| STEVE BUSCEMI & AIDAN QUINN TO HEADLINE READING of SAM SHEPARD'S AGES OF THE MOON | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 11:28 am EST 12/10/24 | |
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| BARYSHNIKOV ARTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ABBEY THEATRE PRESENTS SAM SHEPARD'S AGES OF THE MOON JANUARY 24 and 25, 2025 AWARD-WINNING ACTORS STEVE BUSCEMI & AIDAN QUINN TO HEADLINE READING (December 10, 2024 – New York, NY)—Baryshnikov Arts in partnership with the Abbey Theatre presents a reading of Sam Shepard's AGES OF THE MOON starring award-winning actors Steve Buscemi and Aidan Quinn on Friday, January 24 and Saturday, January 25 at 7:00 PM at Baryshnikov Arts, 450 W. 37th Street. This special event celebrates the beginning of Baryshnikov Arts' 20th Anniversary. Tickets for the reading are on sale now at baryshnikovarts.org. This production underscores the unique approach to presentations that have always been at the heart of Baryshnikov Arts' programming, which is committed to supporting courageous artists and promoting adventurous audiences. Directed by Abbey Theatre Artistic Director Caitríona McLaughlin, AGES OF THE MOON, originally commissioned by the Abbey Theatre, is Shepard's 2009 tale of two old friends reunited by their late-life loneliness. This iteration debuted in October as part of the Abbey Theatre's "Love at First Sight" play reading series that invites an actor to select a script they love, and the role that they have always wanted to play in it. Introducing the reading at the National Theatre of Ireland, Quinn said he saw the original Abbey production of Ages of the Moon on tour in New York in 2010 and his wife told him then, "you have got to do this play!" "One of the most thrilling theatre experiences I have ever had was hearing Phillip Seymour Hoffman read a new play for the first time," said McLaughlin. "The experience was electric, he grew the character slowly and if he didn't land a line, he repeated it until he got it right. I've never forgotten it. The idea for Love at First Sight at the Abbey Theatre came from an impulse to recreate that experience for our audience." "Two extraordinary actors, one remarkable play: please join me for a reading of Sam Shepard's Ages of the Moon with Steve Buscemi and Aidan Quinn to kick off our 20thAnniversary. Hope to see you there!" —Mikhail Baryshnikov, Founder and Artistic Director of Baryshnikov Arts BIOS: CAITRIONA McLAUGHLIN (Director) was born in Donegal and studied science at the University of Ulster before moving into theatre. She was awarded a Clore Fellowship in 2007 and subsequently spent six summers with LAByrinth Theatre Company in New York developing new plays for Artistic Directors John Ortiz and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, at their Summer Intensive. During this time Caitríona also directed a number of plays in New York including Killers and other Family (part of the OBIE award–winning Hilltown Plays) and plays at Atlantic Theatre, Rattlestick, and Bard Summerscape. She was Associate Director at the Abbey Theatre from 2017–2020, where her productions included: The Great Hunger by Patrick Kavanagh (with Conall Morrison); Citysong by Dylan Coburn Gray (ITTA nomination Best New Play); On Raftery's Hill by Marina Carr (for which she won Best Director at the 2019 ITTA); and Two Pints by Roddy Doyle, which toured widely in Ireland and the USA. She also worked with theatre and opera companies on both sides of the border, including Wexford Opera, Hot for Theatre, INO, The Local Group, and Landmark, and she was the director on O'Casey in the Estate, a TV documentary shown on RTE. Prior to moving into directing, with Patrick McCabe's Frank Pig Says Hello at the Finborough Theatre in London in 2003, Caitríona worked as a drama facilitator in Northern Ireland, working with young people and in conflict resolution. In London, she directed numerous productions, focusing primarily on new writing, and collaborated with the Royal Court in sourcing and developing a new theatre space. STEVE BUSCEMI is an actor, writer, director and producer who has built a career out of portraying some of the most unique and unforgettable characters in recent cinema. He starred in HBO's Boardwalk Empire, which garnered him a Golden Globe® Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Emmy® nominations. His