Road Theatre to Present West Coast Debut of THE ENGLISH BRIDE, 2/28-4/26

The Road Theatre Company and Taylor Gilbert, Founder/Artistic Director together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director, are thrilled to announce the third show of its 2014-2015 season, the West Coast Premiere of THE ENGLISH BRIDE, written by Lucile Lichtblau and directed by Marya Mazor, which will be running in repertory with The Other Place.

THE ENGLISH BRIDE will preview on Saturday, February 28 at 3pm; Sunday, March 1 at 7pm, Tuesday, March 3 at 8pm and will open on Thursday, March 5 at 8pm and run through Sunday, April 26th at the Road Theatre Company's second home, the Road on Magnolia, located in The NoHo Senior Arts Colony, 10747 Magnolia Blvd. in North Hollywood.

The mystery wasn't what happened; the mystery was why. Inspired by the real-life failed bombing attempt of an El Al flight in 1986, this play centers around an Israeli agent's desperate search for the truth as he interrogates an Englishwoman and her Arab lover. Who put the bomb on the plane and why?

ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM AND CAST:

LUCILE LICHTBLAU (Playwright) is the author of The English Bride, which had its off Broadway premiere production at 59 E 59th Street Theaters, Oct. 2013 and rolling world premieres at Theatre Exile, Philadelphia, PA and Centenary Stage, Hackettstown, NJ. It will have a staged reading at The Workshop Theatre of Nantucket. It was the winner of the Susan Glaspell Prize and the Israel Baran Award and was a nominee for the ATCA/Steinberg New Play Award and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Her play The Heming's Diary was developed at The Southern Writers Project of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and has had readings at Luna Stage, Penguin Rep., Capital Stage and Two Planks Productions, Brooklyn, NY. It is a finalist for Inkwell/Woolly Mammoth, Washington DC and was a second place prize winner at Theatre Conspiracy, Fort Myers, FL Her play Sorrento was developed at The Alabama Shakespeare Festival where it had a reading last May. Her play Car Talk, had its world premiere at Stageworks, Hudson, NY and its regional premiere at And Toto Too, Denver, CO. She has had numerous short plays produced at Stageworks, The Manhattan Theatre Source, The Vital Theatre, The Hudson Opera House etc. She has had four short plays produced by Public Access TV (Great Neck, NY) one of which, Seems Like Old Times, won prizes for Best Comedy and Drama for regional Public Access Stations. She is a graduate of Yale Drama with an MFA in playwrighting and was the recipient of their MCA Fellowship. She is a member of DG and AEA.

MARYA MAZOR (Director) is a critically acclaimed, award-winning director of theatre and film whose work has been seen across the country. She was one of eight women chosen to participate in the AFI Directing Workshop for Women, where she directed The Winged Man, featuring Ana Ortiz, written by Academy-Award Nominee Jose Rivera (Motorcycle Diaries). The Winged Man, which premiered at the prestigious Rhode Island International Film Festival, has since played at festivals around the country and abroad, including ComiCon and Athens International; it also aired nationally on SiTV and is now available on ITunes. Marya recently directed Ivy & Bean at South Coast Repertory Theatre; her fall 2013 production of Time Stands Still at The Chance Theater garnered rave reviews. In 2012, Marya directed Aladdin for Walt Disney Imagineering Creative Entertainment. She also recently directed the world premiere of Brian Nelson's Overlooked at The Chance Theater and Churchill's Mad Forest at the Open Fist Theatre, both to critical acclaim. OC Weekly named her hit production of Albee's The Goat Best Play of 2011. Other favorite productions include Brian Nelson's Overlooked at The Chance Theater; the west coast premiere of Philip Kan Gotanda's Day Standing On its Head, a co-production of the Berkeley Repertory Theater and the Asian American Theater Company; Kia Corthron's Come Down Burning at the Long Wharf Theater; and the world premiere of Cary Wong's Mirrors Remembered at the New York Stage and Film Company. Her work has been seen at Nada, Dixon Place, The Main Street Theater, The Boston Court, Circle X, The Open Fist, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival, among other venues. Marya founded Voice & Vision, a professional theater in New York City, and she served as its Artistic Director for ten years. She is a recipient of the National Endowment of the Arts/TCG Directing Fellowship, and she has taught at The New School, Pepperdine University and Fordham University. Marya holds an M.F.A. in directing from the Yale School of Drama.

The cast of THE ENGLISH BRIDE will feature: Elizabeth Knowelden, Allan Wasserman and Steven Schub.

THE ENGLISH BRIDE features an award-winning design team. The Scenic and Projection Design are by Kaitlyn Pietras. The Lighting Design is by Pablo Santiago. The Costume Design is by Sarah Ryung Clement. The Sound Design is by John Zalewski.

THE ENGLISH BRIDE is being produced by Chet Grissom, Carlyle King, and Kevin Shipp.

THE ENGLISH BRIDE will preview on Saturday, February 28 at 3pm; Sunday, March 1 at 7pm; Tuesday, March 3 and will open on Thursday, March 5 at 8pm and run through Sunday, April 26th at the Road Theatre Company's second home, the Road on Magnolia, located in The NoHo Senior Arts Colony, 10747 Magnolia Blvd. in North Hollywood. Performances are Thursdays at 8pm; Saturdays at 3pm and Sundays at 7pm. Ticket prices are $34; Students and Seniors are $17.50; Previews are $15.00. Special group rates available for parties of 8 or more. For tickets, call 818-761-8838 or visit www.RoadTheatre.org to purchase tickets online or to view complete schedule.

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