David Cale's PALOMINO Plays The Kirk Douglas Theater 5/13-6/6

The West Coast premiere of writer-performer David Cale's "Palomino" opens Thursday, May 13, 2010, at 8 p.m. at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre. Written, performed and directed by Cale, "Palomino," continues through June 6.

In "Palomino," Cale portrays seven people in a sensuous tale that follows Kieren McGrath, a beautiful, literate, and mysterious Irish Central Park carriage driver. Kieren dreams of writing a book, and when the opportunity to become an escort to rich, lonely women in New York City comes up, he's found his subject. Or has he?

The multi?talented Cale is best known for his solo works "A Likely Story," "Deep in a Dream of You," "Smooch Music," "The Redthroats" (which was presented by CTG in the 1988 Taper, Too season), and the Obie Award?winning "Lillian." His monologues have been featured on Public Radio's "This American Life" and NPR's "The Next Big Thing." His musical, "Floyd and Clea Under the Western Sky," for which he wrote the book, lyrics, co-composed the music and played Floyd, received an Outer Critics Circle nomination for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. As a lyricist, his words have been sung by Elvis Costello, Deborah Harry and the Jazz Passengers. As an actor he performed on Broadway in "The Threepenny Opera" and most recently starred in the off-Broadway production of "Mouth to Mouth" at The New Group. He has appeared in films including "Two Lovers," "Pollock" and most notably, playing the homeless drifter Studebaker in "The Slaughter Rule," opposite David Morse and Ryan Gosling.

Scenic design for "Palomino" is by Takeshi Kata, costume design by Laura Bauer, lighting design by Beverly Emmons, sound design by Andre Pluess and projection design by Jason H. Thompson. The production stage manager is William Joseph Barnes.

Tickets for "Palomino" are on sale now and available by calling (213) 628-2772, online at www.CenterTheatreGroup.org/Palomino, in person at the Center Theatre Group box office at the Ahmanson Theatre or two hours prior to performances at the Kirk Douglas Theatre box office.

The Kirk Douglas Theatre is located at 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232.

Ample free parking is available (weekends and after 6 p.m. on weekdays) at the City Hall, located behind the Theatre On Culver Blvd. and Duquesne Ave.

The bar area in the lobby of the theatre, "The Lounge," features pre-show box dinners, sandwiches and other snacks. On Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, "The Lounge" remains open after performances and features a full bar, music and lively conversation.

Center Theatre Group, a non-profit organization, is one of the largest and most active theatre companies in the nation, programming subscription seasons year-round at the 739-seat Mark Taper Forum and the 1,600 to 2,000-seat Ahmanson Theatre at the Music Center of Los Angeles, and the 317-seat Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.

Photo credit: Don Ipock

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