Ray Cooney's IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY Comes to Gallery Players Tonight

Gallery Players continues its 49th season with the Holiday farce IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY by Ray Cooney, directed by Mark Harborth and running tonight, December 5 - 20, 2015.

Set during the Christmas season, this comedy focuses on Dr. Mortimer, the undistinguished head of Neurology at St. Andrew's hospital in London, who is nervously preparing for a highly prestigious lecture to be presented to the world's leading physicians. If all goes well it could mean a tremendous future, possibly a knighthood. The pressure is enormous; but the good doctor can cope. However, when a distraught former mistress shows up with some shocking news, Dr. Mortimer's stress levels go into orbit where they stay until the final twist of this fast-paced roller coaster of a farce. The complications that follow are classic Cooney: deceptions, mistakes and misunderstandings, punctuated with the constant interruptions of Mortimer's wife, his boss, the severe hospital matron, a police sergeant and his best friend, Dr. Bonney, who for some reason has to impersonate Marlene Dietrich, Fred Astaire and Al Jolson. Whew!

IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY opens Saturday, December 5th and runs for 12 performances through Sunday, December 20th, 2015. Performances will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00PM and Sunday afternoons at 3:00PM. The second and third Saturdays (December 12th and 19th) will also have matinees at 2PM.

Tickets are $18 for adults and $15 for seniors and children 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased 24/7 online at www.gallleryplayers.com or by calling Ovationtix at 212 352 3101 (phone hours 9-9 weekdays, 10-6 weekends).

* IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY is an approved Actors' Equity Association showcase.

Bringing IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY to the Gallery stage is Producer, Dominic Cuskern; Director, Mark Harborth ; Scenic Design, Jerry Mittelhauser ; Lighting Design, Scott Andrew Cally ; Costume Design, Marisa Kaugars ; Properties Design, Roxanne Goodby; Production Stage Manager, Kathleen Parker and an outstanding acting ensemble including Elyssa Nicole Ackerman; Leonardo Altafini; Monica Ammerman; Joseph Cassese*; Dominic Cuskern*; Larry Gutman; Michael Hardart*; Noelle McGrath*; Adrian Rifat; Amy Scanlon; Ben Van Berkum; and Pauline Walsh. (*denotes member of Actors' Equity Association)

Following the Sunday, December 6th matinee, the audience is invited to Gallery Talks, a brief, complimentary post-show discussion hosted by Barrie Gelles.

A New York institution since 1967-nearly 50 years-The Gallery Players' season comprises three plays and three musicals from both the classic and contemporary repertoire; the season finale is the annual Black Box New Play Festival, which workshops and presents world premier productions of works by emerging playwrights. Gallery has received the Off-Off Broadway Review's 2000 Award for Lifetime Achievement, as well as New York Innovative Theater (IT) awards for outstanding musical for Urinetown, Yank, and Like You Like It, and has earned the reputation of "New York's Best Kept Secret."

The Gallery Players is located at 199 14th Street, between 4th and 5th Avenues, in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Take the F or G Train to 4th Avenue or the R train to 9th Street. For more information, visit galleryplayers.com.

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