The Ateh Theater Group Presents WEEKEND AT AN ENGLISH COUNTRY ESTATE 10/14

THE ATEH THEATER GROUP is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Sara Montgomery?s WEEKEND AT AN ENGLISH COUNTRY ESTATE, directed by Paul Urcioli. WEEKEND AT AN ENGLISH COUNTRY ESTATE will play a three-week limited engagement at the Access Theatre (380 Broadway, @ White Street). Performances begin Thursday, October 14 and continue through Sunday, October 31. Opening Night is Monday, October 18 (8 p.m.). *There is NO performance on Friday October 15

Weekend at an English Country Estate follows a group of upper-crust Brits in the 1920's getting into trouble with love. Fueled by copious amounts of champagne, what begins as an innocent treasure hunt around the estate grounds turns into a frenzied competition for money, marriage and love.

The production features scenic design by Sara C. Walsh, costume design by Katja Andreiev, and lighting design by Carlton Ward. Darryllee VanOudenhove is the stage manager.

Weekend at an English Country Estate plays the following schedule through Sunday, October 31:

Thursday, October 14th at 8pm - press
*There is NO performance on Friday October 15
Saturday, October 16th at 8pm - press
Sunday, October 17th at 3pm - press
Monday, October 18th 8pm - Opening

Wednesday, October 20th at 8pm
Thursday, October 21st at 8pm
Friday, October 22nd at 8pm
Saturday, October 23rd at 8pm
Sunday, October 24th at 3pm
Monday, October 25th at 8pm

Wednesday, October 27th at 8pm
Thursday, October 28th at 8pm
Friday, October 29th at 8pm
Saturday, Ocotber 30th at 2pm - added
Saturday, October 30th at 8pm
Sunday, October 31st 3pm

Tickets are $18 and are now available online at www.TicketCentral.com or by calling 212-279-4200. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the Box Office, ½ hour prior to performance.

Running Time: 2 hours with intermission

Website: www.ateh.org

BIOGRAPHIES

SARA MONTGOMERY (Playwright) is an actor and company member of the Ateh Theater Group. She has contributed a few short pieces to the Barhopper?s series with Third Man Productions. This is her first full-length play. As an actor Sara's credits include Mr. A's Amazing Maze Plays, Long Distance, The Girl Detective, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and The Girl in the Flammable Skirt (Ateh); Barack & Me and Nobody Likes the Mormons (Ars Nova); Animal Farm (Synapse Productions); I Have Loved Strangers, Triangle, and Spring Awakening (Williamstown); The Amazing Adventures of Arthur McGilligutty, Grimms' Tales and The Little Prince (Atlantic Theater for Kids); Ula: A Dream Play (Phil Bosakowski); The Library Play (John Houseman Studio); and Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams (PS 122). She has toured with American Family Theater's production of Cinderella, and is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

Paul Urcioli (Director) is an actor, director and teacher living in Brooklyn. He recently directed Wendy Hammond?s Mom & the Razor Blades, David Mamet?s Revenge of the Space Pandas and Greg Kotis? A Walk in the Public Area at the Atlantic Theater; The Devil and Billy Markham and Americana Absurdum at the Lucille Lortel Theater in the 2006 New York International Fringe Festival. Other directing credits include: Our Town and Twelfth Night... with NYU Undergraduate Drama/Atlantic Theater Company; NY Fringe Festival award winner Bridezilla Strikes Back; Brian Parks? Suspicious Package at the HERE Arts Center; Little Red Riding Hood, The Rimers of Eldritch, Jitterbugging: Scenes of Sex in a New Society, The Women, Pullman Car Hiawatha, The Happy Journey to Trenton & Camden, Harm?s Way, Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet as well as one acts in The Atlantic Theater Company?s New Works Series on the Second Stage. As an actor: Fly (Lincoln Center ? Clark Theater) Americana Absurdum at PS 122 and the Lortel, The Invitation at the Ohio Theater, and Eat the Taste at the Barrow Street Theater. Other NY Theater includes: Over the River and Through the Woods, MOJO, Goner, Bobbie Lei?s Hawaiian Halloween, Rosemary for Remembrance, Saved, Bob?s Self Improvement Seminar, Troilus & Cressida. Film: the soon to be released Morning Glory, 3 Backyards (Sundance 2010 Award Winner) The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3, The Killing Floor, Calling it Quits, Off the Black, Wait Here, TV: Multiple Law and Order appearances (Original, CI and SVU), The Unusuals, Cupid, Six Degrees, Conviction, Third Watch, Sex and the City, All My Children, The Guiding Light and a recurring role on the CBS drama Queens Supreme. He has also appeared in national commercials for Barclay?s, Comcast, KY, FedEx, Fidelity, Verizon, Delta, Volkswagen, IBM, CNN, Staples, Las Vegas. From 1991 ? 2006, Paul taught Advanced Performance Technique and Improvisation at The Atlantic Theater Company Acting School, was Adjunct Faculty at N.Y.U.?s Tisch School of the Arts and was an Artist in Residence at Oberlin College from 1986-89 teaching acting, movement, improvisation and performing with members of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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