ADDING MACHINE Gets D.C. Premiere at Studio Theatre, 10/14

ADDING MACHINE will get its Washington D.C. premiere beginning October 14th at the Studio Theatre. The production is directed by ADDING MACHINE co-writer Jason Loewith. The show will play through November 1st.

Elmer Rice's expressionistic masterpiece is re-imagined in this new musical, which had a New York run in 2008 at the Minetta Lane Theatre. After losing his job to a machine, Mr. Zero's monotonous life swirls into chaos. With jangling, percussive music reflecting period influences - including early-20th-century modernists, Tin Pan Alley and gospel - this work conjures a vision of American life in the 1920s at odds with that decade's popular image as a happy-go-lucky era ended only by the Depression. It is a vision that feels eerily in tune with our own unsettled economy.

Tickets for ADDING MACHINE are $57 and are available online at The Studio Theatre's website, here or by phone at 202-232-3300.

The Studio Theatre's mission is to produce the best in contemporary theatre. Its restless, innovative spirit makes it a leader both in Washington, DC, and in the nation. Artist-founded and artist-driven, The Studio Theatre demands the highest quality production values. In its four-theatre performance complex, The Studio Theatre brings audiences provocative writing and unparalleled artistry in performance, directing and design. Secondstage uses the raw, flexible Stage 4 to create edgy and irreverent productions that complement The Studio Theatre's season, and our Special Events open the theatre's doors to one-of-a-kind artists that would not otherwise be seen in Washington. The Studio Theatre provides opportunities for developing theatre artists as year-long apprentices and in Secondstage. Acting Conservatory offers rigorous professional theatre training in close partnership with the working artists at The Studio Theatre. The theatre is deeply invested in the community and in neighborhood revitalization.

For more information, visit Studio Theatre's website at www.studiotheatre.org.

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