Waitlist Only Avaliable For York Theatre Co's Dillinger Reading Series Tonight

The award-winning York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) is thrilled to announce, due to overwhelming response, the next offering in its acclaimed Developmental Reading Series, Dillinger: Public Enemy Number One, is essentially "sold out." As always, these readings are open to the general public and admission is free, however this particular reading is already fully reserved and now on waitlist only.

Dillinger: Public Enemy Number One
Music and Lyrics by PAUL ALEMAN Book by Joel Gross
Thursday, May 7, 2009 • 3 PM
Directed by Michael Unger, Musical Supervison by Phil Reno.

Performers joining the previously announced Lou Diamond Phillips (The King and I) in the cast of Dillinger are: Natalie Bradshaw, E. Clayton Cornelius (Kat and the Kings), Jason Griffith, James Ludwig (Spamalot), Darren Matthias, Brooke Sunny Moriber (The Threepenny Opera), Eric William Morris (Coram Boy), Jennifer Prescott (How to Succeed...) and Megan Sikora (Curtains).

In Dillinger, Jimmy Morgan, a young reporter in Depression-era Chicago, goes undercover with John Dillinger, the iconic gangster, and succumbs to his corrupting influence. Worse, Jimmy falls in love with Dillinger's girl, Polly, never realizing that it is Dillinger himself who is pulling the strings of their love triangle; all part of the gangster's plan to use Jimmy's life as his ticket to freedom.

The York Theatre Company was just nominated for five 2009 Drama Desk Awards, four 2009 Lucille Lortel Awards, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, and two Drama League Awards for its productions of Enter Laughing, The Musical and My Vaudeville Man! last season. York Theatre Company is one of few companies in the country-in fact, in the world-committed to developing and producing new Musical Theatre Works and rediscovering musical gems from the past. Winner of a special Drama Desk Award for developing and producing new musical theatre, York's intimate, imaginative style of producing both original and classic musicals has resulted in critical acclaim and recognition from artists and audiences alike for almost four decades. Under the guidance of Artistic Director James Morgan since 1997, the York has focused exclusively on new musicals in its Mainstage Series-most of them world, American, or New York premieres-by some of the field's most esteemed creators, and has also helped launch the careers of many talented new writers.

Each year, York's Developmental Reading Series presents between 30 to 40 readings and workshops of new musicals by emerging and established authors, all free of charge and open to the public. Producing Artistic Director James Morgan says, "These readings give writers a unique opportunity to get audience feedback while a show is still in progress and gives audiences an active role in the creative process." York's productions of Souvenir and The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) were first developed in the Developmental Reading Series, where the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Avenue Q also made early appearances. The Developmental Reading Series is made possible in part through a generous donation from The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation.

GENERAL INFO:

Dillinger: Public Enemy Number One
Music and Lyrics by PAUL ALEMAN Book by Joel Gross
Thursday, May 7, 2009 • 3 PM

THE York Theatre Company in Saint Peter's Church
54th Street Just East of Lexington
E or V train to Lexington Avenue or 6 train to 51st Street