GFOUR PRODUCTIONS Announces Expansion Of Corporate Team And Successful Debut Of Newest Brand

GFOUR Productions, one of the fastest growing production and management companies in the theatrical community, is pleased to welcome new faces to its leadership team and celebrate the critically acclaimed debut of MIDDLETOWN, its newest production.

Seth Greenleaf has been named CEO and President, bringing with him decades of Tony and Olivier Award-winning experience on both the creative and business sides of the theatre industry. Kim Simari (Vice President and General Manager) and Ryan Patridge (Vice President and Director of Production) round out the executive team. Ashley Dinges joins the company as Director of Marketing and Sales, Clarke Perry moves into the new role of Director of Booking and Licensing, Karie Koppel joins as Director of Casting, and Benjamin Monk joins as Associate Producer overseeing U.K. Development. Read on to meet our team.

Founded by Kenneth Greenblatt (Chairman), a Tony Award-winning producer with more than 30 years of experience starting with NINE THE MUSICAL in 1981, GFOUR Productions has produced some of the nation's highest caliber shows, from small regional theatre to Broadway and beyond. Recent productions include THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG on Broadway, winner of London's Olivier Award for Best Comedy, now also on tour in the U.S.; the Tony Award-nominated production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF also on tour in the U.S.; AMERICAN SON starring Kerry Washington, soon to be released on Netflix; and the premiere of David Mamet's BITTER WHEAT, starring John Malkovich. Other selected highlights include winning the 2013 Tony Award for their 50th anniversary production of Edward Albee's WHO'S AFRAID OF Virginia Woolf; Co-financing the 5-time Tony Award, 5-time Drama Desk Award, and 7-time Olivier Award winner for Best Musical, MATILDA THE MUSICAL; and producing the popular 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, and RING OF FIRE the Johnny Cash Musical Show. GFour's flagship production, MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL, is now in its 18th year and 14th as the longest-running musical in Las Vegas history. Seen by more than 15 million fans and grossing over $450 million, it has played every state in the continental U.S. and more than 500 cities worldwide, has been translated into nine languages, and will open in Paris and Lisbon later this year. To satisfy its loyal fanbase of repeat ticket buyers, two MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL sequels are currently in development.

GFour's newest production, MIDDLETOWN, a play by Dan Clancy, premiered this spring to audiences and critics in Las Vegas and Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The Vegas Voice raves that "MIDDLETOWN is emotional gold!" and as the New Hope Free Press describes, "Like Love Letters, the 'play's the thing,' as Shakespeare might say. The show has four podiums downstage where the actors stand with scripts before them. They may occasionally stray from stand to stand but, for all intents and purposes, this is just the actor telling you their stories with no blocking. This only works if the stories are worth telling and the actors are good enough to tell them. And the answer is a resounding YES!"

On May 28 - June 2, the show will premiere at the Delaware Theatre Company with Sally Struthers (ALL IN THE FAMILY), Anson Williams (HAPPY DAYS), Didi Conn (GREASE), and Adrian Zmed (T.J. HOOKER). For details, visit www.delawaretheatre.org.

For more information and cast bios, visit middletownplay.com,

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