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February 19, 2013
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EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND!
20TH ANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION
BY DAVID
ERIC
CLEM
IVES
CARSON
ELROD
DIRECTED BY TONY AWARD WINNER JOHN
FEATURING
JENN
HARRIS
LIV
ROOTH
RANDO
MATTHEW
SALDIVAR
NOW THROUGH APRIL 14, 2013 AT PRIMARY STAGES AT 59E59 THEATERS
WWW.PRIMARYSTAGES.ORG
Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic
Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) has announced an extension, due to popular demand
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for their 20 anniversary revival of All in the Timing by David Ives. Directed by Tony Awardwinner John Rando (Urinetown; A Christmas Story, The Musical),the production features Eric
Clem (Blue Man Group), Carson Elrod (Peter and the Starcatcher), Jenn Harris (Silence! The
Musical), Liv Rooth (Venus in Fur), and Matthew Saldivar (Peter and the Starcatcher). All in
the Timing will now run through April 14 at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters.
A hit with audiences and critics alike, Ben Brantley of the The New York Times calls All in the
Timing “one of the zestier theatrical tapas to be had” and names the production a “Critics’ Pick”
while Jennifer Farrar of The Associated Press calls it “wordplay and wit...with perfect timing."
Joe Dziemianowicz of The Daily News calls All in the Timing “pure pleasure. David Ives’
evening of one-acts runs like clockwork," while Terry Teachout of The Wall Street Journal says
"it’s one of the funniest shows I’ve seen in my entire playgoing life."
"We’re thrilled with the response to this new production of All in the Timing,” says Casey Childs.
“This play was an important play both for David Ives' writing career and for the life of Primary
Stages. It began at our first home on West 45th Street and has now received thousands of
productions all over the world. We are delighted to be presenting this 20th Anniversary
production."
All in the Timing features a scenic design by Beowulf Boritt, costume design by Anita
Yavich, lighting design by Jason Lyons, and original music and sound design by Ryan
Rumery.
LISTINGS INFORMATION: All in the Timing has extended it limited engagement at Primary
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Stages at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59 Street) through April 14. Performances are TuesdayThursday at 7pm, Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm & 8pm, and Sunday at 3pm. There will be a
special Wednesday matinee on February 20 at 2pm (in lieu of the regular evening
performance) and an additional performance on Sunday April 7 at 7PM. No performance on
Wednesdays February 27, March 6, or April 3. Single tickets are priced at $70 for all
performances. Tickets may be purchased by calling Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200, online at
www.primarystages.org, or in person at the 59E59 Theaters Box Office. Group Tickets (10+)
are $49 each. Student groups are available for $39 each. Group sales are available by calling
(212) 840-9705, ext. 204. Please visit the website at www.primarystages.org, or call (212) 8409705 for additional information.
Two-play subscriptions including All in the Timing and The Call are still available for $86 per
subscription. Subscriptions for the 2013/2014 season, including All in the Timing as a special
add-on fifth play, are available for $215.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
ERIC CLEM. New York theater: AliceGraceAnon, Stretch: A Fantasia (New Georges); OH! The
Horror (Naked
Angels); Confidence
Man (Woodshed
Collective); Movie
Geek, Cinemediocracy, Fail: Failures (Ars Nova); The Argument (The Attic); Life and
Limb (Penny Dreadful). Williamstown Theater Festival: The Elephant Man, directed by Scott
Ellis, Valley of Fear, and Row After Row. Regional theater: Blue Man Group (Chicago), Almost,
Maine, Communicating Doors (Penobscot). Other: Eric is a writer and actor for Naked Angels'
writers initiative and monthly podcast, Naked Radio. Graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
CARSON ELROD. Broadway: Peter and the Starcatcher, Reckless, Noises Off. Off-Broadway:
Measure for Measure, All’s Well That End’s Well; (NYSF) Cavedweller (NYTW) Based On A
Totally True Story, House/Garden, Comic Potential (MTC) Regional Theatre: Shakespeare
Theatre D.C., Baltimore Center Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, Westport Country Playhouse,
Williamstown Theatre Festival, Berkeley Rep, Yale Rep, A.R.T., Shakespeare and Company
Film:The Wedding Crashers, Kissing Jessica Stein. TV: “30 Rock,” “Law & Order: CI.” Princess
Grace Award. Emery Battis Award. NYTW Usual Suspect. BA: KU. MFA: NYU Graduate Acting.
JENN HARRIS. Off Broadway- Silence! The Musical, Modern Orthodox (Lucille Lortel Award &
Theatre World Award) Understudied Julie White in The Understudy, New Jerusalem, Mercy On
The Doorstep, Ashley Montana…. Berkshire Theatre Festival-Pageant Play, The Heidi
Chronicles. The Wilma Theatre - The Understudy. Williamstown-Blithe Spirit, God Of
Vengance, The Winter’s Tale, Street Scene. NY - The Plank Project, My Deah, The Dilemma
of Drugs, Our Hit Parade @ Joes Pub, Swan!!!, Notes! Film: Better Living Through Chemistry,
Gayby (Official Selection SXSW 2012), A Case of You, Confessions of A Shopaholic. TV: “30 Rock,” “Bored to
Death,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order C.I.,” “Guiding Light.” Boston University School for the Arts, L.A.M.D.A.,
The Second City (Chicago).
