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"Sex and the City" Meets Samuel Beckett!
Jouissance
Theater Presents
February 10, 2008 - Jouissance Theater is
pleased to announce their inaugural production: Emma Sheanshang's dark comedy EVERY
GIRL GETS HER MAN. Carrie Bradshaw goes on a blind date with Samuel Beckett in this
new dark comedy about love, friendship and the redemptive power of delusion.
Performances will be at Soho Playhouse's Huron Club, located at 15 Vandam
Street. (between 6th Avenue and Varick).
Previews will begin on Monday, March 3rd with the opening
date scheduled for Sunday March 9th, continuing through Sunday,
March 30th. Press is invited
beginning on Tuesday, March 4th.
EVERY GIRL GETS HER MAN tells the story of five young
women on the prowl for the perfect man, and how they get taken for the ride of
their lives in the process. This dark
comedy about love, friendship and the redemptive power of delusion will be
familiar to fans of "Sex and the City", but playwright Emma Sheanshang aims to turn audience expectations
inside out with her own brand of absurdity.
The cast
for features some of the most attractive young actresses in New York, as well
as one handsome young actor to play all the male roles: Danny Bernardy (New
York Theatre Workshop, "One Life to Live"), Cass Buggé (FringeNYC,
The Kitchen), Amy Flanagan (I Was Tom Cruise at The Connelly Theatre,
"Sex And The City: The Movie"), Anna Margaret Hollyman (Workshop
Theatre, Manhattan Rep), Chloe Whiteford ("The Bronx is Burning",
"Law and Order: SVU"), and Sarah Wilson (New York debut).
Playwright Emma Sheanshang is a writer of plays, novels and short
stories. She has workshopped her
writing at Sewanee, Wesleyan and NYU, and her first play received a reading at
New Dramatists. She is the artistic director
of Jouissance Theater, New York’s newest deconstructive theater company.
Director Michael Melamedoff spent two years as the Literary Manager and
Resident Director of Studio 42, a not-for-profit theater company dedicated to
emerging playwrights. His work has been
seen in LA and in New York, in venues such The Public Theater, Ensemble Studio
Theatre, The Culture Project, and Central Park Summerstage. His short film, "Looking Out,"
received commendations in Directing and Screenwriting at New York Magazine's
First Run Film Festival.
The design team is John Eckert (lighting), Aviva Falk (costumes), Josh
Liebert (sound), and Tim McMath (set). Rounding out the production team are
Kevin Swanlund (Production Stage Manager), Lily Perlmutter (Stage Manager) and
Erika Omundson (ASM).
Jouissance Theater was founded by Artistic Director Emma Sheanshang to
produce work that shatters the imaginary barriers between language, experience,
history, desire and theory, thereby opening the floodgates to total ecstasy.
The word "jouissance" contains within it a play on words: "J’
ouis sens" = "I heard meaning". It is the pleasure of the
intellect and the intellect of pleasure. EVERY GIRL GETS HER MAN is
their first production.
The schedule for EVERY GIRL GETS HER MAN will be Mondays through
Wednesdays at 7:00pm, and Sundays at 7:30pm. There is no performance on Monday
March 17th, and there is an additional performance on Sunday March
30th at 2pm. Tickets will be
$ 18.00 for all performances. Tickets
may be purchased by calling 212-691-1555, or online at www.sohoplayhouse.com.
At Soho
Playhouse's Huron Club, 15 Vandam Street (between 6th avenue and Varick)
Previews:
Monday 3/3 at 7pm, Tuesday 3/4 at 7pm, Wednesday 3/5 at 7pm
Opening
night scheduled for Sunday, 3/9 at 7:30pm; Through Sunday, March 30th
TICKETS:
$18; Call 212-691-1555, or order online at
www.sohoplayhouse.com
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Phone: (212) 307-7181 Fax: (212) 813-9162