The REP to Present ENDLESS LAWNS, Begin. 3/26

The REP, Point Park University's professional theatre company, closes its 2014-2015 season with the world premiere of Pittsburgh playwright Anthony McKay's entertaining family drama, Endless Lawns.

Endless Lawns previews on Thursday, March 26, and runs March 27-April 12, in the Studio Theatre at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave. Performances are 8 p.m., Thursday - Saturday, and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Please note, because there will be no performance on Easter Sunday, April 5, there will be an additional performance at 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 1.

Tickets range from $24 to $27; preview tickets are $15. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Pittsburgh Playhouse box office at 412.392.8000, or online at www.pittsburghplayhouse.com. Patrons can take advantage of the "Pay what you will" performances at the 2 p.m. shows on Saturday, March 28, and April 4 and 11, subject to availability. The REP's Talkback series, where the audience is invited to stay after the performance and discuss the show, will be held after the 2 p.m. performance on Saturday, April 4.

Directed by Gregory Lehane, The REP's production of Endless Lawns features Laurie Klatscher, Cary Anne Spear, Jason McCune and Mark Staley. Scenic design is by Stephanie Mayer-Staley, lighting design by Todd Brown, costume design by Joan Markert, and sound design by Steve Shapiro. Madison DeCoske is stage manager.

Playwright Anthony McKay is an associate professor of acting at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama. He has had four of his one acts produced at Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York: A Million Dollar Glass of Water, A Traveling Companion, Sisters, and The Buster Sealy Story with Ted Danson. Father Figures, a trio of connected plays directed by Gary Kline, was produced at the Hamburg Theater in Pittsburgh. Before teaching, McKay appeared on Broadway in the Negro Ensemble Company's The First Breeze of Summer and Jean Kerr's Lunch Hour, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Gilda Radner. He also has numerous off-Broadway and regional credits. He also directed Hurd Hatfield in the one-man play Whistler at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland and staged a production of Grapes of Wrath with CMU's graduate actors at the Moscow Art Theatre School in Russia, where he taught in that famed company's training program.

Gregory Lehane, professor of drama and music at Carnegie Mellon University, has directed plays in New York City, where he was a founding member of Primary Stages Company and directed five New York premieres with that company. His work has been seen in American regional theatres, in Canada and in Egypt where he was a Distinguished Lecturer in Drama at the American University in Cairo. He directed a trilogy of Greek tragedies for the Moscow Art Theatre School. He has directed television programs for all three networks, PBS, TBS, Lifetime, Nickelodeon, USA, The Disney Channel, in London, and in France for worldwide syndication. He has twice been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Direction.

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