MARK JASON WILLIAMS’ RECOVERY, Directed by ANDREW BLOCK At the 15th Annual New York International Fringe Festival

SUN 8/21 @ 9; MON 8/22 @ 4:45; THU 8/25 @ 8:30;

FRI 8/26 @ 4; SAT 8/27 @ 6

at Lower East Side’s Kraine Theater

New York: After an award-winning run during the 2010 Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, playwright Mark Jason Williams will mark his New York International Fringe debut with the his comic Drama RECOVERY, directed by Andrew Block. (Lost and Found, last years Fringe Award winner, Small Engine Repair). RECOVERY will run from Sunday, August 21 – Saturday, August 27at The LES’ Kraine Theatre (85 East 4th Street).

RECOVERY is a compelling, funny and authentic drama about leukemia patients–and those trying to heal them–confronting love, regret, life …and death head on. It’s about trying to maintain your identity, sense of humor, and will to keep moving forward, even under the most challenging circumstances.

As a child between the ages 4-9, playwright Mark Jason Williams spent more time in a hospital than on a playground — battling leukemia. Although this is not an autobiographical piece it was inspired by those around him who faced their challenges with humor and positivity.

The cast includes Dan Patrick Brady (Off-Broadway: Curse Of The Starving Class. Regional: The Elephant Man, The Grapes Of Wrath); Brian J. Carter (MCC’s Wit TV: ABC’s Pan Am,” Law & Order: SVU,” “Law & Order”), Erin Cherry (New Federal Theatre’s Knock Me a Kiss. TV: aw & Order,” “All My Children”) Jon Krupp (Lost & Found (Best in Fringe 2010), The Diary of a Teenage Girl (3LD), “Law & Order”); Kathy Searle (Apple Cove, My First Time. Film: petunia. TV: “Body of Proof”), Elena Zazanis (Recovery, Outstanding Actress- Planet Connections Festival; Secrets Film: The Ascension).

Assistant Director Tracey Hassel. With Lighting and Sound by Tony Lepore, Projection Design by Scott Fetterman, Scenic Design by Jasmine Vogue Pai, Production Assistant Alessandra Drapos, and Graphic Design by Rich Anderson.