Nurse!
A Human Comedy
September 27 – 29
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Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm - followed by an informal meet&greet with the Artist
Sunday at 2:30pm - followed by a talk-back with the Artist
General Admission: $18
This show is not included in our subscription packages.
Our neighbor "The Puddle Dock" restaurant and its sister restaurant "Tour" on Lafayette Road, are both offering a 10% discount on food to Players' Ring patrons! Visit their websites to reserve, and present your ticket when you ask for your check.
Nurse!
Written and performed by Ayun Halliday
Directed by Spencer Kayden
A Theater of the Apes Production
Inspired by actress / Brooklyn Theater fire survivor Kate Claxton's lecture tour, Juliet's Nurse sets out to correct the record regarding "the greatest love story ever told". A meditation on aging, teenagers, and the human comedy.
ABOUT
AYUN HALLIDAY is the Chief Primatologist - and sole employee - of the long running, hand illustrated zine, The East Village Inky and author of nine books, including No Touch Monkey! And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late and Creative, Not Famous: The Small Potato Manifesto.
Her plays include NURSE, Fawnbook, Zamboni Godot and The Mermaid’s Legs, in addition to the hundreds of short plays she wrote and performed in as a member of the NeoFuturists in the '80s and ‘90s.
She and her husband Greg Kotis are the co-founders of Theater of the Apes, under whose auspices Ayun hosts the book-based variety show Necromancers of the Public Domain and improvises bluegrass musicals with The Wayfaring Strangers.
SPENCER KAYDEN originated the role of Little Sally in Urinetown the Musical (Tony, Drama Desk, Lortel nominations, Outer Critics Circle, Theatre World award winner).
She also appeared on Broadway in Don’t Dress for Dinner (Tony nomination, Outer Critics Circle award winner).
Along with the inimitable Ayun Halliday, Spencer was an ensemble member of the Neo-Futurists, writing and performing 30 plays in 60 minutes in Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.
