Caps Lock Theatre Open FOREPLAY THE PLAY, Now thru May 6

Caps Lock Theatre will present The Foreplay Play by award-winning playwright Mariah MacCarthy from April 19 to May 6, 2012. It will run Thursday – Sunday at 8:00. This dark comedy is set in an apartment in Brooklyn, which is also the venue for this production directed by Leta Tremblay. In The Foreplay Play, a lesbian couple and a straight couple attempt a foursome with disastrous results.

Playwright Mariah MacCarthy is the Producing Director of Caps Lock. Her past works include Ampersand: A Romeo & Juliet Story (FringeNYC '11, Fringe "Best Performance"), The All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret (Rapscallion Theatre Collective, Purple Rep, Thinking Cap Theatre [upcoming], published by Indie Theater Now), Go Away Come Here (NYMadness), a 20-minute version of The Foreplay Play (FullStop Theatre Collective), You'll Thank Me Later (Jimmy's No. 43, Theater for the New City), Bachelor/Bachelorette (Co-Op Theatre East, Ticket 2 Eternity), and Dismemberment (Player's Theatre). Member of the Dramatist's Guild.

Director Leta Tremblay's past productions include Othello (The Secret Theatre), a 20-minute version of The Foreplay Play (Manhattan Repertory Theatre), Snow White Zombie (EstroGenius Festival), and Hangman School for Girls (Manhattan Theatre Source). Selected NY producing: Unville Brazil (Drilling Company Theatre) and Ampersand: A Romeo & Juliet Story (FringeNYC). Training: Smith College, Eugene O'Neill National Theater Institute, Wooster Group, Siti Company. www.letatremblay.com

The Foreplay Play will feature:

Lindsey Austen (Anika), one of the original "Foreplay Players" from the original 20-minute version of the play presented in 2011. During the past two years, she has focused on producing, serving as Associate Producer on Partial Comfort Productions' Obie-award-winning play, A Bright New Boise, and Production/Marketing Manager on Chad Beckim's After. Lindsey is a graduate of Duke University and National Theater Institute and a member of Partial Comfort Productions.

Nic Grelli (Kyle) has performed regionally in Honey Brown Eyes (SF Playhouse) and Superior Donuts (Dorset Theatre Festival). NYC: School Night (EST Marathon), The Un-Marrying Project (Purple Rep), Saturn Nights (Incubator/Longest Lunch), Ampersand (Purple Rep). Readings with Dramatists Guild, Penguin Rep, EST, FullStop Collective, and Labyrinth Theatre Co. Upcoming: Animals Commit Suicide (Terranova Collective). Short films: "Filthy Gorgeous" and "Adopting Skins." Producer of Jeesus Freaks, a webseries. Check it at: www.makelovejackson.com. Proud member of AEA.

Parker Leventer (Kelly) has acted with Red Fern Theatre, Columbia University, Full Stop Collective, Manhattan Theatre Source, The Lark and The Working Theater in New York, and regionally at Trinity Repertory and Magic Theatre. She narrates for Audible.com and AudioGo. Parker also writes and performs comedy cabaret acts for Forbidden Kiss and other venues. She graduated from the Brown/Trinity MFA Acting program.

Diana Oh (Isabel) performing credits include Soomi Kim's Dictee, Culture Project. Mariah MacCarthy's Magic Trick, Culture Project (reading). Judith Malina's History of the World, The Living Theatre. On Love, B.B.C. / National Geographic. Mariah MacCarthy's Ampersand, La Mama. Larry Kunofsky's The Un-Marrying Project. Featured in Bill Finn's Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists...Series. MFA, NYU Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program (Elphaba Thropp Fellow). BA, Smith College. National Theatre Institute and LAMDA Alum. Check out Filling the Well: An Artist's Retreat at www.fillingthewell.org. www.dianaoh.com

Tickets are $18 and can be obtained by calling 1-800-838-3006 or at brownpapertickets.com. Located near the Graham Avenue Stop on the L train, the venue will be disclosed upon ticket purchase. Availability is limited. The apartment seats 25.

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