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SEE BOTH PLAYS IN ONE DAY - SAVE SIX DOLLARS

SEE BOTH PLAYS IN THE SAME DAY AND SAVE SIX DOLLARS! 


Marathon Days:


Saturday, August 30th - 2pm and 8pm
Wednesday, September 3rd - 2pm and 7pm
Saturday, September 6th - 2pm and 8pm 


"McCasland gives you the rare opportunity to observe smart and meaningful characters who are witty & poignant at the same time." -Geoffrey Owens, (The Cosby Show, Romeo & Juliet)

TWO NEW PLAYS BY STEVEN CARL McCASLAND: WHAT WAS LOST & SHADES OF BLUE: THE DECLINE AND FALL OF LADY DAY

After Beautiful Soup Theater's acclaimed and sold-out production of Little Wars in April, they'll present the last two works in Steven Carl McCasland's trilogy examining women in the arts.

Beginning on August 27th, WHAT WAS LOST will run in repertory with SHADES OF BLUE: The Decline and Fall of Lady Day at the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre. McCasland is a rising voice in the world of theatre. Critics have called his plays "fascinating", "powerful", "outstanding", "heartbreaking" and "magical". After their acclaimed and sold-out production of Little Wars in April, Beautiful Soup is proud to present the last two works in a trilogy. The first play, Little Wars, imagined an evening between some of the greatest literary minds in history at the height of the Second World War.

After a six-year hiatus, beloved stage and screen actress Laurette Taylor returns to the stage. For the first time in nearly a decade, she takes the stage sober. Chronicling her process from the first rehearsal of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie through her legendary first performance as Amanda Wingfield, What Was Lost is a piercing look at the lies we tell ourselves in order to survive. 

What Was Lost will run in repertory with a workshop of McCasland's Shades Of Blue: The Decline and Fall of Lady Day. Gardenias rarely survive the winter. In a searing new look at the final years of Billie Holiday's life, McCasland examines her sordid history of sexual, alcohol and drug abuse. Join Lady Day as she prepares to take her final bow. 

The limited engagement will begin on August 27th and run through September 13th, 2014. Beautiful Soup is best known for reviving lost or oft-forgotten works, but occasionally presents workshops of new plays and musicals.

The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre is located at 312 West 36th Street on the second floor.

CAST AND CREW

Both plays are performed in repertory with Direction by Steven Carl McCasland, Lighting by Molly Tiede and Stage Management by Hailli Ridsdale.

THE CAST OF SHADES OF BLUE
Billie Holiday... Suzanne Froix
Tallulah Bankhead... Kristen Gehling*
Joe Glaser... Orlando Iriarte
Louis McKay... Ron Denson
Sadie... Carol Sims
Laura "Big Red" Livingstone... Alana Inez

THE CAST OF WHAT WAS LOST
Laurette Taylor... Pennylynn White 
Tennessee Williams... Paul Thomas Ryan
Eddie Dowling... Colin Fisher
Marguerite Taylor... Kimberly Faye Greenberg*
Julie Haydon... Renee Heitmann
Margo Jones... Kristen Gehling*
Randolph Echols/Frank Merlo... Brian Piehl

*Performers appear courtesy of Actor's Equity Association Showcase. 

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The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre 312 West 36th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10018