Stunning at The Duke on 42nd Street

LCT3, Lincoln Center Theater�s new initiative devoted to producing work of emerging playwrights, directors and designers, will produce Stunning, a new play by David Adjmi, directed by Anne Kaufmann, as the second offering of its inaugural season.

Stunning will be presented from 1 - 27 Jun at The Duke on 42nd Street.

Set in the insular Syrian-Jewish community in Midwood, Brooklyn Stunning tells the story of Lily, a teenager newly married to a much older man, whose sheltered life is disrupted when Blanche, an African-American housekeeper enters her life.

Stunning will feature Charlayne Woodard as Blanche and will have sets by David Korins, costumes by Miranda Hoffman, lighting by Japhy Weideman and sound by Rob Kaplowitz. Additional casting will be announced at a later date.

David Adjmi (playwright) is the author of the plays 'Strange Attractors', 'The Evildoers', 'Elective Affinities', 'Marie Antoinette' and 'Caligula' (Soho Rep).

Charlayne Woodard (Blanche) last appeared off-Broadway in 2004 when she played 'Undine Barnes Calles' in Playwright Horizon's production of 'Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine.' Her solo play 'Real Life' which was produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club earned her nominations for Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Solo Performance.

Anne Kauffmann last worked off-Broadway when she directed Vineyard Theatre's production of Jenny Schwartz's 'God's Ear'.

Citing the need to develop strong relationships with a new generation of artists, and recognizing the frustrations that young playwrights have with the current system of readings and workshops, Lincoln Center Theater created LCT3 to offer emerging artists fully staged, modestly budgeted productions. All tickets to LCT3 productions will be priced at an affordable $20.

Lincoln Center Theater�s long term plans for LCT3 call for the creation of a permanent venue to present the work of these artists; to that end a 99-seat theater will be built in or near Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. For the first three years, until its new theater is ready, LCT3 will present its productions each year at an off-site theater. Paige Evans is the Director of LCT3.

LCT3�s first production Clay, a hip-hop musical written, scored and performed by Matt Sax and developed in collaboration with and directed by Eric Rosen, is currently running at The Duke on 42nd Street through to 8 Nov 2008.

In addition to Clay, Lincoln Center Theater is currently presenting the critically acclaimed, award-winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein�s South Pacific, winner of 7 2008 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, directed by Bartlett Sher at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, Horton Foote�s Dividing The Estate, directed by Michael Wilson, on Broadway at the Booth Theatre and Noah Haidle�s Saturn Returns, directed by Nicholas Martin, at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.