CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR WORK/SPACE COLLECTIVE’S PRODUCTION OF TURNING THE GLASS AROUND

DIRECTED BY HEIDI GRUMELOT

OCTOBER 16 – NOVEMBER 1 @ TEATRO CIRCULO

Work/Space Collective will present Turning the Glass Around, a new play by Pia Wilson (The Flower Thief) directed by Heidi Grumelot (The Flower Thief: Donnie and the Monsters; punkrock/lovesong), October 16th through November 1st at Teatro Circulo (64 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery). The production will feature Don Castro* (Uncle Vanya with Target Margin; Dojoji with Pan Asian Rep), Carmen Gil* (Three Sisters with Classical Theatre of Harlem), Topher Mikels (The Tempest with Hamptons Shakespeare Festival), and Kristen Hung (Peking Roulette at the 2010 Midtown International Theatre Festival) with puppeteers Jessica Marie Lorence (Cinderella on Broadway; The Little Shop of Horrors Sing-Along at BAM) and Sam Gold (Breakfast in the 2013 Puppets on Film Festival at BAM; Echo in Camera at La MaMA). The creative team will include Puppet Design by Spencer Lott (Tilly the Trickster at the Atlantic for Kids), Set Design by Norihito Moriya (Advance Guard with Spookfish Theatre Company), Lighting Design by David Sexton (2012 New York Innovative Theatre Award winner for The Spring Fling at IRT), and an original Musical Score by Joan Tick and Caleb Lindskoog of the band Magmana.

Turning the Glass Around follows Philip Lee, a first generation Korean-American, as he struggles to cope with his father’s death. His identity crisis — Is he a good son or loving husband, an all-American success story or a foreigner in his own country? — haunts him. Race, love, and the American Dream collide in this new play by Pia Wilson.

Turning the Glass Around will play at Teatro Circulo (64 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery) October 16-November 1, Thursday through Sunday at 7:30pm with an additional performance on Monday, October 20 at 7:30pm. Tickets ($18/$15 students & seniors) are available online at www.turningtheglassaround.com or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006. The performance runs approximately two hours, with a ten-minute intermission.