The Sublet Experiment to Play Final Performance May 20

The long-running Off-Off Broadway hit The Sublet Experiment, which has been performing in actual New York City apartments since November 2006, will have its final performance May 20th.  

"Written by Ethan Youngerman and directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, the play travels from neighborhood to neighborhood, apartment to apartment and has played to consistently sold out houses.   By the closing date, the production will have had performances in 18 different apartments in 4 boroughs and 2 states.   The company celebrates its 6 month anniversary on May 13th. Despite its enormous popularity among New York audiences, the producers have decided to focus their attention on regional productions and private engagements," state press materials. "If we can make it in the Bronx, we can make it anywhere," said Tattenbaum.  "Anywhere that has apartments, that is."

The show will play its final performances in Chelsea, from May 10th through 13th, and in Soho from May 17th through 20th.

In The Sublet Experiment, "a serial sublettor, a reality show reject and the worst bank robbers in history collide. It's a comic thriller about love, identity and identity theft as two young people try to find themselves, but end up finding each other."  The production stars Erin Maya Darke, Adam Hyland, Christian Maurice, and Stephen Squibb -- 3 of whom have been in the cast since the first performance. The production features costumes by Jessica Pabst and sound by Tim Boyce.

The play is presented by Ethan Youngerman and Michelle Tattenbaum.  Youngerman's plays have been workshopped or performed at MTC, FringeNYC, the Irish Arts Center and the Hangar Theater.   He's a recent graduate of the NYU Dramatic Writing MFA and a writer for the internet sitcom The Burg.  Tattenbaum has directed for Naked Angels, the Lincoln Center Directors' Lab, FringeNYC, Here Arts Center, and NY Musical Theatre Festival.   She previously directed Youngerman's play, An Archipelago of Clouds, for FringeNYC. 

The show runs Thursdays and Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 7pm. Please visit www.subletexperiment.com for detailed information about performance. Tickets are $25, available at www.theatermania.com or 212-352-3101.