FEB 2008

THE BLUE FLOWER BLOOMS AGAIN
IN A NEW OFF-OFF BROADWAY PRODUCTION

presented by The Prospect Theater Company

directed by Will Pomerantz

at The West End Theater
263 W. 86th St (b/w B'way & West End)
New York, NY

There will be 22 performances between Feb 2 & March 2, 2008.
Please visit the Prospect Theater Co. website (above) for details on
the performance schedule, advance ticket purchases, etc.

MAR 2006

THE BLUE FLOWER hits the education road:

KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY, Kutztown, PA
College of Visual and Perfoming Arts Visiting Artists Program

Full-day "Dada workshop" with students in the fine arts department, including a lecture and 1-hour stage presentation with student artworks and volunteer peformers that was open to the public.

SEPT 2004

6 full performances of THE BLUE FLOWER
to be presented at
THE NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL Sept 14 - Oct 3

The Blue Flower has been chosen in a competitive juried selection process to participate in The New York Musical Theatre Festival's Next Link Project.

For the first time, THE BLUE FLOWER will be presented in its entirety, complete with film projections and the 10-piece WEIMARBAND live on stage. The production will be directed by WILL POMERANTZ.

Judges on the festival selection panel included 2004 Tony Award-winning producer ROBYN GOODMAN (Avenue Q), 2004 Tony Award-winning director/choreographer KATHLEEN MARSHALL (Wonderful Town), the 2004 Tony Award-winning writing team of JEFF MARX and BOBBY LOPEZ (Avenue Q), Broadway star RAOUL ESPARZA and director SCOTT SCHWARTZ. Featuring hundreds of events from performances to seminars, The "NYMF" festival was created to give Manhattan an event dedicated to discovering new music theatre works and creating an environment in which promising new artists and challenging new work may be nurtured.

NEW CAST MEMBERS

We are thrilled to welcome back Blue Flower veterans

MEGHAN McGEARY (Hannah)
ANDREW DAWSON (Sewing Machine Man)
and MARC GELLER (Typewriter Man)

We are also thrilled and honored to welcome

ANDREW LEVINE (Music Director)

and an extraordinarily talented group of actors new to the cast:

TODD ALAN JOHNSON (Max)
JAMIE LaVERDIERE (Fairytale Man)
CLAYTON DEAN SMITH (Franz)
and JEAN ARBEITER (Maria).

casting by
MARGOLIS-SEAY CASTING, NYC

For more information about the festival
and to purchase passes or tickets to individual events, visit
www.nymf.org

BLUE FLOWER PERFORMANCE DATES

THEATRE at ST. CLEMENTS (46th St. b/w 9th & 10th Ave.)

TUE Sept 21 - 7 pm
SAT Sept 25 - 9 pm
SUN Sept 26 - 7 pm
MON Sept 27 - 2 pm
THUR Sept 30 - 2 pm
SAT Oct 1 - 8 pm

All actors appear courtesy of
ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION
This will be an
EQUITY SHOWCASE CODE
production

NEWS ARCHIVE

* LIST OF PAST PERFORMANCES

* FEB 2004: Jim Bauer & Ruth Bauer awarded a $12,500 grant from the JONATHAN LARSON PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION to continue development of The Blue Flower

* JUNE 2003: Two-week workshop in Steamboat Springs, Colorado jointly sponsored by the Richard Adler/ASCAP Foundation Music Theater Development Project and the Perry-Mansfield School for the Performing Arts "New Noises Festival of New Theatre Works"; workshop Artistic Director: Stephen Schwartz; Music Director: Andrew Levine

* MARCH/APRIL 2003: The ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop Program, NYC; administered by Michael Kerker, directed by Stephen Schwartz

* 2002-2003: Jim Bauer and Ruth Bauer, as Artists-in-Residence developing The Blue Flower at the HERE Arts Center Artists Residency Program, NYC; Kristin Marting, Executive Director

* GENERAL PRESS RELEASE