Women's Project Presents World Premiere of OR, 11/1

Women's Project will present the world premiere production of Liz Duffy Adams's restoration-style comedy Or, directed by Wendy McClellan and featuring Kelly Hutchinson, Andy Paris and Maggie Siff.

Or , is Ms. Adams's fast-past, three-hander about Aphra Behn played by Maggie Siff trying to get out of the spy trade and into show biz, also features Kelly Hutchinson and Andy Paris playing multiple characters of varying genders including 17th century A-listers Nell Gwynne, King Charles II, and super-spy and double-agent William Scott. While war rages and Aphra and her friends celebrate free love, cross-dressing and pastoral lyricism, the 1660s start to look a lot like the 1960s. Verse or prose, now or then, love or death... and a lot of kissing. Previews October 29, opens November 3, for a run through November 22.

Or, is designed by Jennifer Moeller (sets), Andrea Lauer (costumes), Deb Sullivan (lights), and Elizabeth Rhodes (sound).

Playwright Liz Duffy Adams is a WP Lab alumna. For an interview with the playwright and more info, click http://www.womensproject.org/OR_playwright.html

Wendy McClellan is a WP Lab member. For an interview with the director more info, click http://www.womensproject.org/OR_creativeteam.html

Maggie Siff played department store heiress Rachel Menken in "Mad Man" for AMC (left) and is now in her second season as Tara on "Sons of Anarchy" for FX (below right). She plays Aphra Behn in Or, for Women's Project. To watch Maggie Siff in "Sons of Anarchy" click http://www.hulu.com/sons-of-anarchy

For more info on Maggie Siff, Kelly Hutchinson and Andy Paris, click http://www.womensproject.org/OR_creativeteam.html

The production will run at the Women's Project, 424 West 55th Street. Performances will be: Sunday, November 1, at 3:00pm; Monday, November 2, at 7:00pm; Tuesday, November 3, at 7:00pm. Subsequent performances through November 22 are Mondays & Tuesdays at 7:00 pm, Thursdays-Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Sundays at 3:00 pm. For more information, including how to get tickets, visit http://www.womensproject.org/.

"Women's Project turns 32 this year, and we're young, healthy, and coming off the best season in our history with four acclaimed productions in a row: Sand, Crooked, Aliens with Extraordinary Skills and Freshwater," said Dr. Crosby, now in her third full season as Producing Artistic Director of Women's Project.

Women's Project (WP) produces theater created by women, providing a forum for women's perspectives on political, social, and cultural topics. WP was founded in 1978 by Julia Miles to address the conspicuous under-representation of women theater artists in the professional theater. During its 32 years, countless artists have achieved significant recognition through WP productions, including Anne Bogart, Eve Ensler, Maria Irene Fornes, Lynn Nottage, Suzan-Lori Parks, Leigh Silverman, and Anna Deavere Smith, among the many. WP has staged over 600 mainstage productions and developmental projects, and published ten anthologies of plays by women. In 1998, WP purchased a historic off-Broadway venue on Manhattan's West 55th Street, making WP the first and only women's theater company to hold the keys to its own stage.

 

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