Which wolf is which: an after after school special
** directed by Robert O'Hara **
September 4 - 28 at HERE

Partial Comfort Productions follow up their acclaimed production of Booty Candy last season with the World Premiere of Which wolf is which: an after after school special, a new play by Sam Marks directed by Robert O’Hara. Performances begin September 4th at HERE.

Which wolf is which: an after after school special centers on a pair of high school couples going through the drama of their relationship against the backdrop of an increasingly savage and militarized New York City. The action unfolds the night before a citywide high school contest, as four participants all seek some measure of emotional security in an unstable present day NYC; a city turned into a prime terrorist target. The play is a hard-hitting depiction of typical New York youth in an atypical political climate, where we find urban innocence in trouble, and ambitions thwarted in a previously unimaginable way.

Sam Marks is a native New Yorker who has attended Stuyvesant High School, Stanford University, and NYU's Experimental Theater Wing. He has been an actor in the Bat Theater Company for over two years. He performed at the Flea Theater in Ajax, Benten Kozo, No Mother To Guide Her, and Sincerity Forever. He has worked as a commercial actor, SAT tutor and bike messenger. He is the author of Booty's Gift, which was performed at the Present Company Theatorium, and Craft which was performed at the Flea and HERE. Born into a family of actors, as a child Sam appeared in the Robert Wilson/Philip Glass Einstein On The Beach, Beckett's Worstward Ho and John Malkovich’s Balm and Gilead.

Robert O'Hara received his MFA in Directing from Columbia in 1996. It was there that he wrote and directed Insurrection: Holding History which later premiered at the Public Theater and went on to win Newsday's 1996 Oppenheimer Award for Best New American Play. O’Hara is the recipient of the 1995 Van Lier Fellow at New Dramatists, Mark Taper Forum's Sherwood Award, the John Golden Award, and a 1996 NEA/TCG Residency for Playwrights at American Conservatory Theater. His plays include Brave Brood, Beowulf (at Seattle Rep), Leigh, Booty Candy and An American Ma(u)l.

Partial Comfort Productions is a collaborative ensemble devoted to the development and presentation of original, groundbreaking new theater. Whether staging a world premiere or reinterpreting old favorites, Partial Comfort Productions aims to spotlight relevant social, political, and cultural issues by producing work that challenges both the artist and the audience. The company was co-founded in January 2002 by Chad Beckim and Molly Pearson. For more information visit partialcomfort.org.

Which wolf is which: an after after school special runs September 4-28, Thursday -Saturday at 8:00pm and Saturday at 3:00pm. Tickets are $10. HERE is located at 145 Sixth Avenue (one block south of Spring Street at Dominick in SoHo, accessible from the C or E trains at Spring St.). For information and reservations call 212-868-4444 or visit smarttix.com.