The London-based Shamelessboyz Theatre Company’s production of Jack Heifner’s all male take on La Ronde, seduction… will play Milwaukee and Chicago. The non-equity production which started out on the London fringe had a sell-out run at the 2005 New York International Fringe Festival. Featuring the London cast, seduction…opens at the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center’s Uncommon Theatre in March before moving to Chicago’s Bailiwick Repertory in June.
The London-based Shamelessboyz Theatre Company’s production of Jack Heifner’s all male take on La Ronde, seduction… will play Milwaukee and Chicago. The non-equity production which started out on the London fringe had a sell-out run at the 2005 New York International Fringe Festival. Featuring the London cast, seduction…opens at the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center’s Uncommon Theatre in March before moving to Chicago’s Bailiwick Repertory in June.
Milwaukee, WI: March 31 - April 9, 2006
Uncommon Theatre Company
Performance times: Tues - Sun 7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee Gay Arts Center
Tickets: $20.00
703 South 2nd St.
Book now on 1-800 595 4849
Milwaukee WI 53204
Tel: ( 214) 383 3727
www.uncommontheatre.net
Chicago, ILL: June 27 - July 9, 2006
Bailiwick Repertory
Performance times: Tues, Wed, Thurs 8 p.m.
1229 West Belmont
Fri 9:30 p.m.
Chicago, IL 60657-3205
Sat 7 p.m.
Tel: 773 883 1090
Sun 4 p.m. www.bailiwick.org
"Magical males!...Sexually it's as full-blooded as a randy bull on Viagra! See it now," said QX Magazine, London.
"Alluring, superbly directed…powerful and shocking," stated Newyorkcool.com.
"Sexy, immoral...powerful performances,’ 5 Stars," said Whatsonstage.com.
"Consistently incisive direction...extremely talented British cast," quoted CurtainUp.com.
a rent boy ... sailor ... handyman ... student ... professor ... businessman ... teenager ... writer ... actor ... producer ... all skilled in the art of ... seduction...
Cast - Adam Blake, Phil Price, Josh Schumaker, Graham Townsend, Gareth Watkins.
Director - Peter Bull
Designer - James Galloway
Lighting Designer - Robert Stemson
Sound Designer - Juhani Naukkarinen
The two Midwest venues are no strangers to male nudity and should suit seduction… perfectly. They both recently hosted the hit musical revue Naked Boys Singing!. NBS! ran for over 5 years at Bailiwick Repertory, whilst the Uncommon Theatre production in Milwaukee was infamously and unlawfully shut down for a while by Milwaukee Police Department Vice Squad. seduction… cast member Phil Price joined the Milwaukee production after it reopened.
Jack Heifner, Author
Jack Heifner is best known for his play Vanities that ran for over five years in New York and became one of the longest running plays in off-Broadway history.
He is also the author of over thirty other plays including Natural Disasters, Running on Empty, Earth to Bucky, Bargains, Jumping for Joy, Boy's Play, Home Fires, Heartbreak, Comfort and Joy, Key West, The Lemon Cookie, seduction... and others produced in New York, Los Angeles and theatres around the world.
Mr. Heifner has written the book to six musicals including Leader of the Pack on Broadway, for which he received a Tony Award nomination. He has also written for television and film. Currently Mr. Heifner is working on a musical version of Vanities, which opens at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto in June.
