The Acting Company, led by Kent Gash, Erik Schroeder, and Devin Brain, presents a one-night-only play reading of “Holiday,” a classic romantic comedy by Philip Barry, reimagined by Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg. The event will occur on Sunday, October 6, 2024, at 7 PM at The Gerald W. Lynch Theater, NYC. Directed by Tony Award winner Robert Falls, the cast features Rachel Brosnahan and David Corenswet. Proceeds will benefit The Acting Company’s national tour and educational programs. Tickets start at $50, with sponsorship packages available for $5,000. For more information and tickets, visit TheActingCompany.org/Holiday or call (212) 772-4448.
The classic romantic comedy “Holiday,” known to many in its beloved screen adaptation starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, has been reimagined by Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg and Director Robert Falls. The Upper East Side Seton family prepares to welcome free-spirited Johnny Case to the fold, but as New Year’s Eve approaches, the eternal battle between whether one lives to work or works to live threatens to break them all apart.
“I am delighted The Acting Company is presenting Philip Barry’s classic bittersweet comedy Holiday in a new adaptation,” says Kent Gash, Artistic Director of The Acting Company. “This hilarious new contemporary version celebrates all the style and humor you expect from the original author of The Philadelphia Story. The good, the bad, and the ugly of family dynamics, class, and privilege are gloriously examined anew in this distinctive adaptation by Richard Greenberg and directed by Robert Falls. We could not be more thrilled to have the extraordinary Rachel Brosnahan and David Corenswet in our company. (…That both of these remarkable actors will be starring in the upcoming Superman: Legacy film turns out to be a coincidental bit of synergy). As The Acting Company continues its tradition of revisiting great theatre, where then meets now, won’t you join us as we celebrate a new Holiday?”
About The Acting Company
Under the leadership of Artistic Director Kent Gash, Managing Director Erik Schroeder, and Producing Director Devin Brain, The Acting Company brings professional productions and education programs, in-school residencies, and teacher training workshops to thousands of audience members and students in underserved communities and schools each year.
Founded by John Houseman and Margot Harley, the company seeks to develop emerging actors and build enthusiastic, knowledgeable audiences for the theater in towns across the United States. The Acting Company launched the careers of nearly 500 actors, including Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, Mary Lou Rosato, Keith David, Rainn Wilson, Lorraine Toussaint, Frances Conroy, Harriet Harris, Lisa Banes, Jeffrey Wright, Hamish Linklater, Jesse L. Martin, Roslyn Ruff, Jimonn Cole, and Kelley Curran.
Over 5,000 students in New York City and nationwide benefit from The Acting Company’s in-school residencies and educator workshops every year. Annually, over 30,000 audience members see an Acting Company production across the country who otherwise lack access to professional classical theatre.
Among many accolades, The Acting Company received the 2003 Tony Award for Excellence in the Theater. It recently won the 2019 Audelco Award for Best Play for its production of Nambi E. Kelley’s Native Son, directed by Seret Scott. Since 1972, The Acting Company has performed for over four million people in 48 states, ten foreign countries, on and Off-Broadway, and at leading resident theaters, including The Guthrie and The Kennedy Center. New works commissioned by the company include plays by William Finn, Marcus Gardley, Rebecca Gilman, John Guare, Beth Henley, Tony Kushner, Lynn Nottage, Meg Miroshnik, Ntozake Shange, Maria Irene Fornés, Spalding Gray, Marsha Norman, Charles Smith, Samm-Art Williams, and Wendy Wasserstein.
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