St. Louis Actors’ Studio presents three premieres of plays by Tony Award nominated playwright Neil LaBute as part of the

LaBUTE NEW THEATRE FESTIVAL

Directed by NEIL LaBUTE & JOHN PIERSON
Artistic Director: WILLIAM ROTH
Set Design: PATRICK HUBER
Costume Design: MEGAN HARSHAW
Technical Director and Light Design: JONATHAN ZELEZNIAK
Production Stage Manager: SETH WARD PYATT
Assistant Stage Manager: JOSEPHINEROTH
Production Assistant AMY J. PAIGE

Cast: GIA CROVATIN, KEILYN DURREL JONES, BRENDA MEANEY and ERIN DEAN WHITE

Press Agent: JOE TRENTACOSTA

The Davenport Theatre (Downstairs, 354 West 45th Street, NYC).

January 1 - 14, 2019

All three plays are thought provoking with content that is both familiar and disturbing. Unfiltered, stream-of-consciousness conversations from a Nazi sympathizer, a couple meeting for a first date who are unequal intellectually (okay, one of them is clueless and insensitive), and a woman lamenting her past decisions that still haunt her today, are delivered with clever dialog that is sharp, and perceptive. You are drawn in to look at stereotypes and prejudice in a way that asks, “Could that be me?”

Take 90 minutes to see THE FOURTH REICH, GREAT NEGRO WORKS OF ART and UNLIKELY JAPAN and you will have plenty to discuss after the show.

- Ronni Burns -