LIV ROOTH. Broadway: Venus In Fur; Born Yesterday; Is He Dead? Off-Broadway: Blood and
Gifts (Lincoln Center Theatre); Jane Eyre (The Acting Company); Wife to James Whelan (Mint
Theatre); Women Beware Women (Red Bull Theatre); A Doll’s House (Studio Tisch); The
Obstruction Plays (Slant Theatre Project); Still Life (Abingdon Theatre). Regional: Venus in Fur
(TheaterWorks Hartford); Suddenly Last Summer (Westport Country Playhouse); Noises Off
(Hartford Stage); Boeing-Boeing (The Old Globe and Dorset Theatre Festival); Surf Report (La
Jolla Playhouse); Pride and Prejudice (Geva Theatre Center); Much Ado About Nothing (Pennsylvania Theatre
Festival). TV/Film: The Good Wife; The Wrong Girl; ichannel; 80/20. Training: MFA: NYU Graduate Acting; BA:
Dartmouth.
MATTHEW SALDIVAR. Broadway: Originated Sammy- The Wedding Singer (dir. John
Rando), Kenickie- Grease (Kathleen Marshall) Other: Luther Billis, first national tour of Lincoln
Center Theater’s South Pacific (Bartlett Sher), Randy Newman’s Harps and Angels - Mark
Taper Forum (Jerry Zaks), Much Ado About Nothing -Shakespeare Theatre (Ethan McSweeny),
Massacre - LAByrinth (Kate Whoriskey), The Toxic Avenger (John Rando), Sea of Tranquility Atlantic Theater (Neil Pepe), Hamlet (Douglas Sprigg), NYTW, NYSF, Blue Light, WPA,
TFANA, CSC, Guthrie, Long Wharf, 52nd Street Project… Film/TV: Savages (Oliver Stone), Tony and Tina’s
Wedding, Boiler Room, Law and Order, AMC... BA/MA Middlebury College, MFA NYU
DAVID IVES (Playwright) is delighted to be returning to Primary Stages with All in the Timing.
Perhaps best known for his evenings of one-act comedies, he has also written Venus In Fur;
The School for Lies (adapted from Molière’s The Misanthrope); New Jerusalem: The
Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza (winner of the Hull-Warriner Award); The Liar (adapted from
Corneille’s comedy, and winner of the Helen Hayes/Charles MacArthur Award); The Heir
Apparent (adapted from Regnard); Is He Dead? (adapted from Twain); Irving Berlin’s White
Christmas; and Ancient History (which premiered at Primary Stages). He has translated Feydeau’s A Flea In Her
Ear (which won a Joseph Jefferson Award), and is the author of three young-adult novels: Monsieur Eek, Scrib,
and Voss. He is a former Guggenheim Fellow in playwriting and is on the Council of the Dramatists Guild of
America.
JOHN RANDO (Director) was most recently represented on broadway with A Christmas
Story,The Musical. Rando is the ‘02 Tony and Outer Critic’s Circle Award winning director
of Urinetown, The Musical. Other Broadway credits include The Wedding Singer, A Thousand
Clowns, and Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party. With New York City Center Encores! he has
directed several highly acclaimed productions: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, On The Town, Damn
Yankees, Face the Music, Of Thee I Sing, Pajama Game, Do Re Mi, Strike Up the Band and
upcoming It’s A Bird.... Off-Broadway credits include The Toxic Avenger Musical (2009 Outer Critic’s Circle
Award Best Off-Broadway Musical), Pig Farm at Roundabout Theatre Company, Bright Ideas at Manhattan
Class Company, Polish Joke at Manhattan Theatre Club, Mere Mortals at Primary Stages, and The Comedy Of
Errors at The Acting Company, among many others. His numerous credits in regional theater include: Round
and Round The Garden at American Conservatory Theater, The Man Who Came To Dinner at The Alley
Theatre, The Underpants at Geffen Playhouse, The Taming of The Shrew at Old Globe Theater, A Flea In Her
Ear at Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Guardsman at Berkshire Theatre Festival, Guys And Dolls at
Barrington Stage Company, among many others. In 1992, he was a Drama League Directing Fellow. His
professional accomplishments were recognized by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television with the
2010 Distinguished Alumni Award and The University of Texas with the 2004 Outstanding Young Texas Ex
Award.
is an Off-Broadway theater company dedicated to inspiring,
supporting, and sharing the art of playwriting. We operate on the strongly held belief that the future of
American theater relies on nurturing playwrights and giving them the artistic support needed to create new
work. Since our founding in 1984, we have produced more than 100 new plays, including Kate Fodor’s Rx;
Charles Busch’s Olive and the Bitter Herbs; A.R. Gurney’s Black Tie; Horton Foote’s Harrison, TX and
Dividing the Estate (Two 2009 Tony Award® nominations); Brooke Berman’s Hunting and Gathering (one of
New York Magazine’s Top Ten Plays of 2008); Terrence McNally’s Dedication or the Stuff of Dreams
(starring Nathan Lane and Marian Seldes) and The Stendhal Syndrome (featuring Isabella Rossellini and
Richard Thomas); Danai Gurira and Nikkole Salter’s In the Continuum (which went on to tour the U.S.,
Africa, and Scotland); David Ives’ All in the Timing; and Conor McPherson’s St. Nicholas (which marked the
playwright’s U.S. debut). In 2008, Primary Stages was honored with the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding
Body of Work, which encompasses much more than the plays we produce for the stage. Primary Stages
supports playwrights and develops new works through commissions, workshops, readings, and our
education and training programs: The Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group, the Marvin and Anne
Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA), and the Fordham/Primary Stages MFA in Playwriting. Through
these programs, Primary Stages advocates for our artists, helping them make important—and often
transformative—connections within the theater community.
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