New Romantic Comedy FUSION Will Make Its World Premiere at The Actors Theatre Workshop

FUSION, a two-person modern love story, will make its world premiere September 27 through October 14, 2018 at The Actors Theatre Workshop (145 West 28th Street, 3F). Written by Adam Parrish and directed by Katie Honaker, FUSION features Madeleine Maby and Charlie Wilson and will have its official opening on Friday, October 5 at 7PM. www.fusiontheplay.com

Turn off the news and relax with a charming romantic comedy! FUSION tells the story of Alison, an accomplished chef, and Daniel, an aspiring screenwriter moonlighting as a movie critic. They've been dating about six months when Daniel drops a bombshell on her: he's been offered a dream job writing movies in Hollywood and must leave in one week! When she can't bring herself to move there with him, they go their separate ways. Three years later, he's back - hoping she'll change her mind. But his strategy of showing up drunk in the middle of the night, his newly won Oscar in tow - might not be the best.

Playwright Adam Parrish has been writing since high school, when he and two peers wrote and produced Inherit the Mockingbird (a satirical amalgamation of Inherit the Wind and To Kill a Mockingbird). He is a graduate Wesleyan University, where he studied playwriting under Irene Fornes, and interned at the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati. Some of his other plays include Wife Swap, Everything Ends, The Gospel According to Adam, and Zeus Theory. Adam is also a professional bridge player and has published several books and articles on bridge. He grew up in Cincinnati and currently lives in New York City.

Katie Honaker is a graduate of Atlantic Acting School. She spent her first year as a graduate working with graduate directing students in their projects including a collaboration class with Anne Bogart. She has been teaching speech at Atlantic Acting School since 2003 and trained with Scott Miller (NYU Grad Acting voice teacher) to teach voice. She is currently in ongoing scene study with Scott Freeman at the Freeman Studio. She sometimes plays men on stage (including Anton Chekov and Trissotin from Learned Ladies), has been seen on TV shows (Louie, I Love You But I Lied), commercials (Subway, McCormick), and is the voice selling you Cetaphil, Poppables, and KY Lubricant. Proud member of SAG/AFTRA and AEA.

Madeleine Maby's NY credits include Weekend at an English Country Estate and The Girl in the Flammable Skirt (The Ateh Theater Group, of which she is a founding member); And to the Republic and The Tragedy of King Arthur (Guerrilla Shakespeare Project); and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Atlantic Theater Company). Favorite regional credits include A Christmas Story at The Cleveland Play House and Boeing-Boeing and Witness for the Prosecution at The Barnstormers Theatre. Madeleine went to NYU Tisch School of the Arts where she studied at The Atlantic Theater Company and in London at RADA. In addition to being a theater actor, Madeleine is an award-winning audiobook narrator.

Charlie Wilson is an actor, writer, and producer living in Brooklyn. Recent TV/film credits include Gypsy (Netflix), Happyish (Showtime), the Daniel Radcliffe feature Imperium, and the upcoming independent film All the Little Things We Kill. He recently produced the short film, Échappé, which is currently appearing at various festivals across the country. Favorite NYC theatre acting credits include Weekend at an English Country Estate (The Ateh Theater Group) and The Dead Dream Machine (La Luz). Charlie is a founding member of The 7th Sign and has worked in various capacities on all their shows, most notably starring in Zastrozzi: The Master of Discipline and Kurt Vonnegut's Happy Birthday, Wanda June! Currently The 7th Sign is partnering with The Playground Experiment (theplaygroundexperiment.com), a community of theatre artists working to create a fun forum to explore, showcase, and test new work. In addition to acting and producing, Charlie works for the Traverse City Film Festival (tcff.org) and is a board member at Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers (rainbowrehab.com) in Michigan.

FUSION features set design by Brian Dudkiewicz, costume design by Katja Andreiev and lighting design by Drew Florida. The stage manager is Ashley J. Nickas.

Performances of FUSION are on Thursday 9/27: 7pm; Friday 9/28 at 7pm; Saturday 9/29 at 2pm & 7pm; Sunday 9/30 at 2pm; Thursday 10/4 at 7pm; Friday 10/5 at 7pm; Saturday at 10/6 at 2pm & 7pm;Sunday 10/7 at 2pm; Thursday 10/11 at 7pm; Friday 10/12 at 7pm; Saturday 10/13 at 2pm & 7pm; Sunday 10/14 at 2pm.

Tickets are $20 and $40 (reserved) and can be purchased online at
https://fusion.brownpapertickets.com/, or at the box office, prior to each performance.