Signature Theatre Company Offers $20 TICKETS!

For immediate release

Signature Theatre Company
Announces
Four Exciting Seasons
Matched By An Unprecedented Ticket Initiative

Charles Mee, The Negro Ensemble Company, Suzan-Lori Parks,

Tony Kushner and Returning Legacy Playwrights, including Edward Albee

Will Highlight Bold and Original Programming

Through the 20th Anniversary Season



All Seats, For All Performances, For All Four Seasons
Will Be $20 As Part of Signature’s Ticket Initiative
Made Possible by the Lead Sponsorship of Time Warner


Signature Theatre Company (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) today announced the next four years of programming as well as the unprecedented Signature Ticket Initiative, made possible by the lead sponsorship of Time Warner, Inc. To make great theatre accessible to the broadest possible audience, Signature Theatre Company will offer a special $20 ticket (regularly $65) for all seats, for the next four years through their 20th Anniversary season. Generous support for The Signature Ticket Initiative is provided by Margot Adams, in memory of Mason Adams.



“The next four seasons at Signature promise a remarkable journey, and we are thrilled to be working with this extraordinary roster of playwrights,” said James Houghton, Signature Theatre Company’s Founding Artistic Director. “Chuck Mee, Edward Albee, and the artists of the Negro Ensemble Company are esteemed writers who represent the vanguard of theatrical innovation, while Suzan-Lori Parks and Tony Kushner have pioneered the next generation, who champion the theatre as they continue to bring exciting and vital advancements to it. And, to be able to offer their work at an affordable ticket price throughout the four seasons is a wonderful privilege for Signature.”



"Time Warner is honored to continue our support of the Signature Theatre Company's ground-breaking ticket initiative," said Lisa M. Quiroz, Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility at Time Warner. "The program brings to life our philanthropic mission to help make the arts more accessible. We see this partnership with Signature as a conduit to introducing new and diverse audiences to quality theatre."



Erika Mallin, Signature Theatre Company’s Executive Director, said, “We are thrilled to have the unwavering support of our partner Time Warner, our trustees, funders, patrons, subscribers and artists – all who make it possible for Signature to take risks to make great theatre and to make it accessible to all.”



The upcoming 2007-2008 season will feature Playwright-in-Residence Charles Mee, one of the nation’s most original and innovative playwrights. The season will launch in August with the New York premiere of Iphigenia 2.0, followed by the world premiere of Queens Boulevard (the musical), and the world premiere of Paradise Park. The season will conclude with a Legacy Production of Edward Albee’s Occupant. A Legacy Production is part of the Signature Series where former Playwrights-in-Residence return to Signature to revisit their landmark works. Subscriptions for the 2007-2008 season are now on sale.



The 2008-2009 season will be an examination of a body of work from The Negro Ensemble Company’s collective of writers, whose contributions have helped shape America’s theatrical heritage. Ruben Santiago-Hudson will be the Associate Artist for the season.



Pulitzer Prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks (Venus, Topdog/Underdog), who turns American history on its head with her bold and lyrical riffs on race, literature and politics, will be the Playwright-in-Residence for the 2009-2010 season.



Signature’s 20th Anniversary season (2010-2011) will conclude with Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner (Angels in America; Caroline, or Change), one of the most celebrated and renowned contemporary writers of his generation.



The 2007-2008 Season is sponsored, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.



Edward Albee’s Occupant is supported, in part, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.



The Negro Ensemble Company Series is supported, in part, by American Express.