Marc Geller Joins Cast Of Fringe NYC's IN LOCO PARENTIS 8/14-28

Marc Geller joins the cast of Michael DeVito's IN LOCO PARENTIS in FringeNYC. Accomplished actor and director Marc Geller has joined the cast of IN LOCO PARENTIS in the pivotal role of Oliver Price.

Marc Geller's recent acting credits include the world premiere of Stephen Temperly's play The Pilgrim Papers directed by Vivian Matalon at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, The Mystery of Irma Vep as Nicodemus, Lady Enid, Alcazar and Pev Amri at The Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury, CT. and the world premiere of Trio Sonata as Robert Schumann for the Women's Theatre Company in Parsippany, NJ. NYC acting credits include: Joshua/Cathy in Cloud 9 at the Perry Street Theatre, Tennessee Williams in Adjoining Trances at the Beckett Theatre, the Herald in Marat/Sade at the Clurman Theatre and Saul in As Is at the 45th Street Theatre, Carl Spector in Holy Ghosts at the Judith Anderson Theatre, Chicklet in Psycho Beach Party at Theatre Row Theatre and the world premieres of The Frankenstein Summer (Lord Byron), Naked Will (Oscar Wilde), The Blue Flower (Typewriter Man), Bomber Jackets (Erica), Prince Hal (Irwin) as well as the first NYC revivals of Shopping and f-ing (Brian), Unidentified Human Remains and The True Nature of Love (David), Bent (Rudy) directed by Michael Mayer and Exit The King (Berenger I). Marc recently directed the world premiere of the new Off-Broadway show Acts of Love at the Kirk Theatre on Theatre Row. Other directing credits include Julie Jensen's Two-Headed at the Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge, MA, Souvenir at StageWorks/Hudson in Hudson, NY, the world premieres of the hit Off-Broadway show Ascension and Dammerung both at the Lion Theatre on Theatre Row as well as The Fabulous Kane Sisters in Box Office Poison at the Cherry Lane Theatre in NYC. He is a proud member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actor's Guild and AFTRA.

IN LOCO PARENTIS is the story of a high school senior who is still struggling with grief over the death of her mother three years earlier, and her English teacher, a middle-aged lover of Shakespeare who has begun to lose his zest for teaching, and for life, but who is awakened by the young girl's beauty and insight. Together they study Hamlet, and what begins as an uncomfortable arrangement of one-on-one tutoring turns into a powerful, life-changing exploration of each character, with Hamlet as the backdrop. IN LOCO PARENTIS explores how we define ourselves, and is set in the pressure-filled American high school classroom.

The cast of IN LOCO PARENTIS also includes Desmond Dutcher, Kristin Katherine Shields and Kareem M. Lucas. The design team includes Maggie Pilat (sets) and Yuriy Nayer (lights).

MICHAEL DeVITO (Playwright), a high school English teacher, is the author of several plays, including PILLS, which was read as part of Ten Grand Theatre's Cold Cuts Reading Series, and will be world premiered by Player's Guild of Canton, Ohio in July. PILLS will also be produced as part of Chicago's Black Ship Company's inaugural season in 2011. In June, 2009 he participated in Emerging Artists' Theater's LAB series, and produced IN LOCO PARENTIS as part of The Manhattan Theatre Source's Playground Development Series in November, 2009. Michael has studied literature at Brooklyn College and playwriting at Queens College, Gotham, and as a founding member of The Playwrights' Group.

Of director JONATHAN WARMAN's 2009 FringeNYC production of GROUPIES by Sharon Lintz, the New York Post's Frank Scheck said: "Under Jonathan Warman's excellent direction, the four performers do a superb job of bringing these troubled, poignant figures to life." His New York directing credits include: ANDRU'S HEAD (new musical, featuring Brooke Elliott ("Drop Dead Diva")) (NeoNeo Theatre, FringeNYC), STRUCK / BREAK (Emerging Artists Theatre), AMERICAN FABULOUS (NeoNeo Theatre, FringeNYC), THE WOMEN OF THE MAHABHARATA (eyeBLINK), THE PHYSICS OF LOVE (TOSOS II), KITCHENETTE (TOSOS II, reading featuring Jackie Hoffman), THE JAMB (HOT! Festival @ Dixon Place, staged reading featuring Mike Albo). International: DREAMS REOCCURRING (Clubul CFR, Iasi, Romania and Nu Festival, Timisoara, Romania), BREAK (Dublin Gay Theatre Festival). Proud member of Emerging Artists Theatre and TOSOS II. He has served as Artistic Director of NeoNeo Theatre Company and Literary Manager for Access Theater, and is conceiver of WHITE CITY, a new musical with music and lyrics by Pete Townshend of The Who, currently in development. For more info, see www.jonathanwarman.com.

IN LOCO PARENTIS plays Saturday 8/14 @ 7:45pm, Sunday 8/15 @ 5:45pm, Friday 8/20 @ 4pm, Thursday 8/26 @ 2:00pm and Saturday 8/28 @ 2:00pm at the Fourth Street Theatre (83 East 4th Street, between Bowery and Second Avenue). Closest subway: F to Second Avenue. Ticket prices: in advance (24 hours or more before performance), all tickets are general admission $15; at the door (venue box office where the show is playing), all tickets are general admission $18. Advance tickets can be bought beginning July 23 at 866.468.7619 or fringenyc.org.

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