SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER With Katheryn Luce Gets Workshopped At June Havoc 4/23-5/10

Suddenly LLC has announced a workshop presentation of Tennessee Williams' SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER starring Katheryn Luce, Thursday, April 23, 2009 through Sunday, May 10, 2009 at Abingdon Theatre Company's June Havoc Theatre (312 West 36th St.).

SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER was originally presented as a curtain raiser for Garden District when it played off-Broadway.

Tennesse Williams won two Pulitzer Prizes, for "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1947) and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1955). His other major plays include "Summer and Smoke" (1948), "The Rose Tattoo" (1951), "Camino Real" (1953), "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1959), and "The Night of the Iguana" (1961). In addition to his two Pulitzers, Williams was nominated four times for the Tony Award for Best Play, wining once, for "The Rose Tattoo." (His last Best Play Tony Award nomination came 16 years after his death, for "Not About Nightingales.")

Marilyn Fried is a member of the prestigious Actors' Studio of New York. She was a student of the famed acting teacher Lee Strasberg. As an acting coach, Ms. Fried has worked on more than 200 films of which many of them winners of Academy Awards (Film), Tony Awards (Theater), and Emmy Awards (Television)! Some of the films on her resume are Reds, Something's Gotta Give, Marvin's Room, Desperately Seeking Susan, Hannah and Her Sisters, Purple Rose of Cairo, Addams Family Values, Titanic, Usual Suspects, Silence of the Lambs, Goodfellas, as well as the Academy Award winning Godfather I, II and III, and Annie Hall. Moreover, she has coached international actors and directors in numerous theater, film and television productions.

Kathryn has an affinity for and a resemblance to the female characters of Tennessee Williams and William Inge. Her portrayal of the character Willie in a stage version of "This Property Condemned" was overwhelming in its sensitivity and appeal. Kathryn has been studying acting ever since she got off a bus from Minnesota to live in New York. She has also trained with a vocal coach since that time and after performing as a backup singer in her husband Art Garfunkel's performances, got a solo spot of her own. She has appeared at London's Palladium and Carnegie Hall and sung with the New York Philharmonic.

The cast of SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER also features, Joan Copland, Kelle Kerr, Robert Mobley, Joan Porter, and Elizabeth Stearns.

Set Design is by Bill Stabile and Costumes are by Leslie Yarmo.

Performances and ticketing information will soon be announced.

 

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