June 23 - July 11) are $50/$75. $0.99 Sunday tickets will be offered on June 7 and 14 at 7:30pm and are available first come, first served at the box office only. $0.99 Sundays for 10 out of 12 are sponsored by Jody Falco & Jeffrey Steinman and TheaterMania.

Funding for this production is provided, in part, by the Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation. 10 out of 12 is a Soho Rep. commission made possible, in part, by Joe Robertson.

FEED Humanities Events:

In conjunction with performances of 10 out of 12, Soho Rep.'s FEED Humanities will present a series of workshops and talks surrounding the production. All events are free, open to the public and run approximately 30 minutes.

Bray Poor's Sound Design Masterclass
June 15th, 7-8:30pm, free
10 out of 12's Sound Designer Bray Poor discusses and demonstrates how to create complex soundscapes, like the one at the heart of 10 out of 12.

Unsung Heroes of the Theatre!
June 16th, following the performance
Moderator Anne Washburn speaks to props artisan Faye Armon (Fun Home, The River); hair and makeup designer Amanda Miller (films: Wolf of Wall Street, American Hustle, Soho Rep.'s Marie Antoinette); actor and former box office manager Michael Cyril Creighton (Playwrights Horizons' Stage Kiss, The Debate Society); and T.J. D'Angelo, senior usher of Broadway's Walter Kerr Theater.

The Show Must Go On!: How a Hit Broadway Musical is Made
June 25th, following the performance
Thomas Schumacher, President of Disney Theatricals, and the man behind all of Disney's greatest Broadway hits, will consider what it takes to birth a giant Broadway musical in comparison - and relation - to the world of off-Broadway. Moderator to be announced.

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