MILK LIKE SUGAR at Playwrights Horizons Offers LIVEforFIVE Tickets for First Preview

Lottery entries are now being accepted, starting today, Wednesday, October 5, for the Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director), Women's Project (Julie Crosby, Producing Artistic Director) and La Jolla Playhouse (Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director; Michael S. Rosenberg, Managing Director) production of the New York premiere of MILK LIKE SUGAR, a new play by Kirsten Greenidge in her New York debut, directed by Rebecca Taichman (Menopausal Gentlemen, Orlando, The Scene).

A ticketing initiative created in 2007 as part of Playwrights Horizons' Arts Access program, LIVEforFIVE makes a limited number of $5 tickets available for the first preview performance of each Playwrights Horizons production through a lottery via the company's website (www.playwrightshorizons.org). The LIVEforFIVE lottery for MILK LIKE SUGAR will be for tickets to the first preview on Thursday, October 13 at 7:30 PM at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street).

Details for the lottery are as follows: beginning today at 10AM, theatergoers can enter the lottery by filling out an entry form at www.playwrightshorizons.org. Entries will be accepted until Tuesday, October 11 at 12 Noon. Winners of the lottery will be notified via email no later than 3PM on Tuesday, October 11 with instructions on how to book their $5 tickets. Unclaimed tickets will be offered via email starting at 12 Noon on Wednesday, October 12 on a first-come, first-served basis. One or two tickets may be purchased for $5 each. At total of 40 tickets will be available for Sharp shows via the lottery.

The production will have its official opening on Tuesday, November 1 at 7PM and continue through Sunday, November 20. The cast will feature the entire original World Premiere cast, which recently concluded its run at La Jolla Playhouse: Cherise Boothe (Ruined at MTC, King Hedley II at Signature, "The Good Wife"), 2-time Audelco Award nominee Angela Lewis (Inked Baby at Playwrights Horizons, Sand at Women's Project, The Brother/Sister Plays at The Public, Hoodoo Love), Nikiya Mathis (The Brother/Sister Plays at The Public), LeRoy McClain (Broadway's Cymbeline, The History Boys), J. Mallory-McCree (Zooman and the Sign at Signature), Adrienne C. Moore (The 24 Hour Plays) and Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins (Caroline, or Change; Jelly's Last Jam; Radio Golf; "All My Children"),

The West Coast production received rave reviews. Writing in The Los Angeles Times, David C. Nichols called the play, "A must-see. MILK LIKE SUGAR truthfully balances street with sweet, to entertaining, illuminating and nourishing effect. The cast is marvelous!" Bob Verini in Variety called it, "Remarkable. One of the works of art for which 2011 will be remembered."

With potential for more but nowhere to put it, sixteen-year-old Annie's (Angela Lewis) got a choice: honor the pregnancy pact she made with her friends, or find the path to a brighter future. MILK LIKE SUGAR is a searing, sharply observant new play that finds savage humor and gritty poetry in one inner-city girl's struggle to carve out a life beyond the only one she knows.

MILK LIKE SUGAR features scenic design by Mimi Lien, costume design by Toni-Leslie James, lighting design by Justin Townsend and original music and sound design by Andre Pluess. Production Stage Manager is Kyle Gates.

The Arts Access program at Playwrights Horizons allows the institution to reach out to those who may not be able to afford the cost of a full-price theater ticket. This program is supported, in part, by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The McGraw-Hill Companies and the Elroy and Terry Krumholz Foundation.

Other Arts Access initiatives, both of which reflect Playwrights Horizons' ongoing commitment to making its productions more affordable to younger audiences, include HOTtix, $25 rush tickets, subject to availability, day of performance only, starting one hour before showtime to patrons aged 30 and under. Proof of age required. One ticket per person, per purchase. STUDENT RUSH, $15 rush tickets, subject to availability, day of performance only, starting one hour before curtain to full-time graduate and undergraduate students. One ticket per person, per purchase. Valid full-time student ID required.

Playwrights Horizons' season productions are generously supported in part by The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. MILK LIKE SUGAR has received generous support from Time Warner Inc. and the Peter Jay Sharp Foundation.

Women's Project gratefully acknowledges JAnn Leeming/Little Family Foundation for its leadership support of this production.

Playwrights Horizons is supported in part by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. In addition, Playwrights Horizons receives major support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Time Warner Inc., the Charina Endowment Fund and the Peter Jay Sharp Foundation.

Tickets for MILK LIKE SUGAR, $55, can be purchased by calling Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200, Noon to 8 pm daily, or going online at www.TicketCentral.org.

 

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