Second Stage's BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY Begins Previews Tonight

Second Stage Theatre presents Atlantic Theater Company's production of Stephen Adly Guirgis' acclaimed play, BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY. Ron Cephas Jones (Of Mice of Men and 2ST's Wildflower) and Michael Rispoli (Between Riverside and Crazy at ATC) join Stephen McKinley Henderson (Fences, 2ST's Jitney), Victor Almanzar (Repertorio Espanol, LAByrinth Theater), Elizabeth Canavan (The Little Flower of East Orange), Rosal Colón (The Motherf*cker with the Hat) and Liza Colón-Zayas (2ST Water by the Spoonful and Living Out) in the cast.

Directed by Austin Pendleton, BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY begins previews tonight, January 16, 2015 and will officially open on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at Second Stage Theatre's Tony Kiser Theatre (305 West 43rd street).

Season subscriptions are currently available through 2ST.com or by calling the box office at 212-246-4422.

City Hall is demanding more than his signature, the landlord wants him out, the liquor store is closed - and the Church won't leave him alone. For ex-cop and recent widower Walter "Pops" Washington and his recently paroled son Junior, the struggle to hold on to one of the last great rent stabilized apartments on Riverside Drive collides with old wounds, sketchy new houseguests, and a final ultimatum in this dark comedy from the Tony-nominated author of The Motherf*ucker with the Hat and Jesus Hopped the A Train. For Pops and Junior, it seems the Old Days are dead and gone - after a lifetime living Between Riverside and Crazy.

BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY features scenic design by Walt Spangler; costume design by Alexis Forte; lighting design by Keith Parham; and sound design and original music by Ryan Rumery.

VICTOR ALMANZAR (Oswaldo) is a native of the Dominican Republic, and longtime resident of Queens, New York. He has performed in productions throughout New York City, at venues including Center Stage New York, Repertorio Espanol, Aaron Davis Hall, and as part of LAByrinth Theater Company's NYNY Festival. He is currently pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts degree at the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University. He can be seen in the feature film 11:55 Holyoke.

ELIZABETH CANAVAN (Detective Audrey O'Connor) has appeared in The Little Flower of East Orange (with Ellen Burstyn and Michael Shannon) at the Public Theater, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (with Eric Bogosian and Sam Rockwell) at the Public Theater, Our Lady of 121st Street at the Union Square Theatre, Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train (NY and London), all by Stephen Adly Guirgis and directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman; Black Lace by John Patrick Shanley at the New Ohio Theater, Love Sick by Kristina Poe, Thinner Than Water by Melissa Ross, Philip Roth in Khartoum by David Bar Katz, Penalties and Interest by Rebecca Cohen, Seven at USC Visions and Voices, Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference, The 52nd Street Project, Summer Play Festival. TV: "Law and Order," "Law and Order: SVU," "Sex and the City." She has appeared in many independent films and has had two short films produced. Liz is a proud member of LAByrinth Theater Company and The Actors Studio.

ROSAL COLÓN (Lulu) has appeared on Broadway in A Free Man of Color (Lincoln Center)directed by George C. Wolfe, and The Motherf***er with the Hat directed by Anna D. Shapiro. Off-Broadway: Much Ado about Nothing (The Public) directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah, Basilica (Rattlestick at the Cherry Lane) directed by Jerry Ruiz, Ninth and Joanie (LAByrinth Theater Company) directed by Mark Wing-Davey, Dancing in My Cockroach Killers (Pregones/PRTT) directed by Rosalba Rolón. Feature film: The House That Jack Built. TV: "Law and Order: SVU." She is a proud member of The LAByrinth Theater Company and Pregones Theater. Fiorello H. LaGuardia H.S. and SUNY Purchase College.

LIZA COLÓN-ZAYAS (Church Lady) returns to Second Stage Theatre where she appeared in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Water by the Spoonful (HOLA award for Best Featured Actress) and Living Out (Lucille Lortel Award nomination). She has been a member of the LAByrinth Theater Company in New York City since 1992 and the Sundance Theater Ensemble 2012. She appeared in Stephen Adly Guirgis plays including In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings; Our Lady of 121st Street; The Last Days of Judas Iscariot; and The Little Flower of East Orange, all directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Liza toured Europe with director Peter Sellars in Story of a Soldier and later in Othello as Emilia, opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman. She starred in Athol Fugard's latest play Have You Seen Us? opposite Sam Waterston and received a Connecticut Critics Circle Nomination. Her solo show, Sistah Supreme, had a summerlong run at the First Hip-Hop Theater Festival, produced by world renowned performance artist Danny Hoch and directed/developed by playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis. Some screen credits include "Louie" (FX), "Hung" (HBO), "Dexter" (Showtime), "How to Make It in America" (HBO), "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime), "Taking Chance" (HBO), "House" (FOX), "Law and Order," "Law and Order: SVU" (NBC).

RON CEPHAS JONES (Junior) returns to Second Stage after last appearing in Wildflower at 2St Uptown. He was last seen on Broadway as Crooks in Of Mice and Men. Other credits include: Prometheus Bound (Getty Villa), Head of Passes (Steppenwolf), Hurt Village, Two Trains Running (Signature); Titus Andronicus, Satellites (NYSF); Ajax (ART); As You Like It, The Tempest (BAM/Old Vic London); The Overwhelming (Roundabout); The Wooden Breeks (MCC); The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (Alliance); Richard III (Public Theater, NY); The Exonerated; Othello (Royal Theatre, London); Our Lady of 121st Street; Jesus Hopped the A Train (LABryinth); Storefront Church (Atlantic Theater). Television: "The Blacklist," "Low Winter Sun," "Raisin in the Sun," "NYPD Blue," and "Law & Order."

STEPHEN McKINLEY HENDERSON (Pops) returns to Second Stage Theatre where he was a member of August Wilson's celebrated Obie Award-winning Jitney ensemble (2002 Olivier Award for Outstanding Drama). He was in the Tony-nominated revival of A Raisin in the Sun. In 2012, he received a Tony Nomination and the Richard Seff Award for his performance as Bono in August Wilson's Fences. Last year he was Ruben Santiago-Hudson's Associate Artistic Director for WNYC's audio recordings of Mr. Wilson's entire Century Cycle. Other theatre credits include Between Riverside and Crazy (Atlantic), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Public Theater) and Death of a Salesman (Yale Rep). Film and TV credits include Lincoln, Tower Heist, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Red Hook Summer and HBO's "The Newsroom." He is a professor for the Department of Theater and Dance, SUNY Buffalo, as well as a member of the LAByrinth Theater Company, the Actor's Center and a Fox Foundation Fellow.

MICHAEL RISPOLI's (Lieutenant Caro) theatre credits include: Between Riverside and Crazy at Atlantic Theater Company, Circle Rep/ Steppenwolf revival of Balm in Gilead directed by John Malkovich, Magic Hands Freddy, Macbeth, Tartuffe, A Midsummer Night's Dream and O'Neill's The Sea Plays. He is a co-founder of the Willow Cabin Theatre Company, which staged a production of Wilder, Wilder, Wilder that moved to Off- Broadway and then to Broadway, earning a Tony nomination.

Selected film: Rob the Mob opposite Andy Garcia, Michael Bay's Pain & Gain, The Rum Diary with Johnny Depp, The Taking of Pelham 123 directed by Tony Scott and Kick-Ass produced by Brad Pitt's Plan B. He received a Best Actor Award at the Verona Film Festival for his work in Raymond DeFellitta's film Two Family House. Upcoming: Friends and Romans with Annabella Sciorra, (also co-writer and executive producer). Selected TV: Jackie Aprile in "The Sopranos," "Those Who Kill" (A&E), "Magic City" (STARZ), Jimmy Breslin in "The Bronx is Burning," "Person of Interest," "Blue Bloods," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Law & Order," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and "Law & Order: SVU."

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