New York's eternally boundary-pushing theater company Naked Angels (Geoffrey Nauffts, Artistic Director and Brittany O'Neill, Managing Director) has announced that it will present the premiere of The Gospel According to Adam, a new American play by Geoffrey Nauffts and winner of the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation's 2008 Theatre Visions Fund award. Performances begin Sunday, December 7 at The Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Playwrights Horizons (416 West 42nd Street), with Opening Night set for Wednesday, December 17.
In The Gospel According to Adam sparks fly when an Atheist falls for a Christian and their two worlds collide. In this hilarious and poignant exploration of faith and reason in modern culture, one man struggles for salvation while the other hangs by a thread.
As previously announced, Naked Angels will present the world premiere of The Talk, a new play by Frank Pugliese, at the Cherry Lane Theatre, September 9 – October 16, with an opening night on September 22. The cast of The Talk features
Bobby Cannavale,
Bruce MacVittie, and Titus Welliver.
The cast and creative team for The Gospel According to Adam will be announced shortly.
Naked Angels was formed in 1986 by a group of restless and ambitious artists reacting to a void in the theater community for new and creative voices. We took our name from John Tytell's book, Naked Angels, which referred to Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and other Beats as "a generation that wanted to break out of convention and scream." As a young group, we felt the same way; we needed a place where, through the medium of theater, we could show the world a different perspective of our times. Sometimes outraged, often irreverent, occasionally absurd, and always intelligent, enthusiastic and fun, Naked Angels' work was a spark to which audiences were quickly drawn. The Space, as our theater on 17th Street was known, soon became a vital, thriving crossroads where talented theater artists met and collaborated: the destination of choice for those seeking a truly celebratory theatrical experience. Though it's been quite a few years since we've had a home of our own, that spirit continues today wherever and whenever Naked Angels produces.
Dedication to the emerging artist has lead to the company's reputation for developing and producing outstanding, innovative plays. Over the years, Naked Angels has presented hundreds of readings, workshops, and full-scale productions. From Warren Leight's Tony Award winning Side Man to John Robin Baitz's The Substance of Fire,
Kenneth Lonergan's The Starry Messenger to
David Marshall Grant's Snakebit, Naked Angels has always been a place where new work flourishes. Some of our more recent efforts,
Stephen Belber's Tape,
Will Eno's Thom Pain (based on nothing), Elizabeth Meriwether's The Mistakes Madeline Made, and
Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell have gone on to receive critical acclaim both here and abroad.
www.nakedangels.com
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