SCR Announces Cast And Creative Team For GOLDFISH 3/15-4/5

South Coast Repertory today announced the cast and creative team for the World Premiere of Goldfish, a life-affirming comedy about love lost and found written by John Kolvenbach. Commissioned by SCR and directed by Loretta Greco, Goldfish will run from March 15 through April 5, 2009 on the Julianne Argyros Stage. Low-priced previews are available from March 15 through March 19. Opening night is March 20. Press night is Saturday, March 21 at 7:45 p.m. Tickets to Goldfish may be purchased online at www.scr.org, by phone at (714) 708-5555 or in person at the SCR box office.

Goldfish tells the tale of two off-beat college students who fall surprisingly in love. Lucy's loquacious. Albert's solitary. But Lucy persists, and to his amazement, sweeps him off his feet. Then problems develop: namely, her mother and his father. Dealing with eccentric parents stretches the power of love to its limits and sends Albert and Lucy on an imaginative search for a happy ending.

From Chicago to New York to London, where the Evening Standard praised his "robust humor and bursts of poetic lyricism," John Kolvenbach is one of today's most sought-after playwrights. He is the author of Love Song, on an average day, Gizmo Love, Fabuloso and most recently, Mrs. Whitney. Love Song premiered at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company directed by Austin Pendelton and went on to the West End, where it was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. The London production was directed by John Crowley, with Neve Campbell, Cillian Murphy, Kristen Johnston and Michael McKean. on an average day ran at the Comedy Theatre on the West End in 2002, with Woody Harrelson and Kyle MacLachlan, also directed by John Crowley.

Loretta Greco returns to SCR where she directed the staged reading of Goldfish at last year's Pacific Playwrights Festival, and previously Nilo Cruz's Two Sisters and a Piano. She is the newly appointed artistic director of the Magic Theatre in San Francisco. Her New York premieres include Tracey Scott Wilson's The Story, the OBIE Award-winning Lackawanna Blues by Ruben Santiago Hudson and Two Sisters and a Piano at The Public Theater; Emily Mann's Meshugah at Naked Angels Theater Company; Laura Cahill's Mercy at Vineyard Theatre; and Nilo Cruz's A Park in Our House at New York Theatre Workshop. Greco also directed the national tour of Emily Mann's Having Our Say as well as the play's international premiere at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The cast of Goldfish features Tasso Feldman (Albert), Joan McMurtrey (Margaret), Conor O'Farrell (Leo) and Kate Rylie (Lucy).

The creative team includes Myung Hee Cho (set design), Alex Jaeger (costume design), Lonnie Rafael Alcaraz (lighting design), Michael Hooker (sound design), John Glore (dramaturg) and Julie Haber (stage manager).

Laurie Smits Staude is the Honorary Producer of Goldfish. Orange Coast Magazine is the Media Partner.

Associated events taking place during the run of Goldfish include:

POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS: Tuesday, March 24 & Wednesday, March 25

Discuss the play with members of the Goldfish cast during free post-show discussions led by South Coast Repertory's literary team after the 7:45 p.m. performances on March 24 & 25.

INSIDE THE SEASON: Goldfish Saturday, March 28, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. $12

Inside the Season is a series of interactive classes that provide a comprehensive inside look at the theatrical production process. Each two-hour class is led by School and Community Programs Director Linda Sullivan Baity and features creative personnel from South Coast Repertory's current production. Inside the Season is offered on select Saturday mornings from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 each and can be purchased by calling the Box Office at (714) 708-5555. (Tickets to Goldfish are sold separately.)

TICKETS to Goldfish can be purchased online at www.scr.org, by phone at (714) 708-5555 or by visiting the box office at 655 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa. Performances begin on March 15 and continue through April 5. Ticket prices range from $20 to $64. Low-priced preview performances are available from March 15-19. Performance times: Previews: Sunday, March 15 at 2:00 p.m., and Tuesday, March 17, Wednesday, March 18 and Thursday, March 19 at 7:45 p.m. Regular Performances: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings at 7:45 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. Discounts are available for full-time students, patrons 25 years of age and under, educators, seniors and groups of 15 or more. There will be a "Pay-What-You-Will" performance on Saturday, March 21 at 2:00 p.m. ($10 minimum) and an ASL-interpreted performance on Saturday, April 4 at 2:00 p.m.

LOCATION: South Coast Repertory is located at 655 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa, at the Bristol Street/Avenue of the Arts exit off the San Diego (405) Freeway in the Folino Theater Center, part of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Parking is available off Anton Blvd. on Park Center Drive.

COMING UP: NewSCRipts: The Happy Ones (3/2), Our Mother's Brief Affair (4/3-5/3), Emilie - The Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life at the Petit Théâtre at Cirey Tonight (4/19-5/10), Collected Stories (5/15-6/14), The Brand New Kid (5/29-6/14).

Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, under the artistic direction of David Emmes and Martin Benson, is widely recognized as one of the leading professional theaters in the United States. Founded in 1964, SCR is committed to theater that illuminates the compelling personal and social issues of our time, not only on its stages but through its education and outreach programs. While its productions represent a balance of classic and modern theater, SCR is renowned for its extensive new play development program, including the Pacific Playwrights Festival. Of SCR's more than 400 productions, 108 have been world premieres with subsequent stagings achieving enormous success across America and around the world. SCR-developed works have garnered eight Pulitzer Prize nominations with Margaret Edson's Wit winning the prize in 1999 and David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole in 2007. Located in Costa Mesa, California, in 2002 SCR opened the Folino Theater Center, an expanded three-theater complex that includes the 507-seat Segerstrom Stage, the 336-seat Julianne Argyros Stage and the 94-seat Nicholas Studio.

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