Signature Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Paradise Park
by 2007-2008 Playwright-in-Residence Charles Mee. Directed by Daniel Fish and with choreography
by Peter Pucci, Paradise Park
begins performances on Tuesday, February 12 at Signature Theatre Company's
Peter Norton Space, located at 555
West 42nd Street (between 10th and 11th
Avenues). Opening Night is Sunday, March
2.
"Welcome to Paradise Park, an amusement park that opens up into all of
America
and beyond. Meet the inhabitants of this bizarre carnival of life, including a
ventriloquist, his dummy, and a teenage girl on the run. From Futureworld to
Londonland, the Grand Canyon to Fred's Polynesian
Dive Shop, step right up to this wild ride of fruit cake tosses, underwater
ballets, square dances, and star gazing, too. The third and final play of the
Charles Mee Series, Paradise Park is a collage-like journey through all of America,"
explain press notes.
Paradise Park
marks Signature's third production with Mee this season. Iphegnia
2.0 had its New York
premiere in the fall and most recently, Signature presented the world premiere
of Mee's Queens Boulevard (the musical).
The cast of Paradise
Park includes Vanessa Aspillaga (Anna
in the Tropics), Satya Bhabha (Queens
Boulevard), Veanne Cox (Caroline, or
Change; The Dinner Party),
Gian-Murray Gianino (Eurydice),
William Jackson Harper (Queens Boulevard),
Christopher McCann (True Love), Paul
Mullins (The Torch-Bearers), Alan Semok (The Brothers Karamazov) and Laurie Williams (True Love).
Paradise Park
features music direction and arrangements by Bill Schimmel, scenic design by
David Zinn, costume design by Kaye Voyce, lighting design by Mark Barton, sound
design by Elizabeth Rhodes and video design by Joshua Thorson.
Through The Signature Ticket Initiative, which seeks to make
great theatre accessible to the broadest possible audience, all
regularly-priced single tickets ($65) are available for $20 during the regular
runs of each production for the entire 2007-2008 season through Signature's
20th Anniversary Season (2010-2011). The
Signature Ticket Initiative is made possible by the lead sponsorship of Time
Warner Inc. Generous support for The
Signature Ticket Initiative is provided by Margot Adams, in memory of Mason
Adams.
Tickets for Paradise Park
go on sale via a special internet pre-sale today, Monday, January 7th. The official on-sale date is Monday, January
14. Visit www.signaturetheatre.org for
more information.
The performance schedule for Paradise Park is Tuesday at 7PM, Wednesday through Saturday at 8PM,
Saturday and Sunday at 2PM. Please note
that there is no performance on Sunday, February 24th. Tickets are available beginning January 7
online at www.signaturetheatre.org,
and January 14 at 1:00 pm by phone (212) 244-PLAY (7529) and in person at the
Box Office (555 West 42nd Street).
