RUINED : : ACCENT ON YOUTH

ACCENT ON YOUTH
A new production of a comic gem.
By Samson Raphaelson
Directed by Daniel Sullivan
Previews begin April 7, 2009
Subscription run ends June 14, 2009
 
David Hyde Pierce heads the cast in this rollicking salute to love’s possibilities, both on stage and off. Successful playwright Steven Gaye (Pierce) is about to abandon his latest script, when his young secretary offers him new inspiration. With her as his muse, he stages the show on Broadway, only to learn, to his dismay, that the show’s young leading man is being inspired by her too. In this fresh look at Samson Raphaelson’s brilliantly clever comedy, the Tony Award-winning actor of Curtains and Spamalot returns to MTC under the direction of Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan (MTC’s Proof and Rabbit Hole). The cast also includes Lisa Banes, Rosie Benton, David Furr, Mary Catherine Garrison, Byron Jennings and Charles Kimbrough.

RUINED
A world-premiere co-production
with the Goodman Theatre
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Kate Whoriskey
Previews begin January 21, 2009 · STAGE I
Subscription run ends March 29, 2009

From the Obie Award-winning author of such plays as Fabulation and Intimate Apparel comes this haunting, probing work about the resilience of the human spirit during times of war. Set in a small mining town in Democratic Republic of Congo, this powerful play follows Mama Nadi, a shrewd businesswoman in a land torn apart by civil war. But is she protecting or profiting by the women she shelters? How far will she go to survive? Can a price be placed on a human life? Directing is Kate Whoriskey, who staged Ms. Nottage’s Fabulation at Playwrights Horizons.