The T. Schreiber Theatre's Production of THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT Opens TONIGHT

T. Schreiber Theatre's (TST) production of Stephen Adly Guirgis play, The Motherf**ker with the Hat opens tonight, Saturday, October 22nd. The comedy previewed October 19 - 21 to sold-out enthusiastic houses. Performances of The Motherf**ker with the Hat continues through November 19th at TST. Several performances have already sold-out.

The production is the first New York revival of the play since the Broadway run in 2011. Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2015 for his play Between Riverside and Crazy and co-created the hit Netflix series The Get Down with Baz Luhrmann

The Motherf**ker with the Hat is directed by TST Artistic Director Peter Jensen whose production of Balm in Gilead, won a 2011 New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Production of a Play. Producing Director Halle Morse produces the show. Jennifer Weiser assistant directs.

Jackie's life is on the verge of coming together. He was just released from jail, joined AA, and has a new sponsor helping him stay clean and sober. Then there's Veronica, his childhood sweetheart. When the smell of Aqua Velva, and a hat comes between them, sparks fly. Fast, furious and filled with sharp poetic dialogue and flawed, colorful, wounded characters, The Motherf**ker with the Hat crackles with truth, humor and a sense of hope. A dark comic tale about friendship, love, addiction, and the difficulties of adulthood in New York City.

The cast features Jill Bianchini (The Hot L Baltimore/T. Schreiber Theatre), Casey Braxton (The Barbecue/13th Street Repertory Theater), Omar Bustamante (The Last Days of Judas Iscariot/T. Schreiber Theatre), Robby Ramos (Contigo/Signature Theatre), and Viviana Valeria (ROACH/Independent Film).

The creative team includes set design by Miguel Urbino, lighting design by Eric Cope, sound design by Andy Evan Cohen, costume design by Sherry Martinez, property design by Lilian Sun, stage management by Clarissa Marie Ligon, assistant stage managers Tai Thompson and Jessica Baird, production assistant Raquel Loving, and technical director Ana Dratz.

The Motherf**ker with the Hat runs October 19 - November 19, Wednesday - Saturday at 8:00 pm, matinees, November 9 & 16at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $20.00 general admission, $30.00 reserved seating, and $40.00 for dinner and show package with Crompton Ale House. Tickets are available at www.TSchreiber.org/MOFO - Performances take place at T. Schreiber Theatre, 151 West 26th Street, 7th Floor (between 6th & 7th Ave.), New York, New York 10001. Subways 1/N/R to 28th Street, F/M/C/E to 23rd. Running time: 2:00 with intermission.

More info is available at www.tschreiber.org

T. Schreiber Theatre, under the Artistic Direction of Terry Schreiber and Peter Jensen began operations in conjunction with Terry Schreiber's acting studio in 1969, at the beginning of the Off-Off Broadway movement. With the mission to advance the art of acting by creating an environment in which rigorous professional training, tested by the demands of performance, achieves fulfillment in an Off-Off Broadway venue that nourishes artists through lifelong membership and engages a diverse audience. Since its inception, TSS has been awarded numerous Backstage Readers Choice Awards and has been singled out by Show Business Weekly as one of the top New York Performances of 2011 for their production of Balm in Gilead. In addition, the theatre has been nominated for over 25 NYIT Awards, winning several, including Outstanding Production of a Play for their production of Balm in Gilead.

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