Out Cry

by Tennessee Williams

Starring
Mia Katigbak and Eduardo Machado

Directed by Thom Sesma

November 29 - December 21, 2008
Previews: November 29, 30
Opening Night: December 2
Tuesdays - Saturdays, 7:00, Sundays, 3:00

The Abingdon Theatre
312 West 36th Street (just west of 8th Avenue)

Tickets: $15 (previews), $20 (run)

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(212) 868-4444

The play contains plenty of Williams's trademark savage intensity and beautiful, poetic strangeness, and is a potent commentary on the easily blurred lines between fiction and reality.

- Martin Denton, NYTheatre.com

NAATCO's re-animation of this haunting coda evokes the proper tawdriness, especially Czerton Lim's cluttered set

- James Hannaham - Village Voice

It was Ms. Shaw's voice that resounded clearly and took us though William's painful and humorous look at fear...I do recommend this production to playwrights and directors. The play shows what a lot of Americans are faced with now

- Suzanna Bowling, NY Broadway Examiner

Set: Czerton Lim
Lighting: Stephen Petrilli
Costumes: Candida K. Nichols
Sound: Jane Shaw
Postcard: William P. Steele
Production Photographs: Czerton Lim
Assistant Directors: Krystal Banzon & Gordon Walker
Stage Manager: Leta Tremblay

In Tennessee Williams' OUT CRY, Felice and Clare, two actors on tour, siblings, are abandoned by their company in a decrepit theatre in an unknown place. Threatened by panic and fear these two actors perform "The Two-Character Play," whose characters are named Felice and Clare, brother and sister, which may or may not be about the "real" Felice and Clare. OUT CRY was first presented in New York in 1973. Earlier versions of the work, which premiered in London in 1967, were presented abroad under the title THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY.

Eduardo Machado is best known as the author of over 40 plays, including HAVANA IS WAITING, THE COOK, DON JUAN IN NEW YORK CITY, BROKEN EGGS, and KISSING FIDEL, and as Artistic Director of INTAR Theatre.

Mia Katigbak's Off-Broadway credits include DOGEATERS (Public) LIGHT RAISE THE ROOF (NYTW) and ARCHITECTURE OF LOSS (NYTW), as well as previous NAATCO productions, including THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA, BLIND MOUTH SINGING, IVANOV and ANTIGONE, among others. She is the Artistic Director of NAATCO.

Director Thom Sesma is best known for his work as an actor in New York and regionally. He was most recently seen on Broadway in THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' and Off-Broadway in A HARD HEART. Directing credits include regional productions of Michael Healey's THE DRAWER BOY and Yasmina Reza' LIFE (x) 3. Mr. Sesma is founder and artistic director of The American Project, which was designed to reinvigorate distinctive American plays.

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