Rough Sketch at 59E59 Theater C

59E59 Theaters welcomes rUDE mECHANICALS Theater Company to 59E59 Theaters with the world premiere of Rough Sketch, written by Shawn Nacol and directed by Ian Morgan. The comedy opens at 59E59's Theater C on 17 Jan 2009, following previews from 14 Jan and runs through to 31 Jan 2010.

Doodle Ranch Studios is desperate ­ Coffee Beanies is over-budget and behind schedule. Two animators snowed in over the holidays while trying to save the picture risk their hearts and lose their minds in a creative conflict that threatens Childhood as we know it. Rough Sketch is a deranged comedy about the cutthroat world of G-rated entertainment.

The cast of Rough Sketch includes Tina Benko (Broadway's 'Irena's Vow' and 'Hedda Gabler') and Matthew Lawler (Will Eno's 'The Flu Season,' Don DeLillo's 'Valparaiso.')

Shawn Nacol's (playwright) plays include: 'Drawing Monsters,' 'PsychoPharm,' 'Trophy Wife,' 'Slay Belles.' Currently, Shawn teaches Lit and Dæmonology at Saint Ann's in Brooklyn and just completed Photo Op, his first short film.

Ian Morgan (director) is the Associate Artistic Director of The New Group. Since 1999, he has worked there developing and directing new work, and running the New Group (naked) second stage series and the New Group/New Works play development program. For The New Group, he has directed 'The Accomplices' by Bernard Weinraub, which has gone on to productions across the country, as well as 'Rich Boyfriend' by Evan Smith, 'Critical Darling' by Barry Levey and 'A Spalding Gray Matter' by Michael Brandt.