Buyer & Cellar at Penguin Rep Theatre

Contact: Andrew M. Horn, Executive Director (917) 692-5440, andrew@penguinrep.org
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 91, Stony Point, NY 10980-0091
Theatre Address: 7 Crickettown Road, Stony Point, NY (no mail!)
Telephone: 845-786-2873 Fax: 845-786-3638
Website: www.penguinrep.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Barbra Streisand sighting in Stony Point? Penguin Rep Theatre presents Jonathan Tolin’s Off Broadway comedy hit Buyer & Cellar

STONY POINT, NY – JUNE 10, 2016 – Barbra Streisand makes her first appearance in nearly 50 years at the Tony Awards this Sunday; come August she’ll be in concert in Brooklyn. In between, fans and theatergoers can get their Barbra-fix when Penguin Rep Theatre presents Buyer & Cellar, Jonathan Tolin’s award-winning comedy in Stony Point, New York, starting July 1.
A play about the price of fame, the cost of things and the oddest of odd jobs, Buyer & Cellar is the (fictional) story of Alex More, an unemployed actor, and what happens when he goes to work in a shopping mall built in Ms. Streisand’s basement where Babs is the only buyer! (The part about the shopping mall at Ms. Streisand’s home in Malibu is true).
Winner of a Lucille Lortel Award during its Off Broadway run, Buyer & Cellar was called the “most talked-about comedy of the year” by The New York Times.
The production stars Parker Drown, winner of the Helen Hayes Award for lead actor for Rent, and is directed by Stephen Nachamie, who previously staged My Name is Asher Lev, Becoming Dr. Ruth and Rounding Third for Penguin Rep and is associate director of the Tony Award-nominated revival of She Loves Me.
The limited engagement of Buyer & Cellar runs from Friday, July 1 through Sunday, July 24 at Penguin Rep’s Barn Theatre in historic Stony Point (Rockland County). Official opening is Sunday, July 3 at 2:00 p.m.
The production features scenic design by Patrick Rizzotti, projection design by Brian Prather, costume design by Dustin Cross, lighting design by Todd Wren, and sound design by William Neal.
Performance days and times are: Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00 p.m., with matinees on Saturdays at 4:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. There is also a special weekday matinee on Friday, July 1 at 2:00 p.m.
Penguin’s intimate, 108-seat theatre, which is located at 7 Crickettown Road, is converted from an 1880’s hay barn, and offers air-conditioning, wheelchair accessible entrance, rest rooms and seating, and plenty of free parking.
Tickets to Buyer & Cellar are priced at $43 (including facility fee and service charge). Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more and young people (30 and under).
Penguin’s 2016 season also includes Dancing Lessons, a romantic comedy by Mark St. Germain, author of last season’s hit Becoming Dr. Ruth (August 12 – September 4), and Michael McKeever’s Daniel’s Husband, an award-winning new drama about the power and pain of love (September 23 – October 16).
Three show subscriptions are on sale now and start as low as $86.25.
To order tickets or for further information, visit Penguin Rep’s website at www.penguinrep.org or call 845-786-2873.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

PARKER DROWN (Alex More). Off Broadway credits include The Good Swimmer with the Prototype Festival, The Lightning Thief at the Lucille Lortel, Cock with MCS Studios; Rimbaud in New York (The Civilians/BAM), The Wolves of Paris, Over My Dead Body, Into the Sun (NYMF). His regional credits include: Signature Theatre (Kid Victory, Hairspray), Olney Theatre Center (Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line, Grease, Cinderella, Joseph), Keegan Theatre (RENT - Helen Hayes Award, Lead Actor), Studio Theatre (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), Rep Stage (Speech and Debate), Forum Theatre (Holly Down in Heaven).

STEPHEN NACHAMIE (Director). Penguin Rep: My Name is Asher Lev, Becoming Dr. Ruth and Rounding Third. Broadway: She Loves Me (2016 Broadway Revival – Associate Director). New York credits: Animals Out of Paper (Hudson Stage Co.) and world premieres of Mr. Confidential and Foreverman (NYMF - New World Stages Award).

JONATHAN TOLINS (Playwright). In addition to Buyer & Cellar, The Twilight of the Golds, If Memory Serves, The Last Sunday in June, Secrets of the Trade, and The Forgotten Woman.



ABOUT PENGUIN REP THEATRE
Penguin Rep Theatre is a not-for-profit professional Equity theatre in its 39th year of operation. Its home is a century-old barn in Stony Point (Rockland County), New York, which has been converted into a fully equipped, handicapped accessible 108-seat theatre.
Under the leadership of founding artistic director Joe Brancato and executive director Andrew M. Horn, Penguin has grown from a summer theatre to become one of the Hudson Valley’s most influential nonprofit cultural institutions.
Since its founding in 1977, Penguin has produced over 150 celebrated shows for more than 400,000 people from the lower Hudson Valley and beyond, including new works by Lee Blessing, Steven Dietz, Tom Dudzick, Ronald Harwood, Arthur Laurents, Warren Leight, Jon Marans, William Mastrosimone, James Sherman, Elizabeth Swados, Staci Swedeen and Richard Vetere. Many new plays have moved from Stony Point to New York City, across the country and around the world, and from the stage to TV and film.
As The Journal News wrote in 1982: “Somebody forgot to tell artistic director Joe Brancato that he’s crazy to use a little barn plunked down in the Rockland County suburbs to experiment with unusual and challenging plays… I hope everybody keeps forgetting to tell him. The region is more the richer for it.”
And Mr. Brancato has brought together accomplished professional actors – David Canary, Michael Cullen, Gregg Edelman, Michael Esper, Barbara Feldon, Tovah Feldshuh, Beth Fowler, Deborah Hedwall, Celeste Holm, Richard Kline, Andrew McCarthy, Lizbeth Mackay, Michele Pawk, and Karen Ziemba, among others – to star in new and noteworthy plays.
“Guided by the skilled hand of Penguin’s artistic director, Joe Brancato, the splendid performers get first-rate support, as always at Penguin, by an excellent design team” (The New York Times).
“Penguin Rep is a place where theatergoers can experience magic time after time” (Lohud.com).
Penguin Rep Theatre’s 2016 season is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Penguin Rep also gratefully acknowledges the support of the County of Rockland, the Town of Stony Point, The Shubert Foundation and Cory and Bob Donnalley Charitable Foundation and generous donations from Joseph Grosso, Barry and Helene Lewis, Chase Mishkin and Morton Wolkowitz.

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Authors

• Jonathan Tolins