Gingold Theatrical Group Presents Two Shaw One-Acts 4/21

Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw presents two rarely seen One-Acts by George Bernard Shaw, The Fascinating Foundling and Farfetched Fables on Monday, April 21 at 7pm @ THE PLAYERS (16 Gramercy Park South). Tickets are $20 dollars and available by calling 212-352-3101 starting April 1st. Kate Mulgrew will be joining the production for the first time.

In 1909's The Fascinating Foundling, a man and a woman are very definite about what they will and what they won't tolerate in a mate. Having little or no family is a plus. A lawyer and his aid unwittingly help them find each other.

Farfetched Fables from 1949, takes us on six separate journeys. Starting in 1949 and jumping well into the future, we get a chance to see just how absurd we are in the present and just how little we may change.

The Fascinating Foundling features the following cast:
Anastasia - Kate Mulgrew
Horace - Victor Slezak
Mercer - Lenny Wolpe
Lord Chancellor -Simon Jones
Narrator - Charlotte Moore
Host - David Cote

In Farfetched Fables all six actors will bplay various surprising roles.

In addition to Project Shaw, GTG is also producing a new play development program. Named for one of Shaw's inflammatory one-acts, "PRESS CUTTINGS: the new plays" will be produced by David Staller and Peter Flynn. As Shaw was a theater critic before becoming a playwright, all writers are currently on-staff critics or journalists devoted to covering the theater scene. The three writers chosen for the first year's cycle will be David Cote, Jeremy McCarter and Robert Simonson. These plays will be developed in a year-long workshop process. Once their own theatre space is secured, GTG will be presenting a full season including two fully mounted Shaw plays and at least one new play. These plays are to focus on the Shavian precepts involving individual human rights, political and social responsibility and the comic absurdity of daily life. Interested writers should contact Peter Flynn at 212-355-7823 or peterflynn@gingoldgroup.com

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