Cupcake Lady Productions Presents THE HOUSE OF YES

Keeping it all in the family takes on a whole new meaning in Wendy MacLeod's The House of Yes. Directed by Melissa Farinelli, and presented by Cupcake Lady Productions, the angst emerges and the bullets fly for 5 performances only, at Shetler Studios' Bridge Theatre, located at 244 West 54th Street.

Show times are:

Thursday, November 19th at 8pm

Friday, November 20th at 8pm

Saturday November 21st at 3pm & 8pm

Sunday, November 22 at 3pm

November, 1983. As a hurricane batters the Washington, D.C. area, Marty Pascal brings his fiancée Lesley home to meet his family, which has been stuck in a sort of time warp since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy twenty years earlier. This is especially true for Marty's twin sister Jackie O, who keeps reenacting said assassination and recently finished a stint in a mental hospital. Pretty soon the storm raging outside becomes little more than a summer shower when compared to the quickly moving familial tempest in the wake of Marty and Lesley's arrival.

Running for five performances only, the cast of The House of Yes features Laura Mae Baker, Leo Giannopoulos, Benjamin Lorenz, Rita McCann and Clare Solly. Set Designer is Michael Rehse. Assistant Director/Stage Manager is Rich Wisneski.

Wendy MacLeod's other plays include Sin, Schoolgirl Figure, Juvenilia, The Water Children and Things Being What They Are. She was the first writer selected for The Writer's Room residency at the Arden Theater in Philadelphia, where she wrote Women in Jeopardy! which was selected for The Kilroys' List and premiered at GEVA. Her play The Ballad of Bonnie Prince Chucky was recently done at ACT's Young Conservatory in San Francisco. Other venues that have presented The House of Yes include The Magic Theater, Soho Rep, The Washington Shakespeare Company, The Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin and The Gate Theater in London. The House of Yes also became an award-winning Miramax Film starring Parker Posey. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, MacLeod is the James E. Michael Playwright-in-Residence at Kenyon College and Artistic Director of the Kenyon Playwrights Conference. Her plays are available through Dramatists Play Service and Playscripts.com. www.wendymacleod.com.

Melissa Farinelli is a freelance director, stage manager and designer living in New York. As a production and stage manager she has worked with several independent companies such as Sink or Swim Rep, City Show and Morning Side Players, at The WorkShop and La Mama theaters, as well as FringeNYC. She received an award in Outstanding Sound Design at Planet Connections Theatre Festivity this summer with Cupcake Lady's production of Tech Support. She most recently worked on the original production of Comfort Women: A New Musical at St. Clements and Selection Day at Shetler Studios. A directing graduate from The University of Northern Colorado, she has directed The Misanthrope, To Buttzville and Beyond (by Jeanne Chennault Porter), Bedlam for the SocArtVets and several one-acts for various festivals.

Founded in 2012, Cupcake Lady Productions is dedicated to promoting women in the arts. Their most recent production was Tech Support: A Night of One-Acts at the 2015 Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. The production being nominated for awards in numerous categories, winning four, including Outstanding Overall Production of a Short Play, One-Act, or Monologue. By presenting new and existing works through different performance mediums and exploring truths and provocative ideas, the Company strives to create relatable entertainment that leaves its audiences with a genuine emotional experience. (And yes, they really do like cupcakes!) More information can be found at www.cupcakeladyproductions.com, or follow the company on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CupcakeLadyProductions.

The House of Yes will be performed at The Bridge Theatre at Shetler Studios, located at 244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor, between Broadway and 8th Avenue. Subway Info: take the 1, E or C train to 50th Street.

Tickets for The House of Yes are $15.00 at the door, $11.00 online and $20.00 for attendance at the opening night party after the performance on November 19th. (The opening night party includes wine, a snack and cupcakes!) All seats are general admission.

Tickets can be purchased by calling 866-811-4111 or online at https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/952491. The theatre is wheelchair accessible. The approximate running time of the show is 90 minutes.

The House of Yes contains adult themes and is intended for adult audiences only.

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