Casting Complete for Regeneration Theatre's Revival of KENNEDY'S CHILDREN

Regeneration Theatre is proud to announce casting for a 2017 revival of Robert Patrick's classic play about the loss of heroes and the impact a single traumatic event can have on a nation - Kennedy's Children.

 

In the 1970s, Robert Patrick was called the most-performed playwright in New York and there has never been a more important time to have the conversation he presents here.

Erin Solér directs an exciting young cast of Emily Battles, Jessica Carollo (What Exit?), Colin Chapin (White Noise), Nicole Greevy (Living in Captivity), Sara Minisquero, and Timothy Regan in a new environmental production for 6 performances only - June 1-10 at 7.30pm - at UNDER St Mark's, in the East Village, close to where its author became one of the fathers of Off-Off Broadway.

5 people. 1 rainy afternoon. A New York City bar. Trying to make sense of the world around them where heroes fail us and optimism seems to be as well. All have had their lives changed forever by a single event, and they will never be the same...

November 22, 1963. The day optimism died for a generation. November 8, 2016. Is history repeating itself? Do we ever learn from the lessons of the past. Are we destined to grow up like those who were left behind in Dallas - Kennedy's Children...

For more information and to purchase tickets at $18 each, visit regeneration.bpt.me.

About the playwright:

Robert Patrick is a pioneer in Off-Off Broadway and gay theatre, has published over 60 plays. His first, "THE HAUNTED HOST," premiered at the legendary Caffe Cino in 1964 and has been the first production of gay theatres from Toronto to Sydney. Samuel French called Patrick "New York's most-produced playwright of the 1960's," climaxing in the 1969 "Show Business" Award for "JOYCE DYNEL," "SALVATION ARMY, and "FOG," as well as Rockefeller and N.Y.S.C.A.P. grants.

His directors include Marshall Mason, Lanford Wilson, Clive Donner, and Norman Rene. Marge Champion starred on PBS in his "CAMERA OBSCURA" in 1969. In 1974, the international success "KENNEDY'S CHILDREN" won the Glasgow Citizens World Playwrighting Award and productions with Shelley Winters, Sally Kirkland, Kelsey Grammer, Julie Kavner, Julie Hagerty, and Anne Wedgewood. Shirley Knight won a "Tony" in it on Broadway and starred in it on CBS Cable with Jane Alexander, Lindsay Crouse, and Brad Dourif.

In 1990 at La Mama E.T.C. Patrick directed his last play in New York, "HELLO, BOB," about his worldwide experiences with "Kennedy's Children." For three years he did original plays at schools and theatres cross-country. In 1993 he settled in Los Angeles, published "EVAN ON EARTH," and began ghostwriting for television and films. In 1994 he published "TEMPLE SLAVE," a novel about the origins of Off-Off Broadway, which has gone into a second printing and been optioned for film. In 1996, he published "MICHELANGELO'S MODELS," "BREAD ALONE," and "THE TRIAL OF SOCRATES." In 1997, he received the Robert Chesley Award for Lifetime Achievement In Gay Theatre.
About the CompanyREGENERATION THEATRE: Imagine. Create. Inspire. Repeat. We believe that live theatre is personal, affecting and moving us, but also inspiring us to imagine and create new works. We are committed to developing and breathing dramatic life into engaging new works or revitalizing lesser known works.

For further information on Regeneration Theatre, visit www.RegenerationTheatre.org.

 

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