directing work includes the films Trees Lounge and Interview, and TV credits including The Sopranos, which earned him Emmy® and DGA Award nominations, 30 Rock, Nurse Jackie, Portlandia, and Love. Buscemi's latest directorial effort, The Listener, starring Tessa Thompson, world premiered at the 2022 Venice Film Festival before making its way to Tribeca for its North American premiere. Buscemi starred opposite Daniel Radcliffe in the TBS anthology series Miracle Workers. He most recently joined the cast of the hit Netflix series, Wednesday. AIDAN QUINN has starred in more than 50 feature films including Desperately Seeking Susan, The Playboys, Avalon, Benny and Joon, Legends of the Fall, Michael Collins, Practical Magic, Unknown, and the upcoming HBO/Disney+ series Rematch. Aidan started his career on stage in Chicago and played the title role in the award-winning production of Hamlet, he starred on Broadway as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and Off-Broadway in Sam Shepherd's Fool for Love and Lie of the Mind in the original cast directed by Sam Shepard. Most recently he starred in Horton Foote's The Man From Atlanta at Signature Theatre. His television credits include the groundbreaking AIDS drama An Early Frost (Emmy nom. for Best Actor), All My Sons by Arthur Miller, See You in My Dreams, based on Sam Shepard stories from Cruising Paradise and Motel Chronicles, Empire Falls, Weeds, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Emmy nom.), Elementary and the current HBO Max limited series The American Guest as Theodore Roosevelt. Some of his favorite films he's done in Ireland are his brother Paul's This is My Father, Aisling Walsh's Song for a Raggy Boy (IFTA nom. for Best Actor) and Conor McPherson's Eclipse for which he won the IFTA award. BARYSHNIKOV ARTS, founded in 2005 by Artistic Director Mikhail Baryshnikov, is rooted in the belief that artists hold irreplaceable roles in our world by shaping perspectives, offering new approaches, and initiating crucial conversations in complex social, political, and cultural environments. Their mission supports artistic freedom, providing multidisciplinary artists with opportunities for creative exploration and unique artistic expression, and allowing audiences to view the world in new ways. The organization is dedicated to inspiring, incubating, nurturing, and supporting courageous artists and adventurous audiences through residencies, community engagement, commissions, performances, production, and economic development. ABBEY THEATRE As Ireland's national theatre, the Abbey Theatre's ambition is to enrich the cultural lives of everyone with a curiosity for and interest in Irish theatre, stories, artists and culture. Courage and imagination are at the heart of our storytelling, while inclusivity, diversity and equality are at the core of our thinking. Led by Co-Director's Caitríona McLaughlin (Artistic Director) and Mark O'Brien (Executive Director), the Abbey Theatre celebrates both the rich canon of Irish dramatic writing and the potential of future generations of Irish theatre artists. Ireland has a rich history of theatre and playwriting and extraordinary actors, designers and directors. Artists are at the heart of our organization, with Marina Carr and Conor McPherson as Senior Associate Playwrights and Caroline Byrne as Associate Director. The Abbey Theatre Resident Directors are Esosa Ighodaro, John King, Lianne O'Shea and James Riordan. Our stories teach us what it is to belong, what it is to be excluded and to exclude. Artistically our program is built on twin impulses, and around two questions: "who we were, and who are we now?" We interrogate our classical canon with an urgency about what makes it speak to this moment. On our stages we find and champion new voices and new ways of seeing, our purpose - to identify combinations of characters we are yet to meet, having conversations we are yet to hear. TICKETS: Tickets, priced at $60 for orchestra and $40 for balcony, for the reading of Sam Shepard's AGES OF THE MOON with Steve Buscemi and Aidan Quinn on Friday, January 24 and Saturday, January 25 at 7:00 PM at Baryshnikov Arts, 450 W. 37th Street, are on sale now at baryshnikovarts.org. (Running time is approximately 70 minutes.) # # # |
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