Lucas, Rapp, Rebeck, Silver Part of Playwrights Horizons 08-09 Season

Works by Craig Lucas, Adam Rapp, Theresa Rebeck, and Nicky Silver will be part of the Playwrights Horizons 2008-2009 season.

First up will be the world premiere of Silver’s Three Changes, to be directed by Tony Award nominee Wilson Milam in August. The play is about an Upper West Side couple whose comfortable marriage is disrupted when the husband’s wayward brother arrives from Hollywood.

Rapp will direct the world premiere of his new play, Kindness, in the fall. The work is about an ailing mother and her teenage son who flee Illinois and a crumbling marriage for the relative calm and safety of a midtown Manhattan hotel.

Bartlett Sher will stage the New York City premiere of Lucas’ Prayer for My Enemy in fall the fall. The play is about childhood friends Tad and Billy, who are unexpectedly reunited as adults when Tad returns home divorced and Billy is about to be sent to Iraq.

Rebeck’s Our House, which will debut in winter/spring 2009, is a comedy about a power-hungry TV mogul faced with dwindling ratings who installs America’s favorite news anchor as host of a popular reality show.

Casting information, as well as two additional productions, will be announced at a later date.

For more information, visit www.playwrightshorizons.org.