THE PUBLIC THEATER ANNOUNCES
ETHAN LIPTON'S NO PLACE TO GO
AT JOE'S PUB
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Written By Ethan Lipton * Directed By Leigh Silverman
Music By Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra
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THE SHOW RUNS FROM MARCH 14th THROUGH APRIL 8TH
February
2, 2012 – The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive
Director Patrick Willingham) is proud to present Ethan Lipton’s NO PLACE
TO GO for a limited engagement at Joe’s Pub, beginning
Wednesday, March 14. Directed by Leigh Silverman
and written by Ethan Lipton with music composed by Ethan Lipton and
His Orchestra, NO PLACE TO GO is the first Joe’s Pub
commission, as part of its New York Voices Series, to become part of The Public
Theater’s season.
Commissioned
last spring by Joe’s Pub as part of its first ever grant from the National
Endowment for the Arts, NO PLACE TO GO was developed to have an
extended three week engagement at Joe’s Pub through Sunday, April 8. It will
have an official press opening on Wednesday, March 21.
The
company where he’s worked for the past 10 years is moving to another planet,
and playwright Ethan Lipton doesn’t want to go. Part love letter to his
co-workers, part query to the universe, part protest to his company and
country, NO PLACE TO GO delivers a hilarious, irreverent and
personal musical ode to the unemployed in this unforgettable evening.
“Ethan
is our modern Everyman, a fantastic amalgam of Woody Guthrie and Woody Allen,”
said Artistic Director Oskar Eustis. “No Place To Go is
incredibly insightful, timely, and delightful. We are thrilled to be able
to bring back this fantastic show to share with a broader public. Ethan
deserves it, and so does our audience!”
“Ethan
Lipton is an incredible artist who has delighted audiences at Joe’s Pub
throughout the years, and I am thrilled that we are now able to bring his
extraordinary talent to a larger audience,” said Joe’s Pub Director Shanta
Thake. “This beautiful piece that was part of Joe’s Pub’s first ever series
of commissions is a true testament to Ethan’s unique point of view that also
manages to be completely universal in its appeal.”
Ethan Lipton (Playwright). His plays have been seen and heard
in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Edinburgh (Scotland) and Berne (Austria).
Ethan is a winner of a NYFA grant and a Drama-Logue Award for playwriting. He
has been a Kesselring prize nominee, an O’Neill Conference finalist; a member
of the inaugural class of the Emerging Writers Group at The Public
Theater; and is currently a Playwright’s Realm Fellow. In 2011 Ethan was commissioned by Joe’s Pub through the NEA
to write No Place to Go as part of the New York Voices series.
With his band Ethan Lipton and His Orchestra (“Best Lounge Act” New York
Magazine), he has released four albums and played throughout New York and
beyond (Joe’s Pub, Bryant Park, Celebrate Brooklyn, MASS MoCA, Camden Opera
House, etc.). The band has been featured on radio shows such as “Weekend
Edition,” “The World,” and “Soundcheck,” and contributed songs to Clash cover
album “Sandinista” and the film “The Shift.” As a performer, Ethan has worked
with Laurie Anderson, Cynthia Hopkins, Elevator Repair Service, Matt Berninger
of The National, and Gabriella Barnstone.
LEIGH SILVERMAN (Director). Her Broadway credits include David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish; Lisa Kron’s Well.
Her recent world premieres include Chinglish (Goodman Theater, Jeff
nomination); In the Wake (Center Theatre Group/Berkeley Repertory
Theatre and The Public Theater, Obie Award, Lortel nomination); Close
Up Space (MTC); Go Back to Where You Are (Playwrights Horizons,
Obie Award); From Up Here (MTC, Drama Desk nomination); David
Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face (Center Theatre Group/The Public
Theater); Coraline (MCC/True Love); Beebo Brinker Chronicles
(Hourglass Group/37 Arts); Creature (New Georges/P73); Hunting
and Gathering (Primary Stages); Well (The Public Theater,
Huntington Theatre and ACT); The Retributionists (Playwrights
Horizons); Blue Door (Playwrights Horizons and
Seattle Repertory Theatre); Oedipus at Palm Springs (NYTW); Jump/Cut
(Woolly Mammoth Theatre/Theater J and Women’s Project); also Danny
and the Deep Blue Sea (Second Stage Theatre); and many regional
productions.
VITO DIETERLE (Saxophone) has been a featured soloist at the Burlington
and Chicago Jazz Festivals, and in venues around the country. In New York he is
a frequent player with composer-pianist Joel Forrester’s band People Like Us, and
he leads his own trio every Sunday at Little Branch. Vito studied at The New
School with jazz greats such as Arnie Lawrence, Barry Harris, Benny Powell, Lee
Konitz, Reggie Workman, Junior Mance and Chico Hamilton and is part owner of
the jazz supper club Silver Lining.
EBEN LEVY (Guitar) was co-leader of the ‘90s cult-favorite funk band
Chucklehead and was the group’s guitarist, emcee and a principal
songwriter. Eben later led the organic/electronic funk band Ejectrode,
putting out Accident Theory in ’02, and has written music extensively for film
and television.
IAN M.
RIGGS (Bass)
is also a composer, singer and guitarist who performs and records in and
out of New York City with a wide range of artists, among them Howard Fishman, One Ring Zero, Blarvuster, Hilary Hawke, Likeness to Lily, The Lonesome Trio, Giancarlo Vulcano, and David Eggar. As a composer he has provided
music for Adrian Muys’ films, Iris, and Hands of Harvest as well
as for Gabriella Barnstone’s dance/theatre piece, The Dinner Party.
NO
PLACE TO GO features lighting design by Ben
Stanton.
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