Recently Restored Lyric Theatre in New Haven Presents Evening of Plays by Connecticutt Playwrights

Long-time professional acting duo, Allan Zeller and Kimberly Squires of Milford, will perform their two-person show: "Zeller & Squires - Delightful Differences: An Evening of One-Act Plays" at the historical and beautiful Lyric Hall in New Haven, CT. Opening weekend is Oct. 14 & 15 at 8pm,which will be followed by two weekends on November 4 & 5 and 11 & 12.

The husband and wife team will take on a total of 9 plays, 18 characters and multiple costume changes.... all, in less than 2 hours! The evening will be presented in the popular Cabaret-style seating with refreshment and snacks available for purchase.

The plays feature the comedic and dramatic works of award-winning Connecticut playwrights; Susan Cinoman, Drew Denbaum, Rosemary Foley, Jim Gordon, Elizabeth Keyser and Fredrick Stroppel of New York. The evening was developed at the Theatre Artists Workshop in Norwalk, Ct.

Allan Zeller has worked with internationally acclaimed directors such as: William Gaskill, Artistic Director of The Royal Court Theatre and Founding Director of The National Theatre of Great Britain and Richard Cottrell, Artistic Director of the Bristol Old Vic. His theater credits include: Bob Schroeder, in Beau Jest; Junior, in the West Coast Premiere of Dearly Departed at CitiArts Theatre (this where he met his wife, Kimberly Squires); Hersch, in the World Premiere of Phoenix Café and Erwin Trowbridge, in Three Men on a Horse at the Sacramento Theatre Company. In CT, Allan is a frequent player with the popular Play With your Food series. Earlier this year, he was seen at MTC,Musical Theatre of CT in, "Short and Sweet the plays of Jim Gordon". Most recently, Allan performed at The Nationals Arts Club in NYC, as Henrik Ibsen, in Vivian Sorvall's new play, "Strindberg's Dollhouse". He is a long-time member and, former president, of the Theatre Artists Workshop. He is member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. Allan's resume includes film, TV, radio and voice-over work.

After receiving her BFA in Acting from UCONN, Kim Squires was one of the founders of the former Amarante's Dinner Theatre in New Haven, CT. Yale Rep: Ensemble-Ivanov (directed by Oleg Yefremov of the Moscow Art Theatre). Long Wharf Theatre: Delightful-Dearly Departed (original cast). San Francisco's Phase One: Tessy-The Miss Firecracker Contest. CitiArts: Rachel-Alabama Rain (World Premiere) & Suzanne-Dearly Departed (west coast premiere). Favorite Musical Roles: Rizzo-Grease, Giggling Gertie-Oklahoma, Yente-Fiddler on the Roof and Mrs. Peterson-Bye Bye Birdie. Kimberly was seen as Flo-The Committee & Susan-If Only in My Dreams, at MTC, Musical Theatre of CT. Kimberly has studied at A.C.T. in San Francisco and is a proud member of AEA & SAG-AFTRA. Other credits include TV, film, radio and voice-over work...including 'screen time' with Robert DeNiro and 'stage time' with William Hurt.

The nine short plays in Delightfully Different include: Little Sins by Susan Cinoman that details a sexually charged encounter between married friends that goes awry when their children become the focus of their differences, A Medical Breakthrough by Fred Stroppel which is about a man who looks for help at the Proctologist office and finds out his Doctor is a woman, and Baroque Dating Service by Rosemary Foley that finds two music lovers discovering that opposites do and don't attract.

Pre-show entertainment will feature Cathy Szabo on vocals and P.J. Letersky on keyboard.

Dates/Time: Oct 14 & 15 and Nov 4 & 5, 11 & 12 at 8:00pm

Ticket Info: www.lyrichallnewhaven.com PH: (203) 389-8885

Lyric Hall - 827 Whalley Avenue, New Haven, CT 06515

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