Proof of Love, the world premiere play by Audible-commissioned playwright Chisa Hutchinson (Surely Goodness and Mercy), directed by Jade King Carroll (The Gin Game), and starring Brenda Pressley (The Lyons, Almost Home, Seven Guitars), begins performances Tuesday, May 7 ahead of a May 14 opening night at the Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane, between MacDougal & 6th Avenue – one block south of W. 3rd Street), Audible’s creative home for live performances in New York.
Proof of Love is produced by Audible Inc., the world’s largest seller and producer of downloadable audiobooks and other spoken-word entertainment, in association with New York Theatre Workshop. The
play is the inaugural live production from Audible’s Emerging
Playwright program, a dedicated $5M fund that enables the creation of
original plays driven by language and voice, keeping with Audible’s core
commitment to elevating listening experiences through powerful
performances and extraordinary storytelling. Twenty-five commissions
have already been announced, with new playwrights identified on an
annual basis.
Constance
thought she had a happy life and a loving husband. Suddenly, a tragic
accident splinters her upper-class black family—and forces Constance to
face uncomfortable truths about her marriage and herself. Proof of Love
is the explosive, funny, and moving new one-woman play by Chisa
Hutchinson, member of the first class of talent supported by the Audible
Playwrights Fund; Jade King Carroll directs.
Proof of Love’s creative team includes Alexis Distler (scenic design), Jen Caprio (costume design), Mary Louise Geiger (lighting design), Justin Ellington (sound design), and Nikiya Mathis (hair and wig design).
As with previous Audible Theater shows at the Minetta Lane, Audible will also record and release Proof of Love as an audio play, extending its reach to millions of listeners around the world. Award-winning
and critically acclaimed Audible performances of captivating stage
productions starring Billy Crudup, Judith Light, Aasif Mandvi, John
Lithgow, Carey Mulligan, and others are available for download at www.audible.com/theater.
Additional
events at the Minetta Lane Theatre will be announced soon, and Audible
has also announced live performances in London. Information about
previous and future live programming produced by Audible is available here.
With
a 30-day membership trial at Audible, new listeners can enjoy any one
audiobook, including the audio performances of productions at the
Minetta Lane Theatre, free.
Additionally, $25
rush tickets will be available in-person at the box office for young
people (ages 25 and under), seniors (ages 65+), artists and East Village
and Lower East Side residents. Rush
tickets are subject to availability and are sold cash-only, limit two
per person. Proper identification is required for all rush tickets.
TICKETING INFORMATION AND PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Tickets are available at www.audible.com/minettalane, by calling Ticketmaster at
1-800-982-2787, and in-person at the Minetta Lane Theatre box office
(18 Minetta Lane, between MacDougal & 6th Avenue – one block south
of W. 3rd Street). For current box office hours, please visit www.minettalanenyc.com.
Proof of Love
will play Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7PM; Wednesdays, Fridays, and
Saturdays at 8PM; Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2PM; and Sundays at 3PM.
ABOUT NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP
NYTW
empowers visionary theatre-makers and brings their work to adventurous
audiences through productions, artist workshops and educational
programs. We nurture pioneering new writers alongside powerhouse
playwrights, engage inimitable genre-shaping directors, and support
emerging artists in the earliest days of their careers. We’ve mounted
over 150 productions from artists whose work has shaped our very idea of
what theatre can be, including Rent, Homebody/Kabul, A Number, Peter and the Starcatcher, Once, Mary Jane, Hadestown and Lazarus. NYTW.org
ABOUT AUDIBLE, INC.
Audible, Inc.,
an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is the leading provider
of premium digital spoken audio content, offering customers a new way to
enhance and enrich their lives every day. Audible was created to
unleash the emotive music in language and the habituating power and
utility of verbal expression. Audible content includes more than 445,000
audio programs from leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters,
entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business
information providers.
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