'The Beauty Inside' at 45 Bleeker Street

New Georges presents The Beauty Inside, by Catherine Filloux, at 45 Below / The Culture Project at 45 Bleecker Theater, opening on the 19 Apr 2005, following previews from the 15 Apr. The show is scheduled to close on the 7 May 2005.

Somewhere in rural Turkey, a girl is thrown in a canal; floating downstream, she grabs a pole and holds on tight. Across the Bosporus in cosmopolitan Istanbul, a young Turkish-American lawyer prepares to leave her country for a high-powered life in New York. But the last case she takes is not an ordinary one: a peasant girl has survived an honor killing, and must be defended against her family. And so begins a battle of wills between girl and lawyer, east and west, old and new, a battle that challenges Western assumptions about progress even as it binds their two stories together.

Kay Matschullat will direct the play which features Jennifer Gibbs, Tatiana Gomberg, Edward A. Hajj, A-Men Rasheed and Michelle Rios

The artistic team includes set design by Takeshi Kata, lighting by Clifton Tayler/Carolyn Wong, costumes by Oana Ban, props by Faye Armon and music composed by Elizabeth Swados

Special events:
Opening night: Tue 19 Apr, audiance members can meet the company after the performance!
Chat with the artists: Tue 26 Apr 9:30pm, following the performance.
Human rights: a panel discussion Sat 30 Apr at 5pm (following performance) moderated by Anne Nelson.

The Beauty Inside is being co-produced with InterAct Theatre Company, Philadelphia.