Second Stage Theatre announce three productions of their upcoming 2008 - 2009 season

Second Stage Theatre has announced three of the four plays scheduled for its upcoming 30th Anniversary Season.

The season will kick off in the fall with a 20th Anniversary staging of Howard Korder's 1988 breakthrough play Boy's Life, followed by Gina Gionfriddo's Becky Shaw, directed by Peter DuBois, which recently received a critically acclaimed world premiere staging at the Humana Festival. The 30th Anniversary season will also include the world premiere of Mr. & Mrs. Fitch, by Douglas Carter Beane, whose Tony-nominated hit 'The Little Dog Laughed' had its world premiere at Second Stage Theatre in 2005.

A fourth production remains to be announced.

Second Stage Theatre's 2008 - 09 season:

Boy's Life (20th Anniversary production)
Written by: Howard Korder
Directed by: TBA
Cast: TBA
Synopsis: About three college buddies making their way in the big city. As they maneuver between life and sex in New York, Korder lacerates the prolonged adolescence that often takes the place of modern manhood.
Previews: ?? Sep 2008
Opens: ?? Oct 2008
Closes: ?? ?? 2008

Twenty years after its acclaimed world premiere, Howard Korder's Boy's Life will receive its first major New York remounting.

Howard Korder's (Playwright) other plays include 'Search and Destroy,' 'Sea of Tranquility,' 'The Hollow Lands,' 'The Lights' (Obie Award), 'Fun,' and 'Nobody,' among others. He also wrote 'The Passion of Ayn Rand' for Showtime, starring Helen Mirren and Peter Fonda, and co-wrote the screenplay for the upcoming film 'Lakeview Terrace' starring Samuel L. Jackson and Patrick Wilson.

Becky Shaw (New York premiere)
Written by: Gina Gionfriddo
Directed by: TBA
Cast: TBA
Synopsis: A newlywed couple fixes up two romantically challenged friends: wife's best friend, meet husband's sexy and strange new co-worker. When an evening calculated to bring happiness takes a dark turn, crisis and comedy ensue.
Previews: ?? Jan 2009
Opens: ?? Feb 2009
Closes: ?? ?? 2009

Gina Gionfriddo is the author of 'After Ashley,' 'U.S. Drag,' 'Guinevere,' 'Safe,' and 'Trepidation Nation,' among other plays. She has received an Obie Award, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the Helen Merrill Award for Emerging Playwrights, a Lucille Lortel Fellowship, and a Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship.

Peter DuBois (Director) is the newly appointed Artistic Director of Boston's Huntington Theatre Company. Also a former Artistic Director of Alaska's innovative Perseverance Theatre Company, DuBois' recent work includes the Obie Award-winning production of David Grimm's 'Measure for Pleasure,' as well as 'Richard III' starring Peter Dinklage (both at the Public Theatre) and the LAByrinth Theatre Company's co-production of Bob Glaudini's 'Jack Goes Boating' starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Ortiz, Beth Cole and Daphne Rubin-Vega.

Mr. & Mrs. Fitch (World premiere)
Written by: Douglas Carter Beane
Directed by: TBA
Cast: TBA
Synopsis: Meet gossip columnists MR. & MRS. FITCH. When the social circuit no longer provides any scandalous news, they find that great celebrity can appear out of thin air. A scathing look at who is in, who is out and who may not even exist at all.
Previews: ?? Mar 2009
Opens: ?? Apr 2009
Closes: ?? ?? 2009

Douglas Carter Beane (Playwright) returns to Second Stage Theatre, which produced the world premiere of his Tony-nominated Best Play 'The Little Dog Laughed.' His other works include the book for the musical Xanadu, 'As Bees in Honey Drown,' 'Music From a Sparkling Planet,' 'The Country Club,' 'Advice From a Caterpillar' and 'The Cartells.'

Founded in 1979 under the leadership of Artistic Director Carole Rothman, Second Stage Theatre produces a diverse range of premieres and new interpretations of America's best contemporary theatre. The Theatre supports artists through several programs that include residencies, fellowships and commissions, and engages students and community members through education and outreach programs.