World Premiere of Adams' Or, Extends at the Women's Project

By Adam Hetrick
12 Nov 2009

The Women's Project has extended the Off-Broadway run of Liz Duffy Adams' Or, an additional two weeks through Dec. 13.

Or, (the comma is part of the title) began previews Off-Broadway Oct. 29 under the direction of WP Lab member Wendy McClellan (Green Girl) and was originally scheduled to conclude Nov. 30.

"This is the first time in recent memory that Women's Project has had to extend a run due to ticket demand and critical acclaim," said producing artistic director Julie Crosby in a statement.

The three-member cast of the fast-pased comedy features Maggie Siff of AMC's "Mad Men," as well as Kelly Hutchinson and Andy Paris.

Or, is described as such: "Aphra Behn is getting out of the spy trade and into show biz, if she can only write her play without interruptions from her love life — celebrity Nell Gwynne, King Charles II, and double-agent William Scott, among others. While war rages and Aphra and her friends celebrate free love, cross-dressing and pastoral lyricism, the 1660s start to look a lot like the 1960s. Verse or prose, now or then, love or death... and a lot of kissing."

Or, is designed by Zane Philstrom (set design), Andrea Lauer (costume design), Deb Sullivan (lighting design) and Elizabeth Rhodes (sound design).

For further information on the Women's Project, located at 424 West 55th Street in Manhattan, visit WomensProject.