La MaMa E.T.C Presents UniArt's THE SYSTEM 4/24-5/10

La Mama E.T.C. will present the UniArt production of THE SYSTEM, written and directed by OBIE award winner Nic Ularu, April 24 - May 10. Previews begin on Thursday, April 23, 2009 and the official opening will be on Friday, April 24, 2009 at the La MaMa - First Floor (74A East 4th St.).

After last year's success of Nic Ularu's original "The Cherry Orchard Sequel", La Mama E.T.C. presents UniArt Theatre Company in "THE SYSTEM". The "musical" tries to dissect in a humorous way the condition of the artist and the act of creation of a special theatre piece. If "life is theatre and theatre is life", THE SYSTEM gives a glimpse of life in theatre, questioning present day political life, audience tastes, condition of the theatre artist and manipulation through the media.

Nic Ularu's plays were performed at KO Theatre Festival, MA, Theatre South Carolina, Sibiu InterNational Theatre Festival-Rromania, Teatrul Foarte Mic, Bucharest-Romania, "O" Teatret - Sweden and National Theatre of Constanta - Romania. Besides writing and directing his plays Nic Ularu has extensive design credits in USA, Sweden, Northern Ireland and Romania. Nic was the head of scenography at The National Theatre of Bucharest and has taught scenography in Romania, Germany, Sweden, England, Italy, Denmark and Hong Kong. Recent credits includes: 2003 OBIE award for the Talking Band's Painted Snake in a Painted Chair; 2005 co-designer of the exhibit World Stage Design, Canada; 2007 lead designer and curator of the USA National Exhibit at the Prague Quadrennial Exhibition of Scenography.

The Cast of THE SYSTEM features: Richard Jennings*, John Patrick Driscoll*, Charles Whetzel, Andrew Reilly*, Elisabeth "EG" Heard, PatRick Kelly and Paul Kaufmann.
* Actors appear courtesy of Actors Equity Association

Visuals by Nic Ularu, Lighting design is by James Hunter and Craig Vetter, Choreography is by Miriam Barbosa, the Production Manager is K. Dale White and Stage Manager is Paul Kaufman.

Performances of THE SYSTEM are Thursday through Saturday at 8PM and there are Sunday matinees at 2:30 PM.
Performances are April 24, 25, 26, 30, May 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 2009.

Tickets are $18 and the theatre is located on the first floor.

 

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