MORE ROTATING GUEST ACTORS ANNOUNCED FOR BARROW STREET THEATRICALS’ “NASSIM”
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AMERICAN PREMIERE OF
“NASSIM”
BY NASSIM SOLEIMANPOUR
AT NEW YORK CITY CENTER, STAGE II
New York, NY (January 3, 2019) – Barrow Street Theatricals announced today the rotating cast of guest actors through next weekend for the American premiere of the Nassim Soleimanpour and Bush Theatre production of NASSIM by celebrated Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour (White Rabbit Red Rabbit), featuring direction by Omar Elerian. Joining the production will be:
Thursday, January 3 at 7:30pm – Annie Parisse
Emmy Award nominee (“Law & Order,” “As The World Turns,” Clybourne Park)
Friday, January 4 at 7:30pm – Ken Marks
Drama Desk Award winner (Airline Highway, Father Comes Home from the Wars)
Saturday, January 5 at 2:30pm – John Rapson
(Sweeney Todd, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder tour, Les Misérables)
Saturday, January 5 at 7:30pm – Lisa Emery
Screen Actors Guild Award nominee (“Ozark,” Casa Valentina)
Sunday, January 6 at 2:30pm – Meghan O’Neill
(HBO’s “Animals.”)
Sunday, January 6 at 7:30pm – Cory Michael Smith
Teen Choice Award nominee (“Gotham,” 1985, Carol)
Tuesday, January 8 at 7:30pm – Jeremy Beiler
Three-time Emmy Award nominee (“SNL,” “Inside Amy Schumer”)
Wednesday, January 9 at 7:30pm – Jennifer Van Dyck
(Hedda Gabler, The Divine Sister)
Thursday, January 10 at 7:30pm – Andy Grotelueschen
Lucille Lortel Award nominee (Tootsie, Into The Woods)
Friday, January 11 at 7:30pm – Jonah Platt
(“Jesus Christ Superstar” Live, Wicked)
Saturday, January 12 at 2:30pm – Brian Dykstra
(HBO’s “Def Poetry,” Lucky Guy)
Saturday, January 12 at 7:30pm – Desmin Borges
Lucille Lortel Award nominee (“You’re the Worst”)
Sunday, January 13 at 2:30pm – Susan Pourfar
Obie Award winner (Tribes, “House of Cards”)
Sunday, January 13 at 7:30pm – Natalie Walker
(“Wicked Science”)
Additional rotating guest actors will be announced shortly.
As previously announced, Barrow Street Theatricals, formerly Barrow Street Theatre, moves uptown to New York City Center, Stage II (131 West 55th Street) just for this production, which celebrated its official opening night on Wednesday, December 12, 2018.
No rehearsals. A different guest actor at every performance. A sealed envelope. And some surprises. In his latest work, Nassim explores the power of language to unite us in these uncertain times.
NASSIM was originally commissioned and produced by the Bush Theatre and received its world premiere at the Bush Theatre, London, July 25, 2017.
Nassim Soleimanpour’s first play, White Rabbit Red Rabbit, ran for more than nine months in New York, and was performed by Whoopi Goldberg, Bobby Cannavale, Nathan Lane, F. Murray Abraham, and other celebrated actors. It has been performed thousands of times in the United States and has been translated into more than 25 languages. NASSIM is his latest exploration into imaginative storytelling that also challenges traditional theatrical forms.
Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.NYCityCenter.org; on the phone by calling CityTix at 212-581-1212; or in person at New York City Center box office, open Monday-Saturday, noon-8pm, and Sunday, noon-7:30pm.
NASSIM is produced off-Broadway by Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian, and Tom Wirtshafter.
Barrow Street Theatricals was founded by Scott Morfee and Tom Wirtshafter in 2003 at its home in New York’s historic Greenwich House, where they operated the 200-seat Barrow Street Theatre until September 2018. They have produced and presented numerous award-winning shows, including the Tooting Arts Club production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe (with Paines Plough); Tracy Letts’ BUG; Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, Tribes by Nina Raine (both directed by David Cromer); Josh Schmidt’s Adding Machine: a musical, and many more.
Praise for NASSIM
“NASSIM is exhilarating fun, but also touching, moving and soulful. It’s very entertaining and funny. The play will be different every time, but it’s a gamble worth taking.”
–The Hollywood Reporter
“★★★★ Poignant and sweet like a sugar cube in tea. Playwright Nassim Soleimanpour uses a savvy, theatrically indirect process in NASSIM. It’s a thrill to see.”
–Time Out New York
“An unusually vivid celebration of theatre’s liveness, speaking the universal language of humanity. That makes it sound pat and sentimental. It’s not. This is a show that uses presence – technology and physical – and absence to clever effect. It explores the freedom and limitation of language, whether through censorship or the difficulties of speaking in one language and feeling in another. The act of staging this show is a striking demonstration of how words can keep us apart but also bring us together.”
–The Guardian
“The story of human connection and hope embodied in the very form of Nassim Soleimanpour’s work, and – perhaps – now also embedded in the heart of everyone who sees this remarkable show.”
–The Scotsman
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