DEAD DOG PARK Shifts Opening at 59E59 to Next Wednesday

59E59 Theaters will welcome the NYC premiere of DEAD DOG PARK, written by Barry Malawer and directed by Eric Tucker. Produced by Boz and the Bard Productions, Inc., Sola Lupa Productions, LLC and Sharon Perl, in association with Bedlam, DEAD DOG PARK begins performances on Thursday, February 11 for a limited engagement through Sunday, March 6. Press opening is Wednesday, February 24 at 7:15 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Thursday at 7:15 PM; Friday at 8:15 PM; Saturday at 2:15 PM & 8:15 PM; and Sunday at 3:15 PM & 7:15 PM. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Tickets are $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.59e59.org.

A tautly written, riveting drama about a white police officer accused of pushing a young African American teenage boy out a four-story window during a police chase. In a moment, this tragic incident forever redefines the lives of all those intimately connected to it. The critically acclaimed theater company Bedlam joins with Boz and the Bard to present this prescient play.

The cast features Eboni Flowers (Paradox of the Urban Cliché by Craig muMs Grant at The Wild Project); Migs Govea (A Man for All Seasons on Broadway); Susannah Millonzi (Bedlam's Twelfth Night & What You Will); Tom O'Keefe (Bedlam's Twelfth Night & What You Will); Ryan Quinn (Whorl Inside a Loop at Second Stage); and Jude Tibeau (Ruined at Arena Stage).

Barry Malawer (playwright) is the author of four full-length plays: Chrysler, Cadillac, A Comedy (O'Neil semi-finalist), Chokeotte Dreams, and Dead Dog Park. He is also the author of numerous shorter works for the theater and four collections of poetry. He lives and works in Westchester County.

Eric Tucker (director) was named the 2014 Wall Street Journal Director of the Year. Off Broadway: A Midsummer Night's Dream (The Pearl), Bedlam's Saint Joan (NY Times top 10 of 2014; Time Magazine top 10 of 2013; NY Times, Backstage Magazine Critics' Pick; Off Broadway Alliance Best Revival 2014), Bedlam's Hamlet (NY Times top 10 of 2014; Time Out NY and Backstage Critics' Pick), Tina Packer's Women of Will (The Judson), The Belle of Belfast (Cherry Lane). For Bedlam: New York Animals (World Premiere by Steven Sater/Burt Bacharach), Twelfth Night and What You Will (NY Times Critics Picks), The Seagull and Sense and Sensibility (NY Times top 10 of 2014; NY Times/Wall Street Journal/Time Out Critics Pick), Saint Joan and Hamlet (NYC, D.C, Boston, Elliott Norton Outstanding Visiting Production and Outstanding Ensemble, Saint Joan 2015), The Libertine (The Kirk, NYC and Boston Center for the Arts, Bridge Rep; IRNE nomination, Best Director). Other: Copenhagen (Central Square Theatre), A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival), Hunter/Gatherers (Playhouse Creatures), Hamlet (with William Hurt, Stella Adler Theatre, Los Angeles), Mate (The Actors' Gang), Macbeth (nominated Best Overall Production and Best Director by LA Weekly), Pinter's Mirror, Bad Dates (Shakespeare and Co.), Women of Will (Shakespeare and Company and Tour), Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet (Trinity Repertory Company), Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet, Measure for Measure (Redlands Shakespeare Festival), Man of La Mancha, Sanctuary (North American Premiere, Veterans Center for the Performing Arts). Eric received his M.F.A. from the Trinity Rep Conservatory. He resides in New York City where he is Artistic Director of Bedlam. ###

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