WTC View at 59e59 from 19 May 2011

59E59 Theaters presents WTC View, written by Brian Sloan, with direction by Andrew Volkoff, as part of their Americas Off-Broadway Festival.

The show opens at 59e59's Theatre C on the 24 May 2011, following previews from 19 May, and runs through to 5 Jun 2011.

WTC View: On the night before 9/11, a young man living in SoHo places an ad for a roommate online. Then, the world changes.

The cast features Michael Carlsen, Martin Cohen, Leah Curney, Torsten Hillhouse, Nick Lewis, Patrick Edward O'Brien and Charles Warburton.

The WTC View creative team includes Brian Prather (scenic design), Jeff Davis (lighting design), Jacob Climer (costume design) and Jim VanBergen (sound design).

Bios:

Brian Sloan (playwright) is a writer/filmmaker based in New York City. WTC View is his first full-length play. It had its premiere in 2003 at the NY Intl. Fringe Festival, starring Michael Urie (ABC's Ugly Betty). His first feature, the screwball comedy "I Think I Do" (1998), starred Alexis Arquette and Guillermo Diaz. His second film, "WTC View" (2006), starring Michael Urie, was adapted from his play and premiered on MTV's Logo channel on 9/11/06. Sloan also created the short film series "Boys Life" (1994), which included his NYU short "Pool Days." As an author, Brian's first novel 'A Really Nice Prom Mess' (Simon & Schuster) won the 2005 Violet Quill Award for Best LGBT Book of the Year. His second book, 'Tale of Two Summers' (Simon & Schuster) was a finalist for a Lambda Award in 2007. His short stories have also appeared in anthologies like 'Men on Men' (Penguin), 'Not The Only One' (Alyson) and 'Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys' (Dutton).

Andrew Volkoff (director) just directed the regional premiere of 'Mauritius' at Milwaukee Rep. In NYC, he has directed the premieres of 'Fair Game' by Karl Gajdusek at Theatre Row's The Lion and 'Savannah Bay' by Marguerite Duras at Theater for The New City. He has also directed '8 Minute Musicals' in NYMF, '365 Plays/365 Days' at Joe's Pub, 'Follies' for The Blue Hill Troupe, 'WTC View' by Brian Sloan (starring Michael Urie) in the NY Fringe and 'Bumping Heads' at the Vital Theatre. Volkoff served as Associate Artistic Director of Barrington Stage Company (BSC) in Massachusetts for five years and Associate Artistic Director of the Genesius Theatre Group in NYC for three years.