'Mad Men's' Maggie Siff Leads OR, into Previews Tonight, 10/29

Women's Project presents the world premiere production of Liz Duffy Adams's restoration-style comedy Or, directed by Wendy McClellan and featuring Kelly Hutchinson, Andy Paris, and Mad Men star Maggie Siff tonight, October 29. With an official opening set for November 3, the production is scheduled to run through November 22.

Or, is Adams's fast-past, three-hander about Aphra Behn played by Maggie Siff trying to get out of the spy trade and into show biz, also features Kelly Hutchinson and Andy Paris playing multiple characters of varying genders including 17th century A-listers Nell Gwynne, King Charles II, and super-spy and double-agent William Scott. While war rages and Aphra and her friends celebrate free love, cross-dressing and pastoral lyricism, the 1660s start to look a lot like the 1960s. Verse or prose, now or then, love or death... and a lot of kissing. 

Or, is designed by Zane Philstrom (sets), Andrea Lauer (costumes), Deb Sullivan (lights), and Elizabeth Rhodes (sound).

Maggie Siff played department store heiress Rachel Menken in "Mad Man" for AMC (left) and is now in her second season as Tara on "Sons of Anarchy" for FX (below right). She plays Aphra Behn in Or, for Women's Project. To watch Maggie Siff in "Sons of Anarchy" click http://www.hulu.com/sons-of-anarchy

For more info on Maggie Siff, Kelly Hutchinson and Andy Paris, click http://www.womensproject.org/OR_creativeteam.html

The production will run at the Women's Project, 424 West 55th Street. Performances will be: Sunday, November 1, at 3:00pm; Monday, November 2, at 7:00pm; Tuesday, November 3, at 7:00pm. Subsequent performances through November 22 are Mondays & Tuesdays at 7:00 pm, Thursdays-Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Sundays at 3:00 pm. For more information, including how to get tickets, visit http://www.womensproject.org/.

Now in its 32nd year, the Women's Project (WP) produces theater created by women, providing a forum for women's perspectives on political, social, and cultural topics. WP was founded in 1978 by Julia Miles to address the conspicuous under-representation of women theater artists in the professional theater. During its 32 years, countless artists have achieved significant recognition through WP productions, including Anne Bogart, Eve Ensler, Maria Irene Fornes, Lynn Nottage, Suzan-Lori Parks, Leigh Silverman, and Anna Deavere Smith, among the many. WP has staged over 600 mainstage productions and developmental projects, and published ten anthologies of plays by women. In 1998, WP purchased a historic off-Broadway venue on Manhattan's West 55th Street, making WP the first and only women's theater company to hold the keys to its own stage. Upcoming season productions include Sand, Crooked, Aliens with Extraordinary Skills and Freshwater.

 

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