Ten Bones Theatre Company to Premiere Peter McElligott's IN A LITTLE ROOM at The Wild Project

Ten Bones Theatre Company will present the World Premiere of Peter McElligott's dark comedy In a Little Room, directed by Patrick Vassel at The Wild Project (195 East 3rd Street between Avenue A and Avenue B), September 9-24, with performances Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30pm and Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. Tickets ($15) are available online at www.artful.ly/store/events/12563. The performance will run approximately 90 minutes, with no intermission.

In a Little Room tells the story of two strangers trapped in the cold comforts of a hospital waiting room, feebly trying to restart their lives and failing fantastically as the hospital, possibly, burns down around them.

Ten Bones Theatre Company currently produces the hit comedy series Entirely from Memory at The PIT in Manhattan and at Videology Bar & Cinema in Brooklyn. In a Little Room will be their first mainstage production.

Pete McElligott (Playwright) is a New York-based playwright, actor and teacher. New York productions of his work include: Wake at the NYU Shop Theater, and The Diary of Lisa Frank at The PIT and The Player's Theatre. Full length works With a Bang, In a Little Room, and Gravediggers have had public readings with Pipeline Theatre Company, Stella Adler Studio, and Theatre East. He is Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Ten Bones Theatre Company, where he created and produces the very successful Entirely from Memory series. Regionally, With A Bang, a National New Play Network (NNPN) selection, had its regional premiere as an NEA grant recipient at Southern Repertory Theater in New Orleans, and subsequently received productions in Indianapolis at The Phoenix Theater and in Bel Air, Maryland by the HCC Actor's Guild. It's companion piece, With A Whimper, was also produced by The Phoenix in Indianapolis the following season. In New Orleans, productions consist of Not to Be at Le Chat Noir and Double Hockey Sticks at The Alamo Underground. In a Little Room was selected for a workshop in Ithaca, New York as a part of The Hangar Theatre's New Play Reading Series. Commissions include: Adventures in Wonderland, a choose-your-own-adventure immersive work written for The NOLA Project, a New Orleans-based ensemble theater company, for the sculpture garden of the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Disappearing Clarinet (One-Act) for a workshop by Ten Bones Theater Company, and a re-imagining of Don Quixote in the Spring of 2016, also with The NOLA Project.

Patrick Vassel (Director) is a director, writer, and teacher from Akron, Ohio. Patrick is the Associate and Supervising Director of Hamilton - on Broadway, in Chicago, and the 1st National Tour. Broadway: Magic/Bird (Assistant Director). New York: Two Rooms (79 Clifton Place), Rum for Sale (Columbia University), Gravediggers (Theatre East Reading), Connect (Workshop - Ten Bones), The Adventures of Boy and Girl (FringeNYC '13), We the People: America Rocks! (TheatreWorks USA national tour), Font of Knowledge (Shelby Company), The Little Dog Laughed (The Gallery Players, 1st NYC Revival). Regional/University: Lombardi (Palace Theatre, Wisconsin), Six Characters in Search of an Author (University of Notre Dame, Original Adaptation) As a co-writer/director: Nothing Left to Burn (Ars Nova ANTFest, The Public Theater New Work Now!, The Lark Playwrights Week 2015).

Ten Bones Theatre Company, founded in 2013 through the collaboration of directors, designers, and performers, has an eclectic body of work, engaging its audiences through improv, dance, and theatre that subvert one's expectations. Regardless of medium, all performances are defined by a commitment to: humor, storytelling, and building an experience. Visit www.tenbones.org for more.

The Wild Project is a theater, film, music, and visual arts venue that presents diverse, engaging, inspiring, and entertaining works to the vibrant and growing community of Alphabet City in New York's East Village, while bringing together the artists and the environment in a unique way. Founded in 2007, The Wild Project is an innovator among arts venues, providing an eco-friendly theater and gallery where the artists and space nurture each other. The company is dedicated to creating an environment that supports the artists, and to cultivating artists that support the environment. With an eco-conscious approach to presenting the dynamic works of hundreds of emerging artists each year, The Wild Project offers an artistic and environmental education for patrons of all ages, interests, and incomes in its community. Go to thewildproject.com.

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