Stage 13 Opens THE RISE AND FALL OF ANNIE HALL Tonight, 10/24

Stage 13 (Dan Fogler, Sarah Saltzberg, Bjorn Thorstad; artistic directors) presents the New York Premiere of THE RISE AND FALL OF Annie Hall at the Lion Theatre at Theatre Row for three weeks only, October 24-November 9. Working in both film and theater, Stage 13 has produced Elephant in the Room in the 2007 New York International Fringe Festival, Dan O'Brien's Voyage of the Carcass at Soho Repertory Theatre, and the company improv-based comedy thriller film "Hysterical Psycho."  This past summer, in collaboration with Yale Repertory Theatre, Stage 13 work shopped Jay Reiss' Meanwhile on the Other Side of Mount Vesuvius, with music by Scott Murphy and directed by Jon Carrafa.

Sam Gold directs the cast comprised of Noah Bean (FX’s “Damages,”Yellow Face at The Public Theater), Dan Fogler (Tony winner -Spelling Bee, Focus Features’ “Balls of Fury,” and Ang Lee's upcoming “Taking Woodstock”), Kate Gersten (Williamstown Theater Festival), Erica Newhouse (Williamstown Theater Festival, recent grad from the Juilliard School),  and Charles Socarides (The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Awake and Sing! and Old Money) The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall will feature set and costume design by Dane Laffrey, lighting design by Ben Stanton and sound design by Jane Shaw. Rebecca Goldstein-Glaze is the production stage manager, and Lisa Dozier is the producer.

In this new comedy, Neurotic young playwright Henry Blume is on a mission to turn his favorite Woody Allen movie into the next great American musical. Betrayal, infidelity and romance fuel his reckless pursuit of Broadway glory, turning Henry's life upside down in this up to the minute, New York comedy about the perils of success in a notoriously cutthroat town.

Preview performances begin on Friday, October 24th-Sunday, October 26th matinee. Opening night is Sunday, October 26th at 8pm and the show runs through Sunday, November 9th, at the Lion Theatre at Theatre Row (410 W. 42nd Street). Tickets are available at www.ticketcentral.com or in person at the box office.  Performances run Tuesday-Saturday at 8pm, and Sunday 3pm and 7pm.

Stage 13- is an ensemble of artists with a common vision dedicated to creating, work shopping and producing new work for the American theatre, film and television industries.  We're interested in projects that are deeply human, visually striking, relentlessly athletic and eminently ambitious - art that links the vulgar and the magical, the intimate and the epic, and that seeks to understand the joy, the terror, and the wonder of being alive...in a nutshell.  Stage 13 grew out of Boston University's School for the Arts, where all three artistic directors were classmates along with many founding and current members.  Though the company is only 2 years old, most of the artists in Stage 13 have been working together in one form or another for the past decade on stages around the country as well as here in NYC, including Broadway, off-Broadway, and improv theatres like The Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) and The People's Improv Theater (The PIT).  In 2004, Sarah Saltzberg and Dan Fogler were part of the creative team behind the Tony Award winning The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and continued with the show to Broadway where it ran for almost three years. Since then, collaborating with friends and fellow artists on projects oriented around their ensemble has been a cornerstone of Stage 13 productions. Membership in the company is by virtue of association, participation and contribution.  Stage 13 also works closely with Poly Prep CDS in Brooklyn as part of an ongoing educational and community outreach component of its many initiatives.

Noah Bean-Theatre: Yellow Face (The Public Theater), Mary Rose (Vineyard Theater), Voyage Of The Carcass (SOHO Playhouse, Stage13), The Map Maker's Sorrow and Kid-Simple (SPF), Amerika (NYC Fringe, winner Best Ensemble); Crazy Jane On God, Moonchildren (HERE). Regional: Love's Labour's Lost (Huntington), Romance (Mark Taper Forum, Garland Award Honorable Mention); Philadelphia Here I Come, The Winter's Tale, ‘Tis Pity She's A Whore (Williamstown Theater Festival); Our Town, A Christmas Carol (Bay Street Theater). Film and Television: series regular on FX's “Damages” (Golden Globe and Emmy nominations, Best Drama), “Private Practice,” “Lipstick Jungle,” “Medium,” “Numb3rs,” “Joan of Arcadia,” “ED,” “Law and Order; SVU,” “Stay” (dir. Marc Forster), “Peter and Vandy” (dir. Jay DiPietro) and the forthcoming “Hysterical Psycho” (dir. Dan Fogler). Noah is a graduate of Boston University's School for the Arts and a proud founding member of Stage13.

Sam Forman, is a writer for the stage, screen and TV, co-created (with Beau Willimon) the Civil War era television pilot “Hickory Hill” for AMC. Sam is also currently writing the book for f-ing Up Everything (a musical to premiere at NYMF 2009) and the book and lyrics for The Big Show, a new musical in development with producer Aaron Harnick and Harbor Entertainment. Sam is the lyricist and co-book author for the musical I Sing! which has been produced  commercially off-Broadway and in theaters around the world. A CD recording of the York Theater Concert Cast of I Sing! is available in stores worldwide from Jay Records. Sam’s other plays and musicals include: The Grille Room (Cherry Lane Mentor Project, dir. Thomas Kail), Quarterlife (workshop dir. by Mark Brokaw) Please Stop Talking (Cherry Lane Theater, Willlamstown Theatre Festival), Fringical! (Ars Nova, NYC; American Theatre of Actors, NYMF, dir. Thomas Kail) The Quiet Game (Hangar Theater, Ithaca NY dir. Daniel Kramer), Krankenhaus Blues (Blue Heron Theater, NYC, The Abingdon Theatre, NYC) Hunter for Hunter Green and Narcissus and Goldstein (Singularity Company) Sam is an alumni of Youngblood at EST, a current member of Ars Nova’s Playgroup, and the proud producer of Creation Nation which the New York Times has called: “A late night cabaret phenomenon.” Sam is a member of the WGA, The Dramatist’s Guild and is represented by CAA.

Sam Gold-Recent credits: Nick Jones and Raja Azar's Jollyship The Whizbang (Ars Nova), Noah Haidle’s Rag And Bone (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), Betty Shamieh’s The Black Eyed (New York Theater Workshop), Sam Mark’s The Joke (Studio Dante), Anne Carson’s translation of Sohocles’ Electra (Williams College), Colin McKenna’s The Secret Agenda Of Trees (Cherry Lane), and Rogelio Martinez’s Fizz (The Ohio Theater). Juilliard (Guest Director): Lanford Wilson's Book Of Days, Sam Hunter’s I Am Montana, Beau Willimon’s Farragut North and War Story, Marlowe’s Edward Ii, Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Williams’ Suddenly Last Summer, and Suzan-Lori Parks’ In The Blood. Workshops/readings: Manhattan Theater Club, Playwrights Horizons, The Vineyard Theater, Primary Stages, American Conservatory Theater, New York Theater Workshop, and The Sundance Theater Lab. Sam is a Wooster Group Associate Artist, NYTW Usual Suspect, Drama League Directing Fellow, and a recipient of a Princess Grace Award and a Theater Hall of Fame Fellowship.

Dan Fogler received the Tony, Outer Critics, Broadway Theater World and Lortel Awards as well as a Drama Desk for Best Ensemble for his portrayal of William Barfee (It's Barfay!) in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which before Broadway's Circle in the Square, was presented at Barrington Stage, Second Stage, and at The Theatorium when the show was originally known as “C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E” and presented by The Farm. His other theater credits include The Ref in Joe Fearless (Atlantic theater, Ford theater NYC), Fred in Bridges and Harmonies (NYC Drama League), The Interrogator in Bobby Gould in Hell (Theater Row), Bane/Bill in the Voyage of The Carcass (Soho Playhouse), Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Access Theater) and The Detective Sketches (Lincoln Center Lab)  Dan  also wrote and directed  Elephant in the Room inspired by Ionesco which  was accepted into the NY Fringe festival, 2007. He is currently working on his play Little Exodus. His film credits include, “School for Scoundrels,” “The Marconi Bros,” “Balls of Fury,” “Good Luck Chuck,” “Horton Hears A Who,” “Kung Fu Panda,” the upcoming “Fanboys,” “Young Americans,” “Traveling,” and Ang Lee's “Taking Woodstock.” Dan is presently editing his film “Hysterical Psycho.”

Charles Socarides-Theatre: The Marriage of Bette and Boo (Roundabout, dir. Walter Bobbie), Awake and Sing! (Belasco Theatre), Indian Blood (Primary Stages, dir. Mark Lamos), Old Money (Lincoln Center), Lulu (Yale Rep), Substitution (New York Stage and Film). Film: “The Missing Person,” “Penance” (both upcoming), “Jesus Children of America” (dir. Spike Lee), “Virgin” (dir. Deborah Kampmeier), “Dinner Rush.” TV: "Law and Order", "Guiding Light", "Starved". Training: The Actors Center.

Photo Credit Linda Lenzi

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