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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
COMPANY ONE Fronts a Flurry of
Ferocious New Plays
Edgy Boston Company Announces
Summer ’06 + Season ’06-‘07
“Risky
and relevant;” that’s how Company One Artistic Director Shawn LaCount describes his company’s upcoming
season. “We’re bringing New York
hits to Boston
and, at the same time,” says LaCount,
“continuing our fierce dedication to cultivating young, diverse local
talent.”
Since its inception in 1999, Company One has exploded on the scene,
quickly finding its way to the top of Boston’s fringe theatre circuit.
Now in its third season of residency at the Boston
Center for the Arts, the company
is known as the as the go-to company in Boston for edgy, envelope-pushing
theatre. Company One’s string of powerful programming continues
through the company’s eighth season, which features three Boston premieres.
After a successful run of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ latest, THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT,
which ran at the Boston Center for the Arts July 14 – August 5, Company
One is gearing up for the rest of its season.
Company
One fires up its eighth season with the highly
acclaimed AFTER ASHLEY, by Gina Gionfriddo.
Blisteringly funny and deeply poignant, AFTER ASHLEY is a story about a
teenage boy's odyssey navigating the joys and terrors of life, after a family
tragedy makes him a national figure. Heartbreaking and hilarious,
AFTER ASHLEY was acclaimed by audiences and critics at its regional debut
at the 2004 Humana Festival of New Plays and during its off-Broadway run
in the spring of 2005. Company One’s production will run from
October 27 – November 18 at the Boston Center
for the Arts.
Following AFTER ASHLEY will be the world premiere of SIX ROUNDS / SIX
LESSONS, by John ADEkoje. Author of LOVE
JONES – the one-act play that has enjoyed smashing success at festival
circuits and as its incarnation as a short film – ADEkoje
is a Boston-based playwright who will be in residence with Company One
this season. “We’re really glad to have John on board,” touts LaCount, “He’s a great guy and one of the surest playwriting
talents in the city. I’m sure he’s headed for big success and we’re
really excited to be working with him at this point in his career.”
SIX ROUNDS / SIX LESSONS, a “Tragic-comic Hip Hop Concerto”, journeys
into the complex psychological depths of Ace, a boxer whose life as a
Black man in today’s society is way more punishing than what he endures
in the ring. Featuring a live onstage DJ and bending the barriers
between audience and performers, SIX ROUNDS / SIX LESSONS, in performance
March 9 - 31, will explode traditional notions of live theatre.
For the third show in Company One’s season, the group is, once again,
bringing in the best from the past New
York season. MR. MARMALADE, an outrageous
comedy by PERSEPHONE playwright, Noah Haidle,
explores the imaginary life of 4-year-old Lucy, who has a constantly
evolving tryst with her imaginary friend, Mr. Marmalade. This
deeply disturbing play premiered in New York at the Roundabout Theatre
Company and starred Michael C. Hall (Six Feet Under) and Mamie Gummer (daughter of Meryl
Streep). MR. MARMALADE will also run at
the Boston Center for the Arts, from July 13
– August 11, 2007.
With its eighth season now underway, Company One has rolled out its new
subscription program. Dubbed the Company One “Company Card,” this
flexible season-ticket, now available to order online at Company One’s
website, allows patrons to subscribe in advance to their choice of 2, 3
or 4 shows – all at generously discounted prices. This, along with
the company’s jump to using the larger Plaza Theatre for all three shows
of the season, represents significant strides for the company. LaCount, also one of the company’s founding members,
ponders, “We saw a niche that was open in the Boston theatre community and slowly,
over these past seven years, we’ve come to fill it.”
For more information on Company One’s upcoming season, please call Mason
Sand, Company One Director of Public Relations, at 617.230.6753, email at
msand@CompanyOne.org
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