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O'Neill (unexpected)

First Preview: May 18, 2016
Opening Date: Jun 3, 2016
Closing Date: Jun 26, 2016
Running Time: 02:00
O'Neill (unexpected)

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Playing @
Connelly Theater Upstairs
220 East 4th St, New York, NY 10009
2 early plays by Eugene O'Neill

"Recklessness"
a dark tale of sweet revenge
"Now I Ask You"
a light comedy of social folly


RECKLESSNESS
(1913)  plots the ingenious and cold-blooded revenge of a cuckolded husband when he discovers his younger wife's affair with his chauffeur. An American "Miss Julie" with a Hitchcockian twist, the play foreshadows O'Neill's doomed lovers and tormented spouses yearning for freedom, even to the point of death.

NOW I ASK YOU
(1916) satirizes young Bohemian aspiration and suburban bourgeois complacency  with witty one-liners and increasingly convoluted misunderstandings. Forward thinking Lucy Ashleigh, who claims her "ego demands freedom," weds Tom Drayton on condition that they commit to free love: they are bound only by their whim and affection, and at liberty to do as they please with whomever they please. Tom's calculated indulgence leads them both to deep, if insincere flirtations with two colorful, pretentious artists, but mutual jealousy and pride overwhelm the tangled relationships, racing to an hysterical, near-tragic conclusion.  "Now I Ask You" is another look at the complications of marriage and family, but beguilingly comical, mocking the very yearnings O'Neill champions in other work, and adding undertones of Ibsen.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
THURSDAY thru SATURDAY @ 7:30 PM
SATURDAY (select) & SUNDAY @ 3 PM
Off-Off BroadwayPlay - ComedyPlay - Drama
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 13
Audience Advisory: Pay What You Will - 6/6 @ 7:30 pm. Added performances 6/15 & 6/18 @ 3 pm

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Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Info

    Not wheelchair accessible; up one flight of 18 stairs.
  • Seating

    51-seat 3/4 thrust black box
  • Elevator/Escalator

    There is no elevator in this historic school building; one must ascend one flight of 18 steps.
  • Parking

    Weeknights and weekend days, parking may be found on the street. On weekend evenings, the streets get crowded. Lot / Houston and Essex - Public parking in a guarded lot is available on Avenue A
  • Entrance

    Located on the second floor of the Connelly Center.
  • Box Office

    The Connelly Theater does not have a full-time box office on site. You can purchase tickets to all shows online 24 hours a day until shortly before each performance. Walk-up tickets may be purchased, pending availability, at showtime.
  • Restroom

    The public restroom is on the ground floor - wheelchair accessible
  • Water Fountain

    None available.
  • Telephone

    None on premises
  • Assisted Listening System

    None available
  • Folding Armrests

    None available

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