MTWorks presents the first play in The Galveston Cycle

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Maieutic Theatre Works
Proudly Presents

2009 Weissberger Award Nominee (Williamstown Theatre Festival)
Semi-Finalist Princess Grace Awards

BARRIER ISLAND
The first play in The Galveston Cycle

Written by
DAVID STALLINGS

Starring
ALEX BOND*    DAVID L. CARSON*    ANTHONY CREP
MARK EMERSON*     ANNE CLARE GIBBONS-BROWN     CAROL HICKEY*
STU RICHEL*    FRANKIE SERATCH    JENNIFER LAINE-WILLIAMS*

Directed by
CRISTINA ALICEA

FOUR WEEK LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
APRIL 30-MAY 22, 2010
CENTER STAGE NY

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MTWorks is pleased to present the world premiere of David Stallings’ BARRIER ISLAND, directed by Cristina Alicea. BARRIER ISLAND will play a 4-week limited engagement at Center Stage NY (48 West 21st Street, 4th Floor, Buzzer 401#). Performances begin Friday, April 30th through Saturday, May 22nd.

Press are cordially invited Saturday, May 1st at 8:00 p.m.; Sunday, May 2nd at 7:00 pm & Monday, May 3rd at 8:00 p.m. (Unofficial press dates will be accommodated, upon request.)

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“It is true that living on a potential disaster spot has tended to develop in its citizens a philosophy which is at the same time nonchalant, fatalistic, imperturbable, stoic and with a sort of paternalistic pride in the blows that nature can give and that 30 miles of sand bar can take…” (Prominent Galvestonian).

Barrier Island tackles the nature of a fearless community that chooses to stake their lives on the strength of the historic Galveston seawall -- built to protect the island from natural disasters -- as they await the arrival of one of the most devastating hurricanes to hit the United States since Katrina, Hurricane Ike. Nominated for the 2009 Weissberger Award (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Barrier Island is the first play in “The Galveston Cycle.”
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The production features Alex Bond* (Flamingo Court), David L. Carson* (Nixon’s Nixon), Anthony Crep, Mark Emerson*, Anne Clare Gibbons-Brown, Carol Hickey* (Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge; Original cast of Urinetown), Stu Richel* (Mortal Decisions: a diary of the Donner Party) Frankie Seratch and Jennifer Laine Williams*.

Julie Griffith is the producer. Set design by Craig Napoliello, costume design by David Withrow, lighting design by Dan Gallagher, and sound design by Martha Goode. Courtenay Drakos is the production manager, and Carolynn Richer is the production stage manager. Barrie Kreinik is the dialect coach, and Nichol C. Rosas-Ullman is the assistant stage manager.
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BARRIER ISLAND plays the following schedule through Saturday, May 22nd:

Friday, April 30 & Saturday, May 1 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, May 2 at 7:00 pm

Monday, May 3 at 8:00 pm
Thursday, May 6 through Saturday, May 8 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, May 9 at 7:00 pm

Thursday, May 13 through Saturday, May 15 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, May 16 at 7:00 pm

Wednesday, May 19 through Saturday, May 22 at 8:00 pm

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Tickets are $18 ($15 Students/Seniors/Texans with valid I.D.). Advance tickets can be purchased online at www.theatermania.com, or by calling 212-352-3101. Tickets may be purchased at the theatre’s box office half hour before the performance.

Center Stage NY is located at 48 W 21st St, 4th Floor (Buzzer 401#), between 5th Avenue and Avenue of the Americas (6th Ave).

**Running time: 2 hours including one intermission**

For more information visit www.mtworks.org and www.barrierisland.tumblr.com
Photos available at http://picasaweb.google.com/kampfirefilms/BarrierIsland#

Barrier Island is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

*Appearing Courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association. Equity Showcase (Approval Pending)


THE GALVESTON CYCLE is a three play series written by award-winning playwright and Galveston native David Stallings that take place in Galveston Island before and after Hurricane Ike.  BARRIER ISLAND tackles a fearless community that rests their lives against the historic wall that protects the Island from natural disasters, and the young generation that challenges the emotional disasters no wall can protect, before the arrival of Hurricane Ike. A SONG FOR ST. MICHAEL’S, where a schoolboy's death stirs the people of the Island, soon after the devastation of Hurricane Ike. THE SEAWALL, where three single mothers must come to terms with an absent father, two years after Hurricane Ike, and one year after a National economic crash.