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Thursday, July 26, 2007

MY FIRST TIME.

THE MOST TALKED ABOUT NEW SHOW!
AS FEATURED ON JAY LENO, TMZ, CNN, CBS, MY9 NEWS!

KEN DAVENPORT PRESENTS
MY FIRST TIME,
THE NEW PLAY IN THE STYLE OF THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
OPENING SATURDAY JULY 28TH *
AT NEW WORLD STAGES

NEW BLOCK OF TICKETS NOW ON SALE!



Ken Davenport, producer of the Off-Broadway hits Altar Boyz and The Awesome 80s Prom, today proudly announced the opening of MY FIRST TIME (www.MyFirstTimeThePlay.com), the new play in the style of The Vagina Monologues featuring four actors in hysterical and heartbreaking stories about first sexual experiences written by real people . . . just like you.

Even before its opening, MY FIRST TIME is already the most talked about show in town, having been featured in TMZ.COM, the New York Times, Daily News, Associated Press, and on television in “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” as well as news programs on CBS, CNN and MY9 (formerly WOR-TV).

Featured in the cast are Bill Dawes, Josh Heine, Kathy Searle, and Cydnee Welburn.

In 1998, a decade before blogging began, a website was created that allowed people to anonymously share their own true stories about their ‘First Time.’ The website became an instant phenomenon as over 40,000 stories poured in from around the globe that were silly, sweet, absurd, funny, heterosexual, homosexual, awkward, shy, sexy and everything in between. And now, these stories and the unique characters in them are all brought to life in MY FIRST TIME.

Opening night is Saturday July 28th, kicking off an open-ended run Off-Broadway at New World Stages/Stage 5 (340 West 50th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues). For tickets from as low as $25, call Telecharge.com at 212/239-6200. For more information and group sales, call 1-888-MY1-TIME or visit www.MyFirstTimeThePlay.com

*Anniversary of Ken Davenport’s actual first time! I can’t make this stuff up!





Actor/comic/writer who BILL DAWES has appeared on and Off-Broadway in numerous productions. Films include: "Evenhand" (www.evenhand.com), MGM’s "Just for Kicks" and "Recipe for Disaster," and the upcoming "How to Seduce Difficult Women." TV includes: "Law and Order," "Sex and the City," "OZ," "Criminal Intent." As a comic, Bill has performed in Baghdad for the USO, the HBO comedy festival, and currently at the Laugh Factory on 42nd and 8th (www.laughfactory.com.com). Read his musings at www.billdawes.net .

JOSH HEINE’s recent credits include Jewtopia (Chris, Off-Broadway), Diving Normal, (Fulton, Outstanding Ensemble Award), Third (Lincoln Center). Other NY theater: Sick, Places Like Here. Tour: The Graduate (Benjamin). Regional: Picnic (Centerstage) and Women and Wallace (Williamstown). Film: Exposed (2006) and A Night in the Hill (2005). TV: "Law & Order: CI." NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Atlantic Theater Company, RADA, and Stonestreet School.

KATHY SEARLE has appeared Off-Broadway in The Awesome 80s Prom and Carrie. TV credits include "New Amsterdam", "Law & Order: Criminal Intent","Hope & Faith", MTV's "Damage Control", "As The World Turns", "All My Children". Film: "Baby Mama", "Being Michael Madsen", "Frost". Numerous commercials and voiceovers, including the animated series "Starveillance" on E! Entertainment.

CYDNEE WELBURN makes her NYC professional debut after earning most of her living on camera. Native to Washington, DC; B.F.A. Acting graduate from Florida State University. New York: Lady of Copper, Romeo & Juliet with Theater Garden. TV: “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, “Dawson’s Creek”, national commercials. Co-Host of Real Simple (PBS).

Writer/director KEN DAVENPORT is currently represented Off-Broadway and around the country by the 2005 Outer Critics Circle Award Winner for Best Musical, Altar Boyz, which he co-conceived and produced (www.AltarBoyz.com), and The Awesome 80s Prom, which he created and directed (www.Awesome80sProm.com). Ken’s Broadway and National Tour management credits include My Fair Lady, Grease, Show Boat, Candide, Ragtime, Parade (workshop), Jekyll & Hyde, Chicago, Cinderella, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Gypsy, among others. Ken taught “Acting as a Business” for AOL and was the Director of Creative Development for NETworks. He received the Acclaim Screenwriting Award for his TV pilot, “I.C.A.” A member of the BMI Librettist workshop, Ken is currently developing a musical version of the film Somewhere in Time for Broadway. More at www.DavenportTheatrical.com