Casting For Upcoming National Playwrights Conference Shows Announced
National Music Theater Project TRIANGLE’ To Begin Performances

July 12, 2006

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference (NPC) and National Music Theater Conference (NMTC) continue next week, with new NPC projects The K of D (Laura Schellhardt) and False Creeds (Darren Canady) being performed. False Creeds, the winner of the Alliance Theater Company's Kendeda Playwriting Competition, marks a new partnership between the O'Neill and the Atlanta theater: Each year, the Kendeda winner will be developed at the O'Neill before moving on to a full production at the Alliance. Wendy C. Goldberg, NPC Artistic Director, stated "Our collaboration with the Alliance Theater and with the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition allows both organizations to fully support the work of a graduate playwright and to give this writer the support necessary to see their work flourish. I am truly excited about this collaboration and know that playwrights will benefit from the strength and wisdom of these two organizations, working together, to bring new work to the stage."

The NMTC's Kiki Baby runs through July 21. Triangle, with Book by Joshua V. Scher, Music by Curtis Moore and Lyrics by Thomas Mizer, will begin performances on July 22. Triangle is directed by Robert Longbottom; Dale Reilingis Music Director. The cast includes Heather Ayers*, Stephen Bienskie*, David Brummel*, Colin Hanlon*, Alicia Irving*, Jodie Langel*, Megan McGinnis* and Wayne Wilcox. It performs Sat., July 22, Weds., July 26, Fri., July 28 and Sat., July 29 at 8:15 pm In the Rose Barn Theater.

Cast and creative team details for the NPC projects are:

The K OF D
By Laura Schellhardt
Directed by Melissa Kievman
The truth is, Charlotte's brother kissed her on the lips before he died.
The legend is, now everything she kisses also dies. An urban legend is chronicled in a one-woman tour de force.
Performances: Wed, July 19th at 8:00 pm, Fri, July 21st at 8:00 pm in the Edith Oliver Theater

All Roles - Susan Pourfar*

FALSE CREEDS
By Darren Canady
Directed by Wendy C. Goldberg
While uncovering the source of his supernatural visions, a tormented young African American man discovers his own family's connection to one of American history's most horrific events.
Performances: Thurs, July 20th at 8:00 pm; Sat, July 22nd at 5:00 pm in the Dina Merrill Theater

ROLE - ACTOR
Lydia Moore - Eisa Davis*
Marcus Moore - Colman Domingo*
Amelia Moore - Rachel Nicks*
Fannie - Tymberlee Chanel*
Janie - Rachel Leslie*
Young Man - Stephen Conrad Moore*

*member of Actors' Equity Association

Schedule and artists subject to change. For ticket reservations ($15 members, $20 non-members) please call the O'Neill Box Office at 860-443-1238. Outdoor performances will be moved indoors in the event of rain.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, founded in 1964, has been home to more than 1,000 new works for the stage and 2,500 emerging artists and is itself the winner of a special Tony Award, the National Opera Award, the Jujamcyn Award for Theater Excellence and the Arts and Business Council Encore Award. Today, the O'Neill is home to the National Playwrights Conference, National Music Theater Conference, Puppetry Conference, Cabaret Conference, National Critics Institute, and the fully accredited National Theater Institute, which includes semester-long, fully accredited intensive theater-training programs and a six-week accredited summer program, Theatermakers. In addition, the O'Neill owns and operates the Monte Cristo Cottage, a National Historic Landmark and the childhood home of Nobel Prize-winning and four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Eugene O'Neill. For more information regarding the Center, please visit the O'Neill website at www.TheONeill.org or call 860-443-5378.