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Gina Gionfriddo's play, After Ashley, premiered in the 2004 Humana Festival. It was subsequently produced by The Vineyard Theatre in New York and by regional theatres throughout the country. Ms. Gionfriddo has received an Obie Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship and The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Her play U.S. Drag will be presented off-Broadway by The Stagefarm in February, 2008. She is currently at work on a new play commissioned by Playwrights’ Horizons. Ms. Gionfriddo is a writer/producer for the NBC series Law & Order. She has contributed essays on rock music to the literary journal The Believer and short fiction to Canteen. A graduate of the M.F.A. playwriting program at Brown University, she has taught writing at Brown, Providence College and Rhode Island College.
   

BECKY SHAW
by Gina Gionfriddo
directed by Peter DuBois
Feb 29 - Mar 30
in the Bingham Theatre

commissioned by Actors Theatre of Louisville with the support of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust

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A newlywed couple fixes up two romantically challenged friends: Wife’s best friend, meet husband’s sexy and strange new co-worker. When an evening calculated to bring happiness takes a dark turn, crisis and comedy ensue. This wickedly funny new play asks what we owe the people we love and the strangers who land on our doorstep.

TICKETS
Sunday-Thursday & Weekend Matinees: $28, $33
Friday-Saturday Evenings: $33, $38
A $1 Historic Landmark Facility Fee will be added to the above prices.

APPROXIMATE PERFORMANCE TIME
Two hours and twenty-three minutes including intermission

AUDIENCE ADVISORY
Contains strong language.
Recommended for 17 and up.