59E59 Theatres Presents PLAY NICE, Closes 3/27

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Ego Actus Design with the NYC premiere of PLAY NICE!, written by Robin Rice Lichtig and directed by Joan Kane. PLAY NICE! ends performances on Sunday, March 27.  Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison). Tickets are $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members) and are available by calling Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or online at www.59E59.org.

Isabelle, Luce and Matilda live in a perfect home in the idyllic suburb Ridgewood, New Jersey. But when the front door closes, their home is far from ideal, and they spend most of their days hiding from their abusive mother in the attic.

On Thanksgiving, Mother was poisoned. She is now on her way home from the hospital, and the children fear her wrath as she determines which child tried to kill her. Will their power of imagination, the most valuable weapon in their arsenal, be enough to cope with the Dragon Queen? PLAY NICE! is a gothic fairy tale based on Jean Genet's The Maids.

 The cast includes Debby Brand, Andrew Broussard, Laura Hankin and Lauren Roth.

The design team includes Jason Simms (set designer), Bruce A! Kraemer (lighting designer), Cat Fisher (costume designer) and Jason T. Hurley (sound designer). The production stage manager is Caitlyn Lyons.

Robin Rice Lichtig (playwright). 2010: The Power of Birds in NY (3Graces); Listen! The River in South Africa (3Fates); Searching for a New Sun in Berlin (OneHeart); Play Nice! in MD (Venus). Residencies, honors, producers also include: Finborough (London), Phoenix, Theatricum Botanicum, O'Neill, Shiner, Karamu, Lark, New Georges, Perishable, Drury, Kernodle, Goshen, Smith, Chambers, Mazumdar. Publishers: Samuel French, Smith & Kraus, and Dramatists Play Service. Member: Dramatists Guild, LPTW, ICWP, and Oracles. Play Nice! was developed with generous input from TADA!, NJ Rep, Cleveland Public, Resonance, Deb Randall, Lee Mikeska Gardner, Michele Travis and amazing actors.

Joan Kane (director) has directed plays and readings at Theater for the New City, Cell Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, East Lynne Theatre, Abingdon Theatre, Theatre of the Open Eye, University of the Streets, NADA, Henry Street Settlement, Samuel French OOB Festival, Strawberry Festival, and the Hudson River Museum. Joan wrote and directed The Trial of Mary Reade for the Sackett Group. She has an MFA in Directing from The New School for Drama, an MS in Museum Education from Bank Street and is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers

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