Partial Comfort Productions presents the World Premiere of The Main(e)
Play by Chad Beckim. Directed by Obie Award winner Robert O'Hara, the
production stars Michael Gladis (best known as Paul Kinsey on AMC's critically
acclaimed series "Mad Men"). Previews begin January 16 at The Lion Theater
where Partial Comfort is a resident company. Opening night is scheduled for
Wednesday, January 23.
"The Main(e) Play explores the
colliding worlds of two brothers: Shane, a New York City actor desperate to connect to
the sanctity of home, and his younger brother Roy, a single stay-at-home dad
and sole caretaker of a dysfunctional seven-year-old. A return to Maine for Thanksgiving
forces the brothers to confront the loss of tradition, raising the question:
what happens when what was, is no longer?" explain press notes.
In addition to Michael Gladis, the production stars Alexander Alioto, Susan
Dahl, Curran Connor and Allyson Morgan with sets by Caleb Levengood, lighting
by Jason Jeunnette, costumes by Whitney Locher and sound by Daniel Odham.
The Main(e)
Play runs January 16 - February 9, Wednesday - Saturday at 8PM. The Lion
Theater is located in Theatre Row Studios (410 W. 42nd Street at 9th Avenue). Tickets are $18. For
information or reservations call 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com.
Chad Beckim's plays include …a matter of choice, 'nami, and Lights Rise on
Grace (winner of Outstanding Play at FringeNYC 2007 and a finalist for the 2007
Princess Grace Award). Beckim has a BFA in Theatre from Utica
College, and is currently studying
with Mac Wellman at Brooklyn
College's MFA
Playwrighting Program. In July of 2007, Beckim was named one of "50
Playwrights to Watch" by the Dramatists Guild.
Robert O'Hara received a 2006 Obie Award for In The Continuum. His other
directing credits include Lights Rise on Grace, Insurrection: Holding History
(The Public Theater; Oppenheimer Award for Best New American Play), American
Ma(u)l (ACT/Magic Theater and The Culture Project); The Wiz (Assistant
Director to Des McAnuff), Raw Pearl (Broadway-bound Pearl Bailey bio-musical
produced by Bill & Camille Cosby) as well as numerous regional productions.
O'Hara has been awarded a Rockefeller Fellowship, NEA/TCG Fellowship, a Van
Lier Fellow at New Dramatists, the Sherwood Award from Mark Taper Forum,
and the TANNE Award for Exceptional Body of Work. O'Hara received his MFA from Columbia University.
Partial Comfort Productions is a collaborative ensemble devoted to the development
and presentation of original new theater. The company was co-founded in 2002 by
Chad Beckim and Molly Pearson. Past productions include 'nami and ...a
matter of choice by Chad Beckim, Open House (Best Ensemble Award winner at
FringeNYC 2006); Craft and Nelson by Sam Marks; Booty Candy by Robert
O'Hara; Play by O'Hara, Chay Yew, Kia Corthron, Eddie Sanchez, Keith Adkins and
Tracey Scott Wilson; and Edith Freni's Baby Girl. For more information visit www.partialcomfort.org.
