FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE
April 21, 2005
The off-Broadway production of BONNIE PARKER,
now playing at the John Houseman Studio Theatre, 450 West 42nd
Street, will close on Sunday, May 1st. Previews began on April 6, opening night was April 9th. BONNIE PARKER will have played 3 previews
and 24 regular performances.
BONNIE
PARKER is a historically accurate and intimate study of
the love-struck young actress, "A" student, accomplished speaker –
and the “better half” of the world’s most infamous crime team. The “tiny poet” was a favorite of prominent
Dallas officials and attorneys prior to the Depression and membership in the
notorious Barrow Gang.
BONNIE
PARKER took several years to evolve, and was first
performed at the Circle Theatre in Fort Worth's Sundance Square. This production received excellent
notices from The Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and The Dallas
Observer, which prompted a transfer to the Door Theatre in Dallas. Perry
Stewart wrote in the Star Telegram that BONNIE PARKER was
"Powerful, poignant, auspicious, detailed,” awarding it 3 ½ stars. Jimmy Fowler gave Ms. Sedgwick the
Observer’s award for Best Actress, with Best Director to Mr. Black.
“People
have an idea who Clyde was,” says Ms. Sedgwick, “and we straighten that out;
but less is known about Bonnie. What
grabbed me was the real story of her downward spiral: People make concessions for love, but how far are you willing to
go, and for how long? Bonnie struggled
with tough hardships before meeting Clyde,” she explains, “and plenty more
thereafter.” Early films portrayed
Bonnie as an evil temptress. Historical
accuracy is very important to Ms. Sedgwick. The detailed facts are more
interesting than the various fictions about the outlaws. The play uses Bonnie's
poems, some diary entries and letters.
Ms.
Sedgwick has worked as a lead/principal/day player in feature films, TV,
commercials, corporate video, radio, and as a print model. She starred in a film titled "Loretta's
Last Letter," which is currently on the film festival circuit. Ms. Sedgwick recently wrapped shooting two
documentaries, in Colorado and California, in which she portrays Bonnie.
Director
Joe Black began producing theatre in 1971, and has served as Producer and
President of Bicentennial Theatre Corporation, Lone Star Studios and Video
Reader Company. Mr. Black created and
co-produced "Bluegrass Sundae" with Post-Newsweek TV of Florida, and
wrote and directed Kris Kindl, a new musical. In the late 1990s, he also served the Dallas-Ft. Worth Regional
Film Commission, assisting many network TV shows and feature films. There he
met Ms. Sedgwick and encouraged her to create BONNIE.
The schedule for BONNIE PARKER is Monday and
Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8:00pm, with history Q & A matinees
on Saturday and Sunday at 3:30pm.
Tickets are $49.95 (previews $39.95) and may be purchased by calling
Smarttix at (212) 868-4444, or online at www.bonnieparkeronstage.com. Photos are available for download at
www.brettsinger.com/clients/bonnieparker.html.
BONNIE PARKER
Written and performed by Dixie Lee Sedgwick, produced
and directed by Joseph Black
At John Houseman Studio Theatre, 450 West 42nd
St. (between 9th and 10th Avenues)
Through Sunday, May 1st
SCHEDULE: Monday, Wednesday through Saturday at 8pm,
Saturdays and Sundays at 3:30pm
TICKETS: $49.95 (Previews $39.95); call
Smarttix at 212-868-4444 or visit www.bonnieparkeronstage.com
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311 West 43rd St., Ste 1107 phone:
(212) 307-7181
New York, NY 10036 Fax: (212)
307-7178