Tickets now on sale for MBS Productions’ A New Drama

by PegNews wire

MBS Productions will soon be world premiering a new translation by Mark-Brian Sonna of the 1867 classic play, A New Drama, by Manuel Tamayo y Baus. The play will run January 30 - February 14 with performances Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. with an added matinee performance on Saturday, February 7 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets range from $18 - $21, with a special performance on Valentine’s Day, February 14th, which includes chocolates and a rose for each patron for $29. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling 214-477-4942.

Set in Shakespeare's globe theatre, a troupe of actors is preparing to perform a new drama. What they don't know is that the new play mirrors their lives. As relationships form and illicit love affairs bloom they soon discover that the play they are rehearsing will reveal their secrets. Can they overcome the inevitable conclusion of the play or will a new ending be created? Thrill at what is considered by many as the play that gave birth to modern theatre. It broke all conventions of it's time and to this day it remains one of the most passionate and exciting dramas ever written. It will leave you breathless.

This play, considered one of the greatest of Spanish theatre, has gone on to influence countless other artists: Pirandello’s “Six Character’s in search of an Author”, the opera “Pagliacci” by Leoncavallo, etc.

The play is directed by award winning director Charles Ballinger, with sets and costumes by Alejandro de la Costa and Alan Dudley and productions assistance by Heather Jo Matthews.

The cast stars Mark-Brian Sonna as Yorick, Alan Dudley as Walton, Mike Hathaway as Shakespeare, Cody Lucas as Edmund, Lisa D’Alessandro as Alicia, Amanda Calder as the Stage Manager and Miles Brennan as the Author.

The play is rated PG-13 due to language and violence. For more info, visit the official website at www.ANewDrama.net.

Posted by Shawn