Silver's 'Three Changes' with Tierney and McDermott Begins Previews Tonight, 8/22

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced complete details for the first production of its 2008/2009 Season, the World Premiere of THREE CHANGES, a new play by Nicky Silver (Fit to Be Tied at Playwrights Horizons, The Food Chain, Pterodactyls, Raised in Captivity).

Directed by Tony Award nominee Wilson Milam (The Lieutenant of Inishmore) in his Playwrights Horizons debut, the production will begins previews on Friday, August 22 with an Opening Night set for Tuesday, September 16 at 7PM.  The limited engagement will run through Sunday, September 28 at Playwrights Horizons' Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street).

The cast will feature Golden Globe winner and Emmy Award nominee Dylan McDermott ("The Practice," Drama League Award nomination for The Culture Project's production of Eve Ensler's The Treatment, Broadway debut in Biloxi Blues); Emmy Award nominee Maura Tierney (Dr. Abby Lockhart on "ER," Some Girl(s) at MCC); film, television and stage star Scott Cohen (Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? at The Public, Broadway's Losing Louie, "Gilmore Girls," "NYPD Blue," the recent FOX series "The Return of Jezebel James");  Aya Cash (The Pain and the Itch at Playwrights Horizons, From Up Here at MTC); and Brian J. Smith (Good Boys and True at Second Stage, MTC's Come Back, Little Sheba).   

 In THREE CHANGES, Nate (Dylan McDermott) and Laurel (Maura Tierney) are a comfortably married, Upper West Side couple - until Nate's wayward brother Hal (Scott Cohen) arrives from Hollywood.  What at first seems a casual visit, a chance to reconnect, is quickly revealed as something more ominous.  Hal may have had success, but human connection is all that matters, and he intends to make connections - no matter who pays the price.  Nicky Silver's THREE CHANGES is a funny and darkly suspenseful look at the joy of family, and how far we'll go to get it.

The production will feature scenic design by two-time Obie Award winner Neil Patel, costume design by Theresa Squire, lighting design by Ben Stanton and sound design by Bart Fasbender.  Production Stage Manager will be William H. Lang.

Playwrights Horizons' 2008/2009 Season is generously supported by The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust.

Playwrights Horizons is supported in part by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.  In addition, Playwrights Horizons receives major support from Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Charina Endowment Fund, The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, The Shubert Foundation and Time Warner Inc.

The performance schedule for THREE CHANGES will be Tuesdays through Fridays at 8PM, Saturdays at 2:30 & 8PM and Sundays at 2:30 & 7:30 PM.  Tickets are $65 and will go on sale to the general public starting Friday, July 25.  Tickets may be purchased online via TicketCentral.com, by phone at (212) 279-4200 (Noon-8pm daily), or in person at the Ticket Central Box Office, 416 West 42nd Street (between Ninth & Tenth Avenues).  Subscriptions for the 2008/2009 Playwrights Horizons season  are now available.

A ticketing initiative created last season, LIVEforFIVE makes available $5 tickets for the first preview performance of each Playwrights Horizons production through a lottery via the company's website.  The LIVEforFIVE lottery for THREE CHANGES will be for the first preview on Friday, August 22 at 8 PM.  Entries for the lottery will be accepted beginning Wednesday, August 13 at 10 AM, with theatergoers filling out an entry form at www.playwrightshorizons.org.  Entries will be accepted until Monday, August 18 at 12 Noon.  Winners of the lottery will be notified via email by Tuesday, August 19 at 12 Noon with instructions on how to book their $5 tickets.  One or two tickets may be purchased for $5 each.  At least 50 tickets will be available for Mainstage shows via the lottery.

Reflecting PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS' ongoing commitment to making its productions more affordable to younger audiences, the theater company will offer HOTtix, $20 rush tickets, subject to availability, day of performance only, starting one hour before showtime to patrons aged 30 and under. Proof of age required. One ticket per person, per purchase. STUDENT RUSH, $15 rush tickets, subject to availability, day of performance only, starting one hour before curtain to full-time graduate and undergraduate students. One ticket per person, per purchase. Valid student ID required.

LIVEforFIVE, HOTtix and STUDENT RUSH are some of Playwrights Horizons' popular Arts Access initiatives, which allow the theater company to reach out to those who may not be able to afford the cost of a full-price theater ticket.  Playwrights Horizons is grateful to Goldman, Sachs & Co., lead sponsor of Arts Access at Playwrights Horizons.  This program is also supported, in part, by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

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