THE LAST FIVE YEARS Runs 6/20-30 at 11th Hour Theatre Company

11th Hour Theatre Company closes its season with the intimate chamber musical The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brownon June 20-30 at University of the Arts' Caplan Studio Theatre (211 South Broad Street, 16th Floor). Directed by Megan Nicole O'Brien, the two-person cast stars Michael Philip O'Brien as Jaime and Cara Noel Antosca as Kathy.

With a single preview on Thursday, June 20, opening night is on Friday, June 21. Performances run Friday through Sunday untilJune 30 with a single Monday "industry night" on June 24. General admission tickets at $28 are available by visiting http://www.11thhourtheatrecompany.org.

The Last Five Years chronicles the heartbreaking and hopeful life of a marriage, from falling in love to falling apart... or from falling apart to falling in love, depending on how you look at it. This beautiful, contemporary musical is an intensely personal look at love, ambition and challenges of marriage.

"The structure of the musical, the same story told from his/her perspective and juxtaposing timelines, is inventive and the music, with his/her motives interspersed throughout the score, is richly brilliant, making this one of our favorite musicals," said Megan O'Brien who is directing the production.

Megan Nicole O'Brien (Director) is the Associate Artistic Director and Co-founder of 11th Hour Theatre Company. As its Resident Director, she has directed nine productions, three of which have receivEd Barrymore Award nominations (The Great American Trail Park Musical, Avenue X, and The Bomb-itty of Errors). She has also directed productions at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Walnut Street Theatre, Act II Playhouse and University of the Arts, where she is an alum.

Michael Philip O'Brien (Jaime) is Artistic Director of 11th Hour Theatre Company where he has appeared in Ordinary Days,Rent, Avenue X (earning a Barrymore Award for Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical) and Tick, Tick...BOOM! (earning a Barrymore Award nomination). He has also starred at Walnut Street Theatre, recently in Plaid Tidings as well as in Grand Night for Singing, which garnered his third Barrymore Award nomination, and Les Miserables. His New York credits include productions at The York Theatre and Greenwich Street Theatre.

Cara Noel Antosca (Kathy) last appeared at 11th Hour Theatre Company in The Wild Party. Her other credits include A Moment in Time at Playwrights Horizons, Making God at Midtown InterNational Theatre Festival, and Bar Code...The Musical at 45th Street Theatre as well as several productions at Gateway Playhouse and Lakes Region Theatre.

11th Hour Theatre Company is a dynamic, boutique company committed to producing high quality musical theatre that favors intimate, story-driven musicals over flashy, budget-busting spectacles. Now in its eighth season, the company has presented eight Philadelphia premieres and has received thirty-one Barrymore nominations and seven awards, including two consecutive awards for "Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical" (The Bomb-itty of Errors, The World Goes 'Round) and several individual artist awards.

For further information, please call 215-735-7356.

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