RAT Undermain in New York

[nick <nick@nickspix.com>]

Hi all,

I saw the first part of this piece at HERE this summer.  It was excellent. 

On Sunday or Tuesday get a two-for-one discount by making your RAT
reservation at (646) 526-6246.

--nick



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.        Press Information:
November 30, 2000.                Victor Ruiz (646) 526-6246 or (214) 747-1424
                        Or undermain@aol.com, www.undermain.com

The Undermain Theatre presents 
SWEDISH TALES OF WOE at the Ohio Theatre

Swedish Tales of Woe
A Play Cycle by Erik Ehn  Directed by Bruce DuBose

Award winning playwright Erik Ehn examines the symbolic landscape of
Swedish folk tales in a two play cycle, presented by the Undermain Theatre.
 In the first play, Gold into Mud, a boy leaves his home accompanied by his
trusty weathervane rooster.  They encounter a confused giant consumed with
spinning gold thread into mud and straw.  In Stripping for the Dead Man, an
impoverished Gypsy prince seeks his fortune to win his lover's hand in
marriage.  The only problem is that he must die in order to collect it.
All the while, the Sun and Moon battle for dominance of the sky and a
lonely mermaid seeks out her lost love.

The Undermain Theatre and Erik Ehn continue their artistic alliance with
these pieces which probe the absurd cruelty of fairy tales and Ehn's
fascination with the life and work of playwright August Strindberg.  The
folk tales are told using masks, movement, projections, and puppetry in an
expressive and minimal poetic language, punctuated by an arresting musical
score. 

Dates: December 13th to 17th, Dec. 19th to 23rd.
Preview Nights: Wednesday, December 13th & Thursday, December 14th 
Preview Night Tickets: "Pay-What-You-Can".
Opening Night: Friday, December 15th, 2000.
Showtime: 8:00pm.  
Running Time: 90 minutes 
Place: The Ohio Theatre, 66 Wooster St.  New York City, NY  
Tickets: $12.
Box Office: (212) 924-0077.

With: Cameron Cobb, Nick Brisco, Newton Pittman, Marina Celander,Julie 
Plumettaz and James Garver.
Choreography by Jose Figueroa. Set Design by Robert Winn. Lighting Design
by Suzanne Lavender.  Costume Design by Happy Yancey and Valerie Moore.
Video Design by Katherine Owens.  Portions of Swedish Tales of Woe were
first seen at HERE Arts Center's American Living Room Festival, part of the
Lincoln Center Festivals.

For More Information:
Call The Undermain Theatre at (718) 777-2475, or (214) 747-1424.
Check out UNDERMAIN.COM for more details and special features.


Undermain Theatre is supported, in part, by funds from the National
Endowment for the Arts, The Pew Charitable Trusts, the City of Dallas
Office of Cultural Affairs, Westdale Asset Management, American Airlines,
The Dunagan Foundation, The 500 Inc, TACA, SoHo Think Tank, Bear
Technology, Federations of  Chians Cultural Educational Fund Incorporated,
KERA 90.1 and M.A.C. Cosmetics and The Ben E. Keith Foundation. 

The Undermain Theatre, now in its seventeenth season, is a company of theater 
artists which produces plays, commissions, develops, and publishes new work, 
and is involved in multidisciplinary activities including video, film and 
music. The company operates in the Deep Ellum area of Dallas and in New York 
City. 

Katherine Owens, Artistic Director, Bruce DuBose,Executive Producer.
Undermain@aol.com, www.undermain.com. 646 526-6246.New York