Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at PTP/NYC's THE CASTLE and SERIOUS MONEY

PTP/NYC, in association with Middlebury College, proudly presents its 27th repertory season, its 7th consecutive in New York, running from July 3 to August 4, 2013 in a limited Off-Broadway engagement at The Atlantic Stage 2, located at 330 West 16th Street between 8th & 9th Avenues in New York City. Scroll down for a sneak peek at both productions - THE CASTLE and SERIOUS MONEY!

This season's line-up includes the New York Premiere of Howard Barker's The Castle, starring five-time Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Jan Maxwell in her 5th collaboration with PTP, directed by PTP's Co-Artistic Director Richard Romagnoli, and a revival of last season's acclaimed production of Caryl Churchill's Serious Money, about greed in London's financial district in the late '80s, directed by PTP's Co-Artistic Director Cheryl Faraone.

Howard Barker's The Castle is an epic work, blasting apart - with humor and violence - the boundaries of desire, pain, and sexuality. After an absence of 7 years, a group of Crusaders returns 'home' to find authority, religion, and human relations all upended and a new society established by the women who have been left behind. The battle lines are drawn immediately.

The cast includes five-time Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Jan Maxwell (Follies, Lend Me a Tenor and The Royal Family on Broadway, Victory, Scenes From An Execution and The Castle with PTP), Jennifer Van Dyck (Hedda Gabler, Dancing at Lughnasa and Two Shakespearean Actors on Broadway), David Barlow (Horizon at NY Theatre Workshop, Oroonoko with Theater for a New Audience, Victory and Scenes From An Execution with PTP), Emmy Award winner Thom Christopher (Noel Coward in Two Keys, Emperor Henry IV, and Caesar and Cleopatra on Broadway), Steven Dykes (Victory with PTP and Vanya with The Wrestling School), Brent Langdon (Serious Money and The Europeans with PTP), Robert Zukerman (Victory with PTP), Christina Fox, Aubrey Dube, Rachel Goodgal, Melissa MacDonald and Stephen Mrowiec.

The creative team includes Jon Craine (Set Design), Hallie Zieselman (Lighting Design), Jule Emerson (Costume Design), Cormac Bluestone (Sound Design), Eric Conner Marlin (Stage Manager) and Sumire Doi (Assistant Director).

The Castle begins previews July 4 for a July 10 opening and runs through August 4. Performances take place on Thu 7/4 at 2pm, Thu 7/4 at 7:30pm, Fri 7/5 at 7:30pm, Sat 7/6 at 2pm, Sun 7/7 at 7:30pm, Wed 7/10 at 7:30pm, Thu 7/11 at 7:30pm, Sat 7/13 at 7:30pm, Sun 7/14 at 2pm, Tue 7/16 at 7:30pm, Fri 7/19 at 7:30pm, Sat 7/20 at 2pm, Sun 7/21 at 7:30pm, Tue 7/23 at 7:30pm, Thu 7/25 at 7:30pm, Sat 7/27 at 7:30pm, Sun 7/28 at 7:30pm, Tue 7/30 at 7:30pm, Fri 8/2 at 7:30pm, Sat 8/3 at 2pm, Sun 8/4 at 2pm. Running time for The Castle is 2 hours and 25 minutes including one intermission.

In a scathing satire set in the trading pits and boardrooms of London's financial district, acclaimEd English playwright Caryl Churchill tackles the insider trading, corporate raiding and leveraged buyouts of the late '80s. Churchill's acidly funny, cocaine-fueled ride examines the abuses of power, greed and sexual politics that continue to resonate with the current global financial crisis. Fiercely witty and shockingly prophetic, Serious Money also features music and lyrics by Ian Dury, Micky Gallagher and Chas Jankel.

The cast includes David Barlow (Horizon at NY Theatre Workshop, Oroonoko with Theater for a New Audience, Victory with PTP), NYIT Award winner Megan Byrne (Territories, The Europeans and No End of Blame with PTP), Nesba Crenshaw, NYIT Award nominee Alex Draper (A Map of Virtue with 13P, Terrorism with New Group, Scenes From An Execution and Lovesong of the Electric Bear with PTP), Aubrey Dube, Jay Dunn, Steven Dykes (Victory with PTP and Vanya with The Wrestling School), Tara Giordano (Lovesong of the Electric Bear and Politics of Passion with PTP), Jeanne laSala Taylor (No End of Blame with PTP), Mathew Nakitare (Victory and A Question of Mercy with PTP), Noah Berman, Madeley Crenshaw-Dykes, Sarah Lusche, Adam Milano, Molly O'Keefe, Isabel Shill and Mari Vial-Golden.

The creative team includes Carol Christensen (Musical Direction), Alicia Evancho (Choreography), Hallie Zieselman (Set Design), Mark Evancho (Lighting Design), Jule Emerson with JorDan Jones (Costume Design), Allison Rimmer with Aubrey Dube (Sound Design), Michael Bradley Block (Stage Manager) and Melissa MacDonald (Assistant Director).

Serious Money begins previews July 3 for a July 9 opening and runs through August 3. Performances take place on Wed 7/3 at 7:30pm, Sat 7/6 at 7:30pm,Sun 7/7 at 2pm, Tue 7/9 at 7:30pm, Fri 7/12 at 7:30pm, Sat 7/13 at 2pm, Wed 7/17 at 7:30pm, Thu 7/18 at 7:30pm, Sat 7/20 at 7:30pm, Sun 7/21 at 2pm,Wed 7/24 at 7:30pm, Fri 7/26 at 7:30pm, Sat 7/27 at 2pm, Sun 7/28 at 2pm, Wed 7/31 at 7:30pm, Thu 8/1 at 7:30pm, Sat 8/3 at 7:30pm. Running time for Serious Money is 2 hours and 20 minutes including one intermission.

PTP/NYC continues to redefine political theatre for the 21st century with an annual month long repertory season. The company's mandate is the presentation of highly theatrical and thought-provoking work of contemporary social and cultural relevance. In its 26 seasons the voices of PTP's writers have addressed art, pornography, AIDS, homelessness, censorship, totalitarianism, apartheid and gender wars.

PTP was founded in 1987 by the artistic team of Cheryl Faraone, Jim Petosa and Richard Romagnoli. Since moving to New York in 2007, PTP/NYC has produced 15 main stage productions and 40+ late evening readings, workshops and experimental theatre pieces in their After Dark series. PTP/NYC has been the recipient of 5 NY Innovative Theatre Award nominations and their production of Howard Barker's Scenes From An Execution earned Jan Maxwell a 2009 Drama Desk nomination.

During its 20 seasons (1987-2006) in Washington DC and Maryland, the company received 7 Helen Hayes Award nominations and produced 75 main stage productions, along with numerous new play readings, late night experimental productions and a variety of ancillary events. PTP/NYC is affiliated with the Theatre Program of Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont.

Previews begin on July 3 and openings begin on July 9. Tickets are $30 and $15 for students and seniors and can be purchased online at http://PTPNYC.org or by calling 1-866-811-4111. For more information visit http://PTPNYC.org.

Photo Credit: Stan Barouh (unless stated otherwise)

To post a comment, you must register and login.