59E59 Theaters Presents The MLK Jr. Story THE MAN IN ROOM 306, Previews 1/15/2010

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Luna Stage (Montclair, NJ) to 59E59 Theaters with the New York City premiere of THE MAN IN ROOM 306, written by and starring Craig Alan Edwards and directed by Cheryl Katz. THE MAN IN ROOM 306 begins previews on Friday, January 15 (Dr. King's birthday) for a limited engagement through Sunday, February 14. Opening Night is Wednesday, January 20 at 7:15 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Wednesday at 7:15 PM, Thursday - Friday at 8:15 PM, Saturday at 2:15 PM and 8:15 PM; and Sunday at 3:15 PM and 7:15 PM. Tickets are $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members). Tickets are available by calling Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or online at www.ticketcentral.com. For more information visit www.59E59.org.

The performance on Saturday, January 16 at 8:15 PM is a benefit for the National Civil Rights Museum located at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Tickets are $100 with code R306 and include preferred seating and a post-show reception.

Experience the private journey of a public man during an extraordinary time. THE MAN IN ROOM 306 is an intimate, human portrait Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. set in Memphis on April 3, 1968, the evening before his tragic assassination on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. Dr. King struggles with himself, his future and the very soul of a non-violent movement shadowed by the rise of Black Power with stunning depth and complexity. Before this night is over, he will change...and so will the country.

THE MAN IN ROOM 306 stars Craig Alan Edwards as Dr. King. The design team includes Charlie Corcoran (sets), Jill Nagle (lighting) and Andy Cohen (sound). The Production Stage Manager is Paul Whelihan.

Craig Alan Edwards (actor/playwright) a native of Philadelphia and a graduate of Boston University. He is playwright and performer of The Man in Room 306, a fictional account of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last night in Memphis, April 3, 1968 (Playhouse On The Square; Adirondack Theatre Festival; Watermark Theatre; Emerson Stage: Majestic Theatre; Luna Stage Company; university theatres). Regional credits: Merchant Of Venice; King Lear (with Earl Hyman); Taming Of The Shrew; Dinner With Friends; Fences; Les Blanc; A Taste of Honey; Much Ado About Nothing; Twelfth Night; Hamlet; Romeo & Juliet; Tracers; My Three Angels; The Arch Bishop's Ceiling; and others. New York theater: Waiting For My Man; Box; A Last Dance for Sybil (with Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis); Love's Labor's Lost; Oroonoko; workshop projects with New York Theatre Workshop. Television: FRINGE (Fox); Law & Order; Law & Order: SVU; Law & Order: Criminal Intent; Law & Order: Trial By Jury; All My Children; As the World Turns; Luther's Choice (TV Movie). Film: Sweet & Lowdown (dir Woody Allen); Lip Service (dir William H. Macy); The Opposite Sex; Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop.

Cheryl Katz (director/dramaturg) has been the director of play development for Luna Stage in Montclair, New Jersey for the past six seasons. She has developed and directed over thirty new plays in the New York area and has collaborated with Craig Alan Edwards as director and dramaturg of The Man in Room 306 since its inception. She has worked as a producer, administrator and special projects manager for LaMama E.T.C., Under One Roof, Electronic Arts Intermix, Arts International and The School of Hard Knocks, and has worked in script development for The Young Playwrights Festival, The O'Neill Theatre Conference and The Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey. She served for two years on the panel for The New Festival at Kean University and is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

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