The Amoralists Present BRING US THE HEAD OF YOUR DAUGHTER

The Amoralists, celebrating their 5th anniversary season, are proud to present the World Premiere of Bring Us The Head Of Your Daughter, written and directed by Derek Ahonen. Bring Us The Head Of Your Daughter runs Off-Broadway from March 31 - April 24, 2011 in a limited engagement at Performance Space 122's 9th Space theater, located at 150 1st Avenue (at East 9th Street) in New York City. Previews begin March 31 for an April 2 opening.

Performances are Wednesdays - Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 3pm, Mondays at 7:30pm, with two additional Saturday matinee performances on April 9 and 16 at 3pm. Tickets are $40 for adults and $20 for students and can be purchased online at http://www.PS122.org or by calling 212-352-3101. Tickets for Saturday matinee performances on April 9 and 16 at 3pm are $10. Running time is 95 minutes with no intermission. Train access via the L to 1st Ave, F to 2nd Ave, N, R to 8th St, or 6 to Astor Place. For more information visit http://www.TheAmoralists.com.

Jackie and Contessa are far from the typical American family. One black, one Jewish, and both women, they have overcome years of alcoholism and self-doubt to remain loving partners. But when their absent daughter Garance is accused of cannibalism, their Gramercy Park apartment becomes a center of chaos. The phone rings relentlessly with bigoted threats, Contessa's long-lost brother mysteriously reappears, and to top it all off, the alleged cannibal makes a grand entrance. Bring Us The Head Of Your Daughter is a biting examination of an unconventional family and the outermost limits of familial love.

Derek Ahonen is the resident playwright of The Amoralists Theatre Company. His plays with The Amoralists include The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side, Happy In The Poorhouse, Amerissiah, Pokin The Bears In A Zoo and While Chasing The Fantastic. All plays by Derek Ahonen are published and available through Playscripts, Inc.

The Amoralists is a theatre company that produces work of no moral judgment. Dedicated to an honest expression of the American condition, our actor driven ensemble explores complex characters of moral ambiguity. Leaving no stone unturned, we plunge the depths of the social, political, spiritual, and sexual characteristics of human nature. With hundreds of young companies in the theater community, The Amoralists are doing work that is widely recognized for accomplishing the aforementioned points while simultaneously making it completely accessible to all audiences - whether veteran or inexperienced theatergoers - therefore putting theater at the heart of our community and expanding the possibilities and reaches of the arts. By combining our work's accessibility with its moral ambiguity, we believe that it truly initiates a startling dialogue between artist and audience. Rollicking, rebellious, and raw, our work will go home with you...Boom!

Critical acclaim for The Amoralists

"The Amoralists cements its reputation as the most promising, crowd-pleasing ensemble to emerge downtown." ~ The New York Times

"Nobody else weds old-fashioned realist structure to working-class-hero lunacy quite this way, and no other acting collective seems so raw, so heartfelt, so exuberantly extreme onstage and off." ~ TimeOut New York

"One who comes to know their work begins to appreciate the way the Amoralists' brazen technique invigorates even as it assaults." ~ The Drama Review

"My gut is that part of the future of American theatre rests with these guys." ~ NYTheatre.com

"The Amoralists have become one of the most exciting theater companies in New York City through the intense collaboration of a group of amazing young actors with the powerhouse playwright/director Derek Ahonen." ~ The Connecticut Post

The cast includes Mara Lileas, Sarah Roy, Anna Stromberg and Jordan Tisdale.

The creative team consists of Alfred Schatz (Set Design), Jeremy Pape (Lighting Design), Ricky Lang (Costume Design) and The Hernandez Brothers (Sound Design).

The production team consists of James Kautz (Artistic Director), Matthew Fraley (Director of Production), Kelcie Beene (Managing Director), Matthew Pilieci (Acting Company Director), Derek Ahonen (Resident Playwright) and Lauren Jane Brown (Stage Manager).

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 has produced twelve mainstage productions of original work to rave reviews and sold out houses at various venues, including both PS122 and Theatre 80 St. Marks. In November of 2010 the company collaborated with Adam Rapp, garnering critical acclaim for their Off-Broadway NY Premiere of his play, Ghosts In The Cottonwoods. Their play, The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side, 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.

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