EBE Ensemble Announces Cast & Creative Team for Elephants on Parade

EBE Ensemble will present the fourth annual installment of their award-winning festival of one-act plays, Elephants on Parade 2011 featuring new plays by Daniel Welser Carroll, Matthew Hanf, Alexander Motyl, Michael Niederman, Chris Purnell, and Tom Sime. Preview performances begin Tuesday, April 5, with opening night on Thursday, April 7 and closing night Saturday, April 16 at the New York Theatre Workshop's 4th Street Theatre (83 East 4th st., between 2nd Ave. and Bowery).

Tickets are $18 and can be purchased on www.brownpapertickets.com/event/155026 or by calling 800-838-3006.

Elephants on Parade won the 2009 New York Innovative Theater Award for "Outstanding Short Script" for Nico Vreeland's The Interview. This year's festival features five world premieres and one New York area premiere that expose the fears and horrors underlying modern American life. Daniel Welser Carrol's "The Day the Devil Passed Through Harper County" recounts a pivotal moment in the life of a rural couple that calls into question issues of personal strength, family duties, and Christian charity. Matthew Hanf's "The Sandbox" explores the tragi-comic nature of suburban life, cat poop, and a child's sandbox. Alexander Motyl's "Waiting by Godot" explores the flipside of Beckett's famous play, where we finally discover what the title character was up to. Michael Niederman's "The Fairy Tale of America" transports the classic Red Riding Hood tale into a violent, sexual, and hilarious contemporary America, with Hunter S. Thompson as the heroine's last hope. Chris Purnell's "0800-HELP-U-WRITE" follows a man who hires a young writer to compose his suicide note as both his conscience and his sister get in the way. Finally, Tom Sime's "The Right Reasons" comically flips the stereotype of the faked org*sm on its head as a young woman fights to discover the truth behind her boyfriend's empty condom.

The cast features: company members Eric Alba (Elephants on Parade 2010, Shakespeare in the Pagoda 2010), Genevieve Hudson-Price (Elephants on Parade 2009 & 2010; HBO's "The Wire"), and Ryan Willard ("The Not Too Late Show"; Nickelodeon's "Slime Across America"); returning guest artists Nick Reinhardt and Elizabeth Spano (EBE's Shakespeare in the Pagoda 2010); new guest artists Rin Allen, Penny Bittone, and Mary Notari; and the return of founding member Joe Mullen (EBE's Pre-Disposal, Elephants on Parade 2009)

This year's production team includes Cory Rodriguez (scenic design), Amanda Jenks (costume design), Lauren Bremen (lighting design), Joshua B. Jenks (sound design), and Lauren Genutis (properties designer). The plays will be directed by Tracy Cameron Francis, Elyzabeth Gorman, Barbara Harrison, Rebecca Lewis-Whitson, Bobbi Masters, and Adrian Wattenmaker.

EBE Ensemble is dedicated to developing and presenting new and unique works of theatre. They believe that making theater accessible enhances a community and that, through an ensemble-based approach, they can better present quality theatre that strives for an emotional truth. For more information, visit www.ebeensemble.org.

Elephants on Parade 2011 plays by Daniel Welser Carroll, Matthew Hanf, Alexander Motyl, Michael Niederman, Chris Purnell, and Tom Sime directed by Tracy Cameron Francis, Elyzabeth Gorman, Barbara Harrison, Rebecca Lewis-Whitson, Bobbi Masters, and Adrian Wattenmaker
Runs Tuesday, April 5 - Saturday, April 16, opening night is Thursday, April 7

Performance schedule: Wednesday-Saturday at 7:30PM; Saturday at 2PM; Sunday at 4pm

The 4th Street Theatre at New York Theatre Workshop is located at 83 East 4th St.
(between 2nd Avenue and Bowery)

Tickets are $18 ($10 during previews.). Student rush tickets are available for $10, subject to availability.

Tickets can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/155026 or by calling 800-838-3006

For more information, please visit www.ebeensemble.org

Run time is 90 minutes without an intermission

 

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