MOST DAMAGING WOUND to Play at Manhattan Theatre Source Starting 11/5

THE PRODUCTION COMPANY has announced the world premiere production of Blair Singer’s MOST DAMAGING WOUND, directed by Mark Armstrong. THE MOST DAMAGING WOUND will play a four-week limited engagement at The Manhattan Theatre Source (177 MacDougal Street, NYC). Performances begin Wednesday, November 5 and continue Sunday, November 29. Opening Night is Friday, November 7 (8 p.m.). The production will feature Bard Goodrich, Ken Matthews, Megan McQuillan, Chris Thorn, Michael Solomon and Michael Szeles.

THE MOST DAMAGING WOUND takes place on a cold November night, when new parent Kenny gathers his college buddies to complete an unfinished rite of passage. The guests include Alan (Michael Szeles), a pharmaceutical lobbyist, Dicky (Chris Thorn), a carpet salesman with a big personality and a bigger appetite for the sauce, GG (Michael Solomon), a new restaurateur and Bo (Bard Goodrich), a former musician. When Christine (Megan McQuillan) shows up unexpectedly, the guys discover that the men they’ve become is far from their aspirations back at Syracuse. Reliving the Glory Days is not easy, in this Generation-X gang comedy, with booze, buddies, and breakthroughs.

The production features set design by April Bartlett, costume design by Deanna Frieman, and lighting design by Dan Henry. Barton Bishop is the sound designer Erik Grathwohl is the technical director and Jeff Meyers is the stage manager.

THE MOST DAMAGING WOUND plays the following regular schedule through Sunday, November 29:

Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
Thursdays at 8 p.m.
Fridays at 8 p.m.
Saturdays at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Tickets are $20 and are now available online at www.theatermania.com or by calling 212-352-3101. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the Box Office, half-hour prior to performance.

BIOGRAPHIES

MARK ARMSTRONG (Director) is the Artistic Director of The Production Company, which exchanges challenging new plays between the US and Australia. He directed the company's premiere productions of Stephen Belber's Melbourne, Elizabeth Meriwether's The Sound in the Throat, Beau Willimon's The Patient and I Am Ned Kelly, Alan Berks' Goats (NY Premiere), Ben Ellis' Falling Petals (US Premiere) and Beneath Us, Brendan Cowell's 967 Tuna, Ross Mueller's Pinter's Explanation and Elise McCredie and Trudy Hellier's The Furies. Other New York credits include Stephen Adly Guirgis' Untitle D, Elizabeth Meriwether's Poor Bob and Jason Grote's In His Bold Gaze, My Ruin is Writ Large (24 Hour Plays), anton dudley's circumvention (Keen Company), Delaney Britt Brewer's Hype Man and Edith Freni's Don't Fear the Shark (Youngblood/EST), Suzanne Bradbeer's Cocus and Doot (Vital Theatre) and Fear and Loathing on the Nile (EST), Nicholas Gray's Dug Out (Lincoln Center Theater @ HERE) and Frank Basloe's Linked (Hypothetical). Academic theater (as guest professional): Columbia, NYU, New School for Drama, USF (Holloway Guest Artist). From 1995-99, he was resident director with Dark Horse Theatre Company in his native Minnesota, where he directed Fat Men in Skirts, The Food Chain, Private Eyes, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress and Orphans. Member, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab. MFA, Arizona State University (Dobkin Directing Fellow), where he studied with Marshall W. Mason. Mark is proud to be the Literary Director for Playscripts, Inc.

BLAIR SINGER (Playwright) Recently, the Black Dahlia (L.A.) production of his monologue play, Placement, received four LA Weekly Award nominations, winning one for Best Solo Performance. In November of 2008, The Production Company (NY) is producing his play, The Most Damaging Wound, at Manhattan Theatre Source. His other plays include Notice Me, Linnie and Roog, and The American Fiancée. His latest play, Matthew Modine Saves The Alpacas, is about an actor named Matthew Modine who goes to Ecuador to save a herd of Alpacas on the verge of extinction.

Blair’s television work includes writing on the third season of the hit Showtime series “Weeds.” Other television credits include “Monk” and “The Book of Daniel”. He was a writer for the third season of the web series “lonelygirl15” and is currently writing a feature film for MTV.

Blair has also been a drama teacher in the Bronx since 2001. He started the Drama Program at the Bronx Academy of Letters and replicated that success at Mott Haven High School in Harlem. Most recently, he was the Founding Artistic Director of the Bronx Acting Ensemble, a conservatory-style training program for Bronx high school students.

Blair is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Drama and has been a member of the MCC Playwrights’ Coalition since 2006.

The Production Company’s work promotes and deepens cultural exchange between the United States and Australia and encourages artists to explore the relationship between our two countries.

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