For Immediate Release: October 30, 2006
Media Contact: Becka McFadden, Theatre Exile, 215.922.4462

Theatre Exile's Philadelphia premier of RED LIGHT WINTER by Pulitzer Prize Finalist Adam Rapp heads into its second week with a series of events aimed at young and curious theatergoers. Directed by Artistic Director Joe Canuso, RED LIGHT WINTER runs through November 12th at the Christ Church Neighborhood House.

Playwright Adam Rapp believes strongly that theatre should be accessible to young audiences: "How about $15 theatre tickets across the board for kids under 25? Or anyone under 30 pays half their age? We need to do something to cultivate a younger audience. Theatre is too important to be left only to the people who can afford it. We have to find a way to get past the beige overcoat crowd." Theatre Exile, hailed by Philadelphia Inquirer theatre critic Toby Zinman as the "go-to company for fierce, sexy theatre," will accept Rapp's challenge with a special event on Monday, November 6. At this performance, all patrons will pay half their age, up to $20.

On Thursday, November 9, Theatre Exile will offer audience members a chance to meet and mingle at Lucy's Hat Shop, 247 Market St. Anyone purchasing a ticket for the November 9th performance will be invited to attend a VIP after-party immediately following the show. This event is held in conjunction with SocialPhilly.com and combines an evening of thought-provoking theatre with a night out at one of Old City's hot spots, as well as a chance to meet the cast and producers. Tickets for this event range from $15-$20 (includes after-party).

RED LIGHT WINTER follows the story of Matt, an introspective writer who is falling deeper into his self-created melancholy. To save him from his own destructive tendencies, Matt's best friