The Acting Company (Kent Gash, Artistic Director, Erik Schroeder, Managing Director, Devin Brain, Producing Director), by special arrangement with Eric Falkenstein, presents Holiday, a new adaptation by Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out, Three Days of Rain), from the play by Philip Barry. The one-night-only play-reading will occur this Sunday, October 6, 2024, at 7PM at The Gerald W. Lynch Theater (524 W 59th Street, at The John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York, NYC). For tickets, starting at $50, visit TheActingCompany.org/Holiday, or call (212) 772-4448
Tony Award winner Robert Falls (Death of Salesman, Aida) will direct an all-star cast featuring Ella Beatty (Appropriate, “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans”), John Behlmann (Tootsie, Significant Other), Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, the upcoming Superman: Legacy) Lilli Cooper (The Cottage, Tootsie), David Corenswet (Twisters, “Hollywood,” the upcoming Superman: Legacy), Hiram Delgado (Take Me Out, The Hours Are Feminine), Chris Perfetti (“Abbott Elementary,” Moscow x6), John Slattery (“Mad Men,” The Front Page), and Carmen Zilles (Epiphany, Lincoln Center Theater).
The classic romantic comedy Holiday, known to many in its beloved screen adaptation starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, has been reimagined by Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg and Director Robert Falls. The Upper East Side Seton family prepares to welcome free-spirited Johnny Case to the fold, but as New Year’s Eve approaches, the eternal battle between whether one lives to work or works to live threatens to break them all apart.
Proceeds for the evening will benefit The Acting Company’s national tour and education initiatives that reach tens of thousands of students and audience members across nearly two dozen states annually. Tickets range from $50-$500. Sponsorship packages are available for $5,000. For sponsors and premium ticket holders, the evening will include a post-performance reception with the artists. For tickets and information, visit TheActingCompany.org/Holiday, or call (212) 772-4448.
Under the leadership of Artistic Director Kent Gash, Managing Director Erik Schroeder, and Producing Director Devin Brain, The Acting Company brings professional productions and education programs, in-school residencies, and teacher training workshops to thousands of audience members and students in underserved communities and schools each year. Founded by John Houseman and Margot Harley, the company seeks to develop emerging actors and build enthusiastic, knowledgeable audiences for the theater in towns across the United States. The Acting Company launched the careers of nearly 500 actors, including Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, Mary Lou Rosato, Keith David, Rainn Wilson, Lorraine Toussaint, Frances Conroy, Harriet Harris, Lisa Banes, Jeffrey Wright, Hamish Linklater, Jesse L. Martin, Roslyn Ruff, Jimonn Cole, and Kelley Curran. Over 5,000 students in New York City and nationwide benefit from The Acting Company’s in-school residencies and educator workshops every year. Annually, over 30,000 audience members see an Acting Company production across the country who otherwise lack access to professional classical theatre. Among many accolades, The Acting Company received the 2003 Tony Award for Excellence in the Theater. It recently won the 2019 Audelco Award for Best Play for its production of Nambi E. Kelley’s Native Son, directed by Seret Scott. Since 1972, The Acting Company has performed for over four million people in 48 states, 10 foreign countries, on and off Broadway, and at leading resident theaters, including The Guthrie and The Kennedy Center. New works commissioned by the company include plays by William Finn, Marcus Gardley, Rebecca Gilman, John Guare, Beth Henley, Tony Kushner, Lynn Nottage, Meg Miroshnik, Ntozake Shange, Maria Irene Fornés, Spalding Gray, Marsha Norman, Charles Smith, Samm-Art Williams, and Wendy Wasserstein.
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