Award Winning 'Betrayed' Southeastern Premiere 2008/06/28

Award Winning 'Betrayed' Southeastern Premiere

Saturday, June 28, 2008; Posted: 09:06 AM - by Beau Higgins

GableStage announces a change in the Final Production of�2007-08 Season!�

AUGUST 16 thru SEPTEMBER 14

GableStage

is proud to announce the Southeastern Premiere of

BETRAYED by George Packer

(John Patrick Shanley's Defiance, which was scheduled for this time slot, will now be part of the 08-09 Season)

They�are the first theatre to present the play-- Winner of the 2008 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play--subsequent to its premiere run at the Culture Project in New York City, where it just closed this month.

In early 2007, George Packer published an article in The New Yorker about Iraqi interpreters who jeopardized their lives on behalf of the Americans in Iraq, with little or no U.S. protection or security.

The article drew national attention to the humanitarian crisis and moral scandal.

Betrayed, based on Mr. Packer's interviews in Baghdad, tells the story of three young Iraqis - two men and one woman - motivated to risk everything by America's promise of freedom.� The play explores the complex relationships among the Iraqis themselves, and with their American supervisor, struggling to find purpose while a country collapses around them.

PERFORMANCE TIMES AND TICKET PRICES:

Thursday @ 8pm $37.50

Friday and Saturday @ 8pm� $42.50

Sunday @ 2pm $42.50� & @ 7pm� $37.50

For reservations or information, please call the Box Office: (305) 445-1119 or go online at www.GableStage.org.�

GableStage is located in the eastern section of the Biltmore Hotel, 1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables. Valet parking is available. Free parking is available in the Biltmore parking area west of the hotel.�

GableStage
1200 Anastasia Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134
www.gablestage.org

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Currently spending his time between New York and Florida, Beau was born to a theatrical family in Brooklyn. He studied drama at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute and at HB Studios. He studied theater singing with Julia Sperratore and Helen Gallagher. Beau later taught drama at the Lincoln Center Square for the Arts. It was at this time Beau began working with the Theater Development Fund and helped found New York's famed HALF PRICE TICKET BOOTH. Early in his career, Beau was screen tested and contracted for Warner Brothers. He co-hosted, an early cable variety series on Manhattan's Teleprompter channel. At this time he directed the Johnny Specca musical, SEX IS..? at the Lincoln Center Library Theater. Beau has performed Off-Broadway in FAT FELL DOWN, The Comic Strip Theater's LITTLE LULU AND THE INVISIBLE INK and WILL THE REAL ZOOPERMAN PLEASE STAND UP. Around the country he has delighted audiences with his performances in ANYTHING GOES, THE APPLE TREE, GUYS & DOLLS, and HELLZAPOPPIN! He sang for New York audiences at such cabarets as The Duplex and Upstairs at the Downstairs. He has had numerous television appearances but is most proud to have been a winning contestant on the game shows JACKPOT and THE $20,000 PYRAMID.

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