Ignited States Production Company Presents NY Premiere 'To Barcelona!'

IGNITED STATES PRODUCTION COMPANY is pleased to announce the New York premiere production of TO BARCELONA!, written by Michael Niederman, and directed by Elyzabeth Gorman. TO BARCELONA! will play a limited engagement at The Workshop Theater, NY (312 West 36th Street, 4th Fl.). Performances begin Saturday, October 11 and continue through Sunday, October 26.

A mile from the front lines of the Spanish Civil War, three New Yorkers indulge in their final night of drunken revelry before they kill, and possibly die, for their ideals. By morning they will know just how much they are willing to sacrifice for their utopia. Set at the high water mark of American activism, To Barcelona! tells the story of idealistic young men, struggling to make their ideology conform with their own human needs.

The production features scenic design by Blair Mielnik, costume design by David Withrow, lighting design by David Bengali and sound design by Martha Goode. Stephanie Tucci is the prop master and Christie Love Santiago is the stage manager.
 
TO BARCELONA! plays the following schedule through Sunday, October 26:
 
Mondays at 8:00 pm
Thursdays at 8:00 pm
Fridays at 8:00 pm
Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Sundays at 8:00 pm
Tickets are $18.00 ($12.00 students/seniors) and are now available online at www.theatermania.com or by calling 212-352-3101.
 
Tickets may also be purchased in-person at The Workshop Theater, NY Box Office 30 min prior to the performance. Running time is 2 hours. For more information please visit www.ignitedstates.com

Biographies
MICHAEL NIEDERMAN (Playwright) Is the author of the plays, The Kuptferberg Family Tragedy (New York Stage and Film), To Barcelona! (TRU Voices Reading Series), Alvin Saves The Day, Good Men, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (Risley Theater), Running Across Amsterdam (American Theater for the Actors), and Chelsea, Alaska (Lion Theater).

He is also the author of numerous short plays.  His pieces Every Man and Death From Above Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love America were featured at the 2007 Samuel French Short Play Festival, and Every Man was awarded top honors, winning the festival.  His one-act, one-person show A Lecture On Subjects Important By John Karpowski, Expert, was recently produced by Crosstown Playwrights, and his short play Last Call was produced by Blue Box Productions at their November 2007 Sticky Festival.  In 2008 Crosstown Playwrights produced his play One Little Duck at their Spring Forward Play Festival, and Blue Box Productions produced his play American Hosanna at their 2008 Sticky Festival.

Most Recently his play Chelsea, Alaska was awarded a reading at the Soho Think Tank Sixth Floor Reading Series, and his new play, Freshman Fifteen was read as part of Crosstown Playwrights Summer Reading Series at the Second Stage Theater.

Michael is also an accomplished screenwriter.  His script for the short film Proof of Birth won the Broadcast Educational Association Best Screenplay Award, and Faculty Selects at the Columbia University Film Festival.  His feature length screenplay, Saint Carlos of Gowanus also won Faculty Selects at Columbia University, was featured at the National Association of Independent Latino Producers Writer’s Lab, and is a finalist for the Sundance Film Festival Writer’s Lab.

Michael is the Director of Artistic Development for Ignited States. He is also a member of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP), and is a founding member and producer of the Crosstown Playwrights.

ELYZABETH GORMAN (Director) Is the Artistic Director of Ignited States Production Company, dedicated to smart works that spark debate. She is a recipient of the Stone Award for excellence in dramaturgy. This grant to assist the Artistic Associate in dramaturgy at the Huntington Theatre Company lead to similar work at Manhattan Theatre Club, which was her introduction to New York theatre.

Ms. Gorman directed the New York premiere of Caitlin Condy's Little Wing at the New York Fringe Festival, the world premiere of Caitlin Condy's See Jane Run at Prospect Theatre Company, Michael Niederman's Every Man (2007 Samuel French Festival Winner), the world premier of Jennifer Lane’s Does Anyone Know Sarah Paisner? and Going Postal at the Bad Plays Festival. Readings include: To Barcelona! (TRU Reading Series), Pictures With A Naked Camera (IVT's Oh, Hello! Reading Series) and Don’t Wait ‘Til It’s Too Late (Bad Plays Festival.)
 
IGNITED STATES PRODUCTION COMPANY is dedicated to the production of new work that has a focus on the political, the social, and the emotional. Our goal is to bring artists from all disciplines together, in order to tell smart stories that look at the world in new and interesting ways.  We are interested in theater that tackles major issues, from politics to religion, from society at large to the inner workings of the human heart.  We want our plays to be the spark of great conversation, and perhaps even greater change.  Ignited States begins with a question.

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