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New Edgecliff offers regional premiere Of ST. NICHOLAS

By Devon Campailla Filed in Box Office, Media, Press, Season, St. Nicholas, Uncategorized Tagged with , ,

February 1st, 2012 @ 11:02 am

Michael Shooner in St. NicholasNew Edgecliff Theatre announces an exciting addition to NET’s performance line up with the regional premiere of Conor McPherson’s St. Nicholas. This chilling one-man show features NET Executive Director Michael Shooner and is directed by Brian Robertson. St. Nicholas will run in NET’s newly-created major production slot, Feb. 23-March 10. Leaving his wife and children in Dublin to pursue his obsession, things become complicated in London when he finds himself in the employ of a coven of vampires! Already a metaphorical vampire himself, his confrontation with very real ones forces him to face his own demons and earn some measure of redemption. The New York Times says, “The narrative swings through so many forms of storytelling – from self-serving lies born of drunkenness to a proper Brothers Grimm-like fable…McPherson’s ear for detail is devastating.” Read more

Ego. Vampires. Redemption. ST. NICHOLAS runs February 23rd-March 10th, 2012

By Devon Campailla Filed in Box Office, Media, Press, St. Nicholas Tagged with , , , ,

January 8th, 2012 @ 1:49 pm

St. Nicholas A burned-out theatre critic becomes infatuated with a young actress. Leaving his wife and children in Dublin to pursue his obsession, things become complicated in London when he finds himself in the employ of a coven of vampires! Written by Irish playwright Conor McPherson (The Weir, Shining City) and featuring New Edgecliff’s own Michael Shooner, this wicked and riveting one-man show is sure to captivate audiences. The New York Times says, “The narrative swings through so many forms of storytelling — from self-serving lies born of drunkenness to a proper Brothers Grimm-like fable…McPherson’s ear for detail is devastating.”

Don’t miss this theatrical event!

featuring Michael Shooner • directed by Brian Robertson

February 23rd-March 10th, 2012
Tickets $23 Adults / $18 Seniors / $15 Students

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or order by phone: 888.588.0137

7:30pm Curtain • Columbia Performance Center • 3900 Eastern Avenue
near Bella Luna, Tostados, Allyn’s, Terry’s Turf Club and the Precinct

Intended for Mature Audiences Only

Sweet Suspense: Poe-sessed ONE NIGHT ONLY! October 29th

By Devon Campailla Filed in Box Office, News, Poe-sessed, Season, Uncategorized

October 10th, 2011 @ 1:11 pm

Sweet Suspense: Poe-sessedSweet Suspense is back!  The NET tradition returns for its fifth incarnation for one night only on October 29th.

Edgar Allen Poe has long held the gruesome imaginations of many with his takes on horror and death. What better time of year to enjoy them than Halloween?  This year, New Edgecliff ’s Playwright-in-Residence Catie O’Keefe (Darker, Extraction, and The Space Between My Head and My Body) adapts two of Poe’s haunting tales for the ever-loved Sweet Suspense Radio Drama: The Oval Portrait and The Masque of the Red Death. Both tales–dark, gritty and wonderfully gruesome–show us true obsession in its many forms. New Edgecliff Theatre brings these stories to life, complete with live sound effects and the atmosphere of an old-time radio theatre. The audience will also enjoy a sampling of delectable desserts from area restaurants, making this suspenseful evening truly “sweet”!

Featuring Live Sound Effects by WMKV’s Mike Martini
directed by Bob Allen

October 29th, 2011
7:30pm Curtain
Columbia Performance Center
3900 Eastern Avenue

Tickets $35 Adults / $20 Kids 13 and Under
admission includes dessert buffet at intermission
all proceeds benefit New Edgecliff Theatre’s Operational Fund

or order by phone: 888.588.0137

New Edgecliff Theatre Announces 2011-2012 Season: “Obsessed”

By Devon Campailla Filed in Box Office, Burn This, Media, Poe-sessed, Press, Reasons to be Pretty, Santaland Diaries/trueCHRISTMAS, Season, St. Nicholas

July 17th, 2011 @ 11:20 am

Infatuations, fixations and passions are the focus of company’s 14th season

Everyone has obsessions, and New Edgecliff Theatre’s 2011-2012 season seeks to examine the changes brought about by those obsessions – both in a person’s life and the lives of those around them. The five-show season includes the late Lanford Wilson’s Burn This and the regional premieres of St. Nicholas by Conor McPherson, and Reasons to be Pretty by Neal LaBute. The annual Sweet Suspense event returns for Halloween, and NET breathes new life into its annual holiday offering, pairing The Santaland Diaries with new work from True Theatre.

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