T. Schreiber Theater Announces 2016-17 Season

T. Schreiber Theatre, under the direction of Terry Schreiber and Peter Jensen, celebrates its 48th season with an eclectic mix of established plays and new works. The season opens with the New York revival of Stephen Adly Guirgis play The Motherf**ker with the Hat directed by Peter Jensen, which premiered on Broadway in 2011 and was nominated for 6 Tony awards. The season also includes Schreiber Shorts, an Evening Of One-Act Plays to feature 8 new works. Founder Terry Schreiber will direct the spring production, Loose Ends, the well known drama by Michael Weller. The season will culminate with the New Works Project, directed by Jake Turner, which will showcase a workshop production of one full length play. The season will be produced in full by Halle Morse, T. Schreiber's recently appointed Producing Director.

Founder Terry Schreiber provided the following statement about the theatre's upcoming line-up: "this season will continue our commitment to exciting, stimulating, thought provoking, and challenging plays, whether it be a revival, a new work, or an evening of one act plays." Terry, who celebrates his 80th birthday this year will be honored in the spring on May 27, 2017 at the annual T. Schreiber Gala celebration, which will coincide with his production of Loose Ends. T. Schreiber Theatre is currently nominated for 13 New York Innovative Theater (NYIT) awards, including Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play for Natural Life, and Outstanding Revival of a Play for Hot L. Baltimore and Harper Regan.

• THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT by Stephen Adly Guirgis, whose current projects include the hit Netflix series The Get Down with Baz Luhrmann, will run October 19 - November 19, 2016. The production is directed by Artistic Director Peter Jensen and has an electric, diverse cast of five. The dark comedy revolves around friendship, love, addiction, and the difficulties of adulthood. "Leave the gun. Take the empanadas." Tickets on sale now at www.TSchreiber.org/MFWH
• SCHREIBER SHORTS: An Evening of One-Act Plays will be presented January 25 - February 11, 2017. The annual 10-minute play festival was created to provide a platform for artists and the opportunity to cultivate relationships with playwrights. This year's Schreiber Shorts received over 900 submissions of which 8 plays will be selected to receive a three week run.
• LOOSE ENDS by Michael Weller, directed by Artistic Director/Founder Terry Schreiber will run March 15 - April 15, 2017. The play focuses on life and relationships in the 1970's. Terry expressed his excitement over directing this famous Weller play, stating, "How do we get what we want out of life? Or, is life just a bowl of cherries?"
• NEW WORKS PROJECT, an opportunity for playwrights to have their work seen and heard, is committed to finding and developing one full length play for a workshop run of a production. Three finalists will be chosen to have their new work presented in a three night reading series. Submissions will be considered via a 2 phase process, beginning October 6, 2016. The winner of the New Works Project will receive a workshop production July 12-22, 2017. For more information, www.tschreiber.org/productions/new-works-project

T. Schreiber Theatre began operations in conjunction with Terry Schreiber's acting studio in 1969, at the beginning of the Off-Off Broadway movement, in a converted loft on the Upper East Side. In the mid 1970's, the organization attracted national attention when Walter Kerr's glowing review of Schreiber's production of The Trip Back Down launched a Broadway production starring John Cullum. The organization moved to East 4th Street in the 1980's, during which time Mr. Schreiber directed two more Broadway shows, Devour the Snow and K-2. In 1996 the Studio moved to its current, renovated multi-use space on West 26th Street, where classes and productions run continuously throughout the year. Actor alumni of T. Schreiber Studio and Theater include Edward Norton, Peter Sarsgaard, Jonny Orsini, Julia Garner, Julia Udine, Maria Bello, and Julie Halston. Since its inception, T. Schreiber Theatre has been awarded numerous Backstage Readers Choice Awards and has been singled out by Show Business Weekly as one of the top New York Performances of 2011 for their production of Balm in Gilead.

In addition, the theatre has been nominated for over 25 New York Innovative Theatre Awards, winning several, including Outstanding Production of a Play for their production of Balm in Gilead.
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