WorkShop Theater to Present Desire in the Suburbs

The WorkShop Theater Company has announced "DESIRE IN THE SUBURBS" by award-winning playwright FREDERIC GLOVER  and directed by KATHLEEN BRANT.  Previews run Wednesday through Saturday March 14th - 17th at 8:00 pm with an opening on Monday, March 19th at 8:00pm. 

DESIRE IN THE SUBURBS, a dark, erotic comedy about the need for security in insecure times, is an homage to the classic Eugene O'Neill play, DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS. In this modern film noir-esque riff, the action takes place in the seemingly safe suburbs of Westchester. Ed O'Neal, a recently laid-off NYC attorney is forced to move back home. He enlists the aid of his father's new trophy wife in a battle to gain control of their multi-million dollar estate.  The son claims the house belongs to his mother who has mysteriously vanished.  As sexual tension grows and emotional conflict ensues, we learn that no one is who they appear to be. 

FREDERIC GLOVER is a NYC based playwright and screenwriter who's play SANCTUARY won the Sprenger-Lang Award. KILLING JAZZ was awarded development at The O'Neill Center's National Playwrights Conference.  He has been awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts grant in Playwriting and Screenwriting. His plays have been performed at The Independent Theater Company, Jewish Repertory Theater, Rembiko Theater, and the Provincetown Theater Company.    Film projects include THE PAYOFF and A STAND OF GIANTS.  Educated in theater and dramatic writing at New York University and Northwestern University.  Member of the Dramatists Guild.

Director KATHLEEN BRANT'S NYC credits include THE WORLD OF EXPRESSION AWARDS (Danny Kaye Playhouse), THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT, (West End Theatre), THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT (NY Fringe Fest.), A COUPLA WHITE CHICKS SITTING AROUND TALKING (Working Girl Productions), KING JOHN (Judith Shakespeare) & DON JUAN AT THE STAKE (Nat Horne Theatre). Regional credits include HENRY V (SW Shakespeare), SON OF DRAKULA w/David Drake, (Croatia, Alaska & SF), POE: SPIRITS OF THE DEAD (Orlando Shakespeare),THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG, ART and LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO (The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina). Past WorkShop projects include, staged readings of BLUE CARBUNCLE, WHEN IT RAINS and BEST WESTERN. Kathleen is also the founding director of JB Theatrical Productions and a member of the SSDC.

Featured in the cast is DEE DEE FRIEDMAN who played Bella in the national tour of LOST IN YONKERS and Sarah in the Off-Broadway production of BEAU JEST. Also featured are WorkShop Artistic Director Timothy Scott Harris and BAZ SNIDER.  The design team includes Sets by TIM GOBELIEWSKI, costumes by Alexandra Devin, lighting by AARON SPORER and sound by JOHN DRESHER.  MIRIAM HYFLER is the stage manager. 

Completing our 13th season, the WorkShop Theater Company specializes in the development of new plays.  The company also nurtures the talents of actors, playwrights and directors with the presentation of readings and workshops as well as fully staged plays, musicals and multi-media productions.  The company's two-theater complex on 36th Street includes the 65-seat Main Stage Theater and the 35-seat Jewel Box Theater.  The award-winning film, "FINDING NEVERLAND," began as the stage play THE MAN WHO WAS PETER PAN by ALLEN KNEE presented by the WORKSHOP THEATER COMPANY in 1998. The WorkShop has also presented premiere productions of the plays ANGEL WINGS by Murray Schisgal (who is best known for LUV and the screenplay of "TOOTSIE") and 1348 by TOM DULACK (author of the Off-Broadway hit BREAKING LEGS). 

Performances continue Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8:00 pm through March 31.  Tickets are $18.00 for general admission and $12.00 with current student ID.  TDF accepted.  For reservations please call 212-695-4173 or visit TheaterMania.com to purchase tickets online.  The WorkShop Theater is located at 312 West 36th Street, on the Fourth floor, between Eighth and Ninth Avenues.

For more information on the WORKSHOP THEATER COMPANY, please visit www.workshoptheater.org.