What Once We Felt at the Duke On 42nd Street

LCT3, Lincoln Center Theater�s new initiative devoted to producing work of emerging playwrights, directors and designers, will present the world premiere of What Once We Felt, a new play by Ann Marie Healy, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll, as the first of three productions during the 2009-2010 season.

What Once We Felt will be performed at The Duke on 42nd Street from 26 Oct - 21 Nov 2009. The second and third LCT3 productions, to be announced, are scheduled for Spring 2010 and will also be presented at The Duke on 42nd Street.

Set in a darkening future, What Once We Felt follows a writer's journey through the political world of publishing, as her novel becomes the last print published novel ever.

Casting and designers for this production will be announced at a later date.

Ann Marie Healy is the author of the plays 'The Legend of Minne Willet' (developed at the O�Neill Playwrights Conference), 'The Gentleman Caller,' 'Have You Seen Steven' (developed at the Sundance Theater Institute and subsequently produced by 13P, directed by Anne Kauffman), 'The Night That Roger Went To Visit The Parents Of His Old High School Girlfriend,' (which premiered at the EST Marathon of One Acts, directed by Andrew McCarthy), 'Now That�s What I Call A Storm,' (developed by MCC and subsequently produced by Edge Theater Company where it was directed by Carolyn Cantor and featured Mary Louise Burke) and 'Dearest Eugenia' (developed as part of LAByrinth Theater�s summer intensive).

Ken Rus Schmoll directed Kristen Kosmas� 'Hello Failure' at P.S. 122 this spring, the NY premiere of Jordan Harrison�s 'Amazons and Their Men' for Clubbed Thumb at the Ohio Theatre and Anne Washburn�s 'The Internationalist,' first at 13P and then the Vineyard Theater. His other directorial credits include productions for 13P, the Long Wharf Theatre, NY Stage & Film, NY Fringe, The Culture Project and Primary Stages.

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 new artists fully staged productions. All tickets to LCT3 productions are priced at an affordable $20.00. 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. Paige Evans is the Director of LCT3.