The New Group announce new season

The New Group have announced details of two its productions for its upcoming 2012-13 season.

First up is the New York premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Beth Henley's The Jacksonian, arriving in Fall 2013. Directed by Tony Award winner Robert Falls, this production features Ed Harris, Glenne Headly, Amy Madigan and Bill Pullman. The Jacksonian was first produced at the Geffen Playhouse in 2012.

In Winter 2014, as the second production in the company's season, The New Group presents the world premiere of Thomas Bradshaw's Intimacy, directed by Scott Elliott.

The third production of The New Group's upcoming season is to be announced.

The plays will be presented in the following season order:

Casting announcements and specific dates for each production will be forthcoming.

New York Premiere The Jacksonian
by Beth Henley
Directed by Robert Falls
Cast: Ed Harris, Glenne Headly, Amy Madigan and Bill Pullman, further casting to be announced
Date: Expected Fall 2013.

Synopsis: Jackson, Mississippi, 1964. When his wife kicks him out, respectable dentist Bill Perch (Ed Harris) moves into the seedy Jacksonian Motel. There, his downward spiral is punctuated by encounters with his teenage daughter, a gold-digging motel employee (Glenne Headly), a treacherous bartender (Bill Pullman), and his now estranged wife (Amy Madigan). Set against the investigation of a recent lynching and climaxing in a crime of passion, The Jacksonian unearths the eerie tensions and madness in a town poisoned by racism.

Beth Henley (Playwright) was born in Jackson, Mississippi. Her plays have been produced internationally and translated into over ten languages. 'Crimes of the Heart' (The Golden Theatre) and 'The Wake of Jamey Foster' (Eugene O'Neill Theatre) were performed on Broadway. Off-Broadway productions include: 'The Miss Firecracker Contest,' 'Am I Blue,' 'The Lucky Spot,' 'The Debutante Ball,' 'Abundance,' 'Impossible Marriage' and 'Family Week.' Her play 'Ridiculous Fraud' was produced at McCarter Theatre as well as South Coast Repertory Theatre. Her newest work 'The Jacksonian' premiered at the Geffen Theatre in 2012. Beth Henley was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for 'Crimes of the Heart.' Henley wrote the screenplay for the film version of 'Crimes of the Heart' for which she was nominated for an Academy Award.

Robert Falls (Director). 'Last October,' his critically acclaimed production of 'The Iceman Cometh,' starring Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy, was honored with six 2012 Jeff Awards, including Best Director and Best Production of a Play. Also in 2012, Falls directed the world premiere of Beth Henley's The Jacksonian for the Geffen Playhouse and John Logan's 'Red' for the Goodman and Arena Stage. His credits also include 'Desire Under the Elms' on Broadway and at the Goodman, the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Eric Bogosian's 'Talk Radio,' Richard Nelson's 'Frank's Home' for the Goodman and Playwrights Horizons, and the American premiere of 'Shining City' on Broadway. His production of Elton John and Tim Rice's'Aida' for Walt Disney Theatricals ran on Broadway for four years and toured nationally and abroad. Two of his Broadway productions, Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' and Eugene O'Neill's 'Long Day's Journey into Night,' were honored with seven Tony Awards.

world premiere Intimacy
By Thomas Bradshaw
Director: Scott Elliott
Cast: to be announced.
Dates: Expected winter 2014

Synopsis: Intimacy takes us on a journey with three families in a well-manicured American town. Interracial couple Jerry and Pat borrow tools from their recently widowed, white evangelical neighbor James, and they even share the same Latino contractor, the mysterious Fred. Everything's suburban bliss until James discovers that Jerry and Pat's daughter Janet is a budding porn star and shuns the family. But James doesn't know that his son Matthew, an aspiring filmmaker, has other ideas.

Thomas Bradshaw's plays include 'Job' (The Flea, 2012), 'Burning' (The New Group, 2011), 'Mary' (Goodman Theater, 2011), 'The Bereaved,' 'Southern Promises,' (PS 122, 2008), 'Dawn' (The Flea, 2008) and many more. He is currently working on commissions from the Goodman Theater, Manhattan Theater Club and the Foundry Theater as well as developing a TV series for HARPO and HBO. Bradshaw is the recipient of a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship, the 2010 Prince Charitable Trust Prize and the 2012 Award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.

Scott Elliott is the founding Artistic Director of The New Group. New Group directing credits include the new musical 'Bunty Berman Presents...,' with book & lyrics by Ayub Khan Din and music by Ayub Khan Din & Paul Bogaev, Francine Volpe's 'The Good Mother,' Erika Sheffer's 'Russian Transport,' Thomas Bradshaw's 'Burning,' Tommy Nohilly's 'Blood From A Stone' and the 2010 musical 'The Kid' ( Lucille Lortel Award nominations for Outstanding Musical). Elliott's Broadway credits include 'The Threepenny Opera,' 'Barefoot in the Park,' 'Women,' 'The Three Sisters' and 'Present Laughter.'

The third production of The New Group's upcoming season is to be announced.