AND SOPHIE COMES TOO Returns For 5 Performances As Part Of Fringe NYC Encore Series

Following its sold-out run at this year's New York International Fringe Festival, Meryl Cohn's AND SOPHIE COMES TOO -- a new play about three very different Jewish sisters and their sometimes-too-loving mom Sophie -- returns for a limited engagement as part of FringeNYC Encore Series, with performances September 12-26, at SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street) in Manhattan. Mark Finley directs.

A contemporary comedy about becoming fully conscious, AND SOPHIE COMES TOO follows the three Abramowitz sisters and their mother Sophie, who may or may not wake from a coma before her daughters take control of their increasingly chaotic lives: Barbara, a single lesbian, doesn't want her wacky family's calamity to interfere with her sex life or the pending adoption of a baby girl from China. Rose, the straight suburban mom, has swept a few too many secrets under the rug. And Sandra is in the process of becoming a man!

AND SOPHIE COMES TOO

co-stars Birgit Darby, Lue McWilliams, Karen Stanion, Jacqueline Sydney, Susan Barnes Walker, Elizabeth Whitney, and Katherine Williams. The production features set design Michael Muccio; costume design by Ellen Reilly; lighting design by Ahmed Tigani. Produced for TOSOS by Barry Childs, Robin Kaufman and Doric Wilson.
Meryl Cohn won the 2009 Jane Chambers Playwriting Award for her comedy THE SIEGELS OF MONTAUK. She was a semifinalist for the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference in 2008 and 2006, respectively, for her plays REASONS TO LIVE and AND SOPHIE COMES TOO. Time Out New York gave AND SOPHIE COMES TOO four stars, proclaiming the comedy "both hilarious and touching." NYtheatre.com called it "very entertaining... a great play!" The review continued: "The cast is absolutely amazing! Beautifully directed by Mark Finley... this is another hit for TOSOS! It is one show that shouldn't be missed." Her upcoming musical INSATIABLE HUNGER, set to star Lea DeLaria, will be produced by Counter Production at The Provincetown Theatre this fall. Ms. Cohn is author of the best-selling book, Do What I Say: Ms. Behavior's Guide to Gay and Lesbian Etiquette and is known nationally for her syndicated column Ms. Behavior which offers irreverent advice on love, sex and relationships.

Director Mark Finley has directed five plays by TOSOS co-founder Doric Wilson: AND HE MADE HER, A PERFECT RELATIONSHIP (2003 OOBR Award), STREET THEATRE, THE WEST SIDE GANG and NOW SHE DANCES! Other credits include Lanford Wilson's THE MADNESS OF LADY BRIGHT, Linda Eisenstein's EISENSTEIN'S MONSTER, Kevin Brofsky's DANCING STRAIGHT, and several plays by Chris Weikel, including SPEAKING PARTS; GARETH & LYNETTE; PIG TALE, which he recently helmed at the Sixth International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival; and PENNY PENNIWORTH, for Emerging Artist's Theatre, which will run Off-Broadway this October. He is a co-founder and the artistic director of TOSOS.

AND SOPHIE COMES TOO

had its world premiere at The Provincetown Theatre Company in October 2005, and subsequently workshopped as part of TOSOS's acclaimed Robert Chesley/Jane Chambers Playwrights Project (directed by Kathleen Warnock).
The New York International Fringe Festival (a production of The Present Company) and FringeNYC Encore Series presents the TOSOS (Doric Wilson - Mark Finley - Barry Childs) production of Meryl Cohn's AND SOPHIE COMES TOO.

TOSOS is in its eighth season and is dedicated to an honest and open exploration of the life-experience and cultural sensibility of the GLBT community. Initially founded in 1974 by playwright Doric Wilson (STREET THEATRE), performer Billy Blackwell and director Peter dell Valle, the company was resurrected in 2000 by Mr. Wilson and directors Mark Finley and Barry Childs. Since its return, the company has been received with rave reviews, numerous awards and wide support, including a grant from the Dramatists Guild Foundation. For more information about TOSOS, please visit www.tosos2.org.

Meryl Cohn's AND SOPHIE COMES TOO runs for 5 performances only, as part of FringeNYC Encore Series: Saturday, September 12 at 7:30pm; Sunday, September 13 at 6:00pm; Monday, September 21 at 7:00pm; Wednesday, September 23 at 8:00pm; Saturday, September 26 at 10:30pm. Tickets are $18; available online www.fringenyc-encoreseries.com or call 868-468-7619.

 

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