La Femme Theatre Productions To Host A Post-Show Talkback WILLIAMS'S WOMEN

La Femme Theatre Productions will host a talk-back entitled Williams's Women following the performance of Tennessee William's A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur, directed by Austin Pendleton on Thursday, October 18, 2018. The talk-back panel will include Charlotte Moore, who played Helena in the original production of this play and will be joins by the current cast of Kristine Neilson, Annette O'Toole, Jean Lichty, Polly McKie and director Austin Pendleton.

A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur began performances on September 14 and will run through October 21, 2018 at Theatre at the St. Clement's (423 West 46th St). A fitting venue for this production, St. Clement's was founded by Tennessee William's cousin, Reverend Sidney Lanier. Tickets are $55 - $99 and can be purchased by visiting LaFemmeTheatreProductions.org or by calling (866) 811-4111.

In Tennessee Williams's unique tragicomedy, A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur, four women in Depression-era St. Louis live and work together in a valiant effort to stave off loneliness and despair. And, along the way, they uncover false idols -- and maybe even themselves.

This current revival has been called a "STELLAR REVIVAL" Theatermania, "CREVE COEUR" DOES SPARKLE." Ben Brantley New York Times, "A FINE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A WELL-MOUNTED RARITY BY ONE OF THE GREAT MASTERS PERFORMED BY AN EXCEPTIONAL COMPANY." Broadway World, "THIS IS A PLAY EVERY Tennessee Williams FAN SHOULD SEE." Times Square Chronicle, "TENDER, DARKLY HUMOROUS" New Yorker

Cast includes Kristine Nielsen (Broadway: Present Laughter, You Can't Take It With You, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike -Tony nomination), Annette O'Toole (TV: "Smallville," "Man from Nebraska," "The Kennedys of Massachusetts"- Emmy, Golden Globe nom; NY: Southern Comfort -Lucille Lortel award, Drama Desk and Drama League nom), Jean Lichty (NY: The Traveling Lady, Nora, A Loss of Roses), Polly McKie (NY: The Home Place, A Day by the Sea. Film: Unsane).

Creative team includes Harry Feiner (Set and Lighting Designer), Beth Goldenberg (Costume Designer), Leah Loukas (Wig and Hair Design), Carrie Mossman (Prop Designer), Amy Stoller (Dialect Designer and Dramaturg), Ron Piretti (Fight Director), Stephanie Klapper (Casting Director), Gary Levinson (Production Manager), Marci Skolnik (Production Stage Manager), and Lisa Dozier King (General Manager).

La Femme Theatre Productions is an all-inclusive theater company dedicated to the exploration and celebration of the universal female experience. La Femme launched in 2014 as an associate producer of William Inge's lost gem, A Loss of Roses, (featuring Deborah Hedwall and Patricia Hodges), which Terry Teachout called "a triumphant exhumation" and included in the Wall Street Journal's "2014 Best Theater". La Femme then co-produced Clifford Odets's Rocket to the Moon (featuring Katie McClellan, Marilyn Matarrese, Ned Eisenberg, Larry Bull, and Jonathan Hadary - Drama Desk nomination), Ingmar Bergman's Nora, and last season's Off-Broadway hit - Horton Foote's The Traveling Lady (featuring Tony Award nominee Karen Ziemba and Lynn Cohen).

A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur

Written by Tennessee William and directed by Austin Pendleton.

Performances begin September 14 and run through October 21; opening night is September 23.

Theatre at the St. Clement is located at 423 West 46th St.

Tickets are $55 - $99 and can be purchased by visiting LaFemmeTheatreProductions.org

or by calling (866) 811-4111.

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