New York Theatre Workshop

OEDIPUS AT PALM SPRINGS

Text – The Five Lesbian Brothers
Direction – Leigh Silverman

Scenic Design – David Korins
Costume Design – Miranda Hoffman
Lighting Design – M.L. Geiger
Sound Design – John Gromada
Production Stage Management – Martha Donaldson

Cast:
The Five Lesbian Brothers (Maureen Angelos, Babs Davy, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey, Lisa Kron)

Babs Davy ................. Joni
Lisa Kron ................... Con
Maureen Angelos ........ Fran
Dominique Dibbell ....... Prin
Peg Healey ................ Terri

Facility Address:
79 East 4th Street, located between Bowery and Second Avenue in the East Village.

Prices:
Single tickets, $60.00 each.

CheapTix Sundays, $20.00 (all tickets for all Sunday evening performances at 7:00pm; tickets must be purchased in person, in cash at the NYTW box office).

Description:
Love! Valour! Lesbians! The Five Lesbian Brothers (comprised of writers/performers Maureen Angelos, Babs Davy, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey, and Lisa Kron) are back after a six-year absence with a sexy new take on a crusty old play. Oedipus at Palm Springs examines the real-life work of trying to love another person through the story of two long-term couples on a weekend trip to the desert paradise. When the Brothers magically mix the fun-loving surface of tanning, mixed drinks, golf and sports utility vehicles with a messy infrastructure of commitment, marriage, passion and motherhood they serve up a comedy so brave it will leave you not only shaken but stirred. Oedipus at Palm Springs is directed by Leigh Silverman, who recently directed Lisa Kron's Well at both the Public Theater and San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater.

Oedipus at Palm Springs marks the return of The Five Lesbian Brothers to New York Theatre Workshop. Previous productions at NYTW include Brides of the Moon (1997) and The Secretaries (1994).

Dates:
First preview, Wednesday, July 20, 2005; opening night, Wednesday, August 3, 2005;
final performance, Sunday, August 28, 2005.

Performance schedule:
Tuesday at 7:00pm; Wednesday – Friday at 8:00pm; Saturday at 3:00pm and 8:00pm; Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:00pm.

Exceptions:
Saturday, July 23, no 3:00pm performance
Monday, August 1, added 8:00pm performance
Wednesday, August 3, special 7:00pm curtain (opening night)
Thursday, August 4, no performance

AfterWords:
Tuesday, July 26
Friday, August 12

Running time:
approximately two hours with one intermission

About the artists:
The Five Lesbian Brothers are Maureen Angelos, Babs Davy, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey and Lisa Kron. The Brothers came together as a theatre company in 1989 after performing together in various other combinations at the Obie Award-winning WOW Cafe Theatre. Their repertoire includes four full length plays, Voyage to Lesbos, Brave Smiles, The Secretaries and Brides of the Moon, as well as numerous event-specific showstopping acts. The Brothers’s plays have been produced Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway and beyond by New York Theatre Workshop, The Joseph Papp Public Theater, the WOW Cafe Theatre, Downtown Art Company, Performance Space 122, Dixon Place, La Mama, the Kitchen and the Whitney Museum of American Art at Phillip Morris. They have toured to London, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Houston, Columbus, Seattle, Philadelphia, Boston, and the deep woods of Michigan. Their plays have also been produced by other companies throughout the United States and, believe it or not, in Zagreb, Croatia. In addition to their theatrical work, the Brothers have also written a book of lesbian humor for Simon and Schuster and three short films for HBO. They were selected, along with Kiki and Herb and Tammy Faye Starlight, to host episodes of "Late Night Out" on the Showtime Network. Their work is taught in theatre and queer/feminist studies courses in universities throughout the U.S. The Brothers are the recipients of a Village Voice Obie Award, a New York Dance and Performance Award ("Bessie"), and a New York Press Award as Best Performance Group. An anthology of their plays entitled "Five Lesbian Brothers/Four Plays" was published in 2000 by Theatre Communications Group.

Leigh Silverman most recently directed the world premiere of Well by Lisa Kron at New York's Public Theater and a subsequent production at San Francisco’s ACT. Well appeared on numerous prestigious top ten lists of 2004, including The New York Times. Other New York directing credits include the 20th anniversary revival of John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea at Second Stage Theater and Finder's Fee at Rattlestick Theater. She will be directing the world premiere of Big Times at Walkerspace. Regional credits include Bad Dates at the Cleveland Playhouse, Jump/Cut (world premiere) by Neena Beber at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre (Washington, D.C.), Wit on London's West End and at the Geffen Theatre (Los Angeles), How I Learned to Drive at Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan at Theatre J (Washington, D.C.), and Blown Sideways Through Life at the Adirondack Theatre Festival. Other workshop productions include Baltimore Center Stage, Hartford Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, New York Stage & Film and the Sundance Theatre Lab (2001 & 2003). She wrote and directed Brandon Teena, which had an extended run in New York, was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award, and had subsequent productions in Texas and Pennsylvania. She holds a dual degree in directing and playwriting from Carnegie Mellon University.