Wilson Recording Coincides with Off-Off-Bway Book Party

United Stages' Publishing will release a special edition of Doric Wilson's And He Made a Her.

The special edition includes a rare live 1961 recording of its premiere at the legendary Caffe Cino. On November 5th, 2006, at 4:00 p.m., United Stages will celebrate this release in conjunction with newly published titles by the best of today's Off-Off-Broadway talents at their "Best Plays" Book Party which takes place at Drama Book Shop (250 West 40th Street, NYC).

"This miraculous recording, re-mastered from a decaying reel-to-reel tape, captures the birthplace of Off-Off Broadway through the ambient sounds of 1961 Caffe Cino and the live performances of the original cast: Paxton Whitehead, Larry Neal Clayton, Karl Schenzer, Gary Filsinger and Jane Lowry. The recording also captures Joe Cino, who opened the legendary coffee house in 1958 at 31 Cornelia Street, in one of his famous passing-the-hat speeches for the benefit of the evening's performers. A playwrights theater, the Cino had a major influence on American theatre, beginning what became called Off-Off Broadway and introducing dramatists as diverse as Tom Eyen, John Guare, Robert Heide, William Hoffman, Harry Koutoukas, Robert Patrick, Sam Shepard, Doric Wilson and Lanford Wilson," state press notes.

The United Stages' Publishing titles being celebrated are plays from current stars and award recipients from today's flourishing Off-Off-Broadway scene: David Bell, Bekah Brunstetter, Marc Castle, Mark Finley, Ry Herman, Alex Lewin, Ted LoRusso, Emily Mitchell, Rich Orloff, Sheldon Senek, and Kathleen Warnock.

"United Stages' Publishing is a smart resource for theater companies and producers looking to produce the vanguard of plays and playwrights. They publish original plays from Off-Off Broadway and other small-venue performance, offering fresh material that casting agents, teachers, scholars and theater enthusiasts haven't seen a thousand times before. These 'Collector's Edition' plays celebrate the unfolding of NY theater history, complete with original cast credits, reviews and production photographs."