The Amoralists Join Adam Rapp For GHOSTS IN THE COTTONWOODS 11/11-12/6

The Amoralists are proud to present the New York Premiere of Ghosts in the Cottonwoods, written and directed by Adam Rapp. Ghosts in the Cottonwoods, Adam Rapp's first full-length play, runs Off-Broadway from November 11 to December 6, 2010 in a limited engagement at Theatre 80 St. Marks, located at 80 St. Marks Place between 1st and 2nd Avenues in NYC. Previews begin November 11 for a November 13 opening.

Performances are Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm. Tickets are $40 for adults and $20 for students and can be purchased online at http://www.Theatre80.net or by calling 212-388-0388. Train access via the N, R to 8th St, #6 to Astor Place, F to 2nd Ave or L to 1st Ave. For more information visit http://www.TheAmoralists.com.

On the night of a terrible storm, a single mother and her younger son await the arrival of the older son, who has broken out of prison. Two others arrive before him: a stranger with a wounded leg and a girl with a suitcase. Nothing will ever be the same.

Adam Rapp is an Obie-award-winning playwright and director. He is the author of numerous plays, which include Nocturne, Faster, Animals & Plants, Finer Noble Gases (2006 Edinburgh Fringe First Award), Stone Cold Dead Serious, Blackbird, Gompers, Essential Self-Defense, and Red Light Winter (Obie Award), which was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He recently directed the world premiere of The Metal Children, which starred Billy Crudup, at The Vineyard Theatre. Rapp is the author of the novel, The Year Of Endless Sorrows, and the graphic novel, Ball-Peen Hammer. His new novel, The Children And The Wolves, is forthcoming from Candlewick Press. Rapp's playwriting honors include The Helen Merrill Award, The 2006 Princess Grace Statue, a Lucille Lortel Playwright's Fellowship, and The Benjamin H. Danks Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He wrote and directed the films Winter Passing and Blackbird. "[Rapp] is a gifted storyteller. He makes demands on his audience, and he rewards its close attention with depth and elegance," wrote The New Yorker's John Lahr.

The cast includes William Apps, James Kautz, Nick Lawson, Sarah Lemp, Mandy Nicole Moore and Matthew Pilieci. The design and production team consists of Alfred Schatz (Set Design), Keith Parham (Lighting Design), Jessica Pabst (Costume Design), Eric Shimelonis (Sound Design) and Judy Merrick (Production Stage Manager).

The Amoralists is a theatre company that produces work with no moral judgment, by new and emerging playwrights. Dedicated to an honest expression of the American condition, their actor-driven ensemble explores complex characters of moral ambiguity. They seek to initiate a dialogue between artists and audience, and put theatre at the heart of our community. Rollicking, rebellious and raw, their work will go home with you...Boom!

Critical acclaim for The Amoralists

"This is exciting work, fresh and refreshing: The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side makes you want to follow the Amoralists wherever they go next." ~ TimeOut NY (4 out of 5 stars)

"The Pied Pipers is fast, funny, raucous and in your face. Considerably smart and complex. I'll certainly follow The Amoralists work from now on." ~ The New York Post

"The young company's deep commitment and contagious exuberance brings to mind the vitality that distinguished the early Off-Off Broadway work of artists like Sam Shepard only a generation ago." ~ The New Yorker

"Happy In The Poorhouse is a fun ride." ~ The New York Post

"Invigorating, refreshing and subversively uproarious...an exhilarating emotional ride." ~ Variety on Pied Pipers

On Sunday, October 17th The Amoralists will present their fall fundraiser, The Blind Tiger Event: An Evening of Prohibition and Prohibited Games in Two Acts, at Soiree, located at 199 Bowery Street in NYC. The Blind Tiger Event is a speakeasy themed night, featuring the Cabaret Ladies, the first annual Amoralympics, complimentary cocktails, and live music with blues legend Danny Biondo, Danny's Devil's Blues and The Third Wheel Band. The festivities begin at 7pm and continue until 2am. Purchase tickets at the door or online at http://www.wantickets.com.

The Amoralists is a critically acclaimed theatre company that was formed in 2006 by actors James Kautz and Matthew Pilieci, and playwright/director Derek Ahonen on a car ride to Las Vegas. With a goal of winning $50,000 to start their company, they lost $5,000 and founded The Amoralists regardless. Through its first four seasons The Amoralists have produced eleven mainstage productions of original work to rave reviews and sold out houses at various venues, including both PS122 and Theatre 80 St. Marks. In the summer of 2009, their play, The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side, ran from June 2 to October 5, extending two times before transferring successfully to an Off Broadway run. The play was included in numerous 2009 Top Ten Lists, including Elisabeth Vincentelli's in The New York Post and Adam Feldman's in TimeOut New York. In August 2010 the company remounted, retired and ran in rep their two big hits, The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side and Happy In The Poorhouse, to sold out runs at PS122. All Amoralists plays by resident playwright Derek Ahonen are published by Playscripts, Inc. For performance rights and to read a free sample of the scripts go to http://www.playscripts.com/author.php3?authorid=1141.

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