The New Group Announces 2008-2009 Season

The New Group has announced their 2008-2009 season. Lineup is as follows:

MOUTH TO MOUTH
By Kevin Elyot
Directed by Mark Brokaw
American Premiere
First preview:  October 20, 2008
Opens:  November 6, 2008
Closes:  December 13, 2008
Cast includes: Christopher Abbot, David Cale, Lisa Emery, Elizabeth Jasicki, Darren Goldstein and Richard Topol.

Frank, a gay writer living with AIDS, attends a party at his friend Laura's house to celebrate the return of her teenage son from abroad.  As the story shifts back and forth through time, it's clear that Frank may have played an unscrupulous part in the unraveling of his best girlfriend's family.  Nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Play, Kevin Elyot's West End smash is a haunting, twisting tale of undeclared passion and the fine line between intimacy and betrayal.

MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA
By Eugene O'Neill
Directed by Scott Elliott
First preview:  January 13, 2009
Opens:  February 4, 2009
Closes:  March 7, 2009

Three taut plays combine to create one epic theatrical journey as O'Neill's sizzling re-imagining of the Oresteia brings the intense familial conflicts of this classic story to a tightly wound New England town.  At the end of the Civil War, General Mannon's wife and daughter await his return with very different agendas. When his battle-scarred son Orin finally arrives, he finds a house divided and a tragedy in the making.

The final show of the season will be Seth Zvi Rosenfeld's "Handball," directed by Ian Morgan (Associate Artistic Director of The New Group).  Previews start April 27, for an Official Opening on Thursday, May 14.  Casting TBA.

All three shows will be playing at The Acorn Theater at Theater Row.