NAATCO to Present Revival of Williams' OUT CRY With Katigbak and Machado

The National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) presents a revival of the Tennessee Williams classic OUT CRY -- a play about theatre, writing, and acting -- with previews set to begin November 29, prior to an official press opening December 4 at Abingdon Theater (312 West 36th Street), starring Mia Katigbak (DOGEATERS) and Eduardo Machado (THE COOK). Thom Sesma directs.
 
In Tennessee Williams' OUT CRY, Mr. Machado and Ms. Katigbak portray Felice and Clare, two actors on tour, siblings who are abandoned by their company in a decrepit theatre in an unknown place. Threatened by panic and fear these two actors perform "The Two-Character Play," whose characters are named Felice and Clare, brother and sister, which may or may not be about them. OUT CRY was first presented in New York in 1973. Earlier versions of the work, which premiered in London in 1967, were presented abroad under the title THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY.
 
NAATCO's production of Tennessee Williams' OUT CRY has set design by Czerton Lim, lighting design by Stephen Petrilli, costume design by Candida K. Nichols, and sound design by Jane Shaw.
 
Eduardo Machado is best known as the author of over 40 plays, including HAVANA IS WAITING, THE COOK, DON JUAN IN NEW YORK CITY, BROKEN EGGS, and KISSING FIDEL, and as Artistic Director of INTAR Theatre. Mia Katigbak's Off-Broadway credits include DOGEATERS (Public) LIGHT RAISE THE ROOF (NYTW) and ARCHITECTURE OF LOSS (NYTW), as well as previous NAATCO productions, including THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA, BLIND MOUTH SINGING, IVANOV and ANTIGONE, among others. She is the Artistic Director of NAATCO.
 
Director Thom Sesma is best known for his work as an actor in New York and regionally. He was most recently seen on Broadway in THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' and Off-Broadway in A HARD HEART. Directing credits include regional productions of Michael Healey's THE DRAWER BOY and Yasmina Reza' LIFE (x) 3. Mr. Sesma is founder and artistic director of The American Project, which was designed to reinvigorate distinctive American plays.
 
Richard Eng and Artistic/Producing director Mia Katigbak founded NAATCO in 1989. Now in its 19th season, it is one of the country's leading theatre companies providing a stage for the talents of Asian American theatre artists. NAATCO presents European and American classical and contemporary works with all Asian American casts, adaptations of these works by Asian American Playwrights, and new work not by, for, or about Asian Americans, but realized by an all-Asian American cast.
 
Most recently, NAATCO presented the world premiere of Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas' BLIND MOUTH SINGING as well as revivals of its acclaimed productions of THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA and William Finn's FALSETTOLAND as part of the first-ever National Asian American Theater Festival -- which NAATCO spearheaded with Ma-Yi Theater Company and Pan Asian Repertory, in New York City this past June. Other notable NAATCO productions since 1990 include OTHELLO, LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, OUR TOWN, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, Archibald MacLeish's AIR RAID, Joseph Conrad's TALES OF UNREST, ANTIGONE, Catherine Filloux's EYES OF THE HEART, Christopher Fry's A PHOENIX TOO FREQUENT, IVANOV, THE DISPUTE, and Michael Golamco's COWBOY V. SAMURAI.
 
Performances of OUT CRY run Tuesdays through Saturdays at 7:00pm and Sundays at 3:00pm. Tickets are $15-20, and available online at www.SmartTix.com or by calling SmartTix.com at 212-868-4444. For more about Tennessee Williams' OUT CRY and NAATCO, call 212-244-0447 or visit www.naatco.org

Photo by William P. Steele