New York Theatre Workshop announce their 25th Anniversary season

The New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) celebrates its 25th anniversary with work by writer/composer/performer Rinde Eckert, playwrights Betty Shamieh and Naomi Wallace, directors Ivo van Hove and JoAnne Akalaitis, and theatre ensemble Elevator Repair Service.

The 2007-2008 Season (listed by date of first performance):

• Horizon.
  Written by Rinde Eckert.
  Directed by David Schweizer
  Eckert plays Reinhart Poole, an unconventional theologian and teacher of ethics at a seminary. Reinhart, who has been pressured to resign by dogmatic powers within his church, works all night on his last class, his lectures, questions, and stories. He also talks with his wife, argues with the ghost of his brother, remembers conversations, and indulges his hobby: a comic allegory about two ageless masons who've been building the same church foundation for 1750 years.
  Dates: Jun - Jul 2007
  
• The Black Eyed.
  Written by Betty Shamieh.
  Directed by Sam Gold.
  Depicts four Arab women from across the ages who meet in the afterlife. As these women � who include the Biblical Delilah and a secular modern Arab-American � struggle to come to terms with their lives and their choices, they challenge traditional views on sex, family, and terrorism.
  Dates: Jul - Aug 2007
  
• Play to be announced.
  A text (still to be choosen) - adapted by Ivo van Hove.
  Directed by Ivo van Hove
  This season marks van Hove�s fifth production with NYTW - we are very proud that Ivo can call the Workshop his American home. There are several classic texts that he is interested in exploring with New York actors, as well as some contemporary work. We never know what will emerge until just before we begin rehearsals.
  Dates: Sep - Oc 2007
  
• Four One-act plays.
  Written by Samuel Beckett.
  Directed by JoAnne Akalaitis..
  Four one-act plays, Act Without Words I and II, Eh Joe, and Rough For Theatre. Cast: Mikhail Baryshnikov will lead a cast that includes David Neumann, Karen Kandel, and Bill Camp
  Dates: Dec 2007 - Jan 2008
  
• Things of Dry Hours.
  Written by Naomi Wallace.
  Depression-era Alabama, Tice Hogan, a black Sunday school teacher and Communist Party leader, lives at the edge of trouble. When a white factory worker on the run demands sanctuary, Tice and his daughter, Cali, may just be forced to cross the line.
  Dates: Winter 2008
  
• A new work by Evevator Repair Service.
  Continuing their exploration of American literature, Evevator Repair Service will present a new work based on William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury.
  Dates: Spring 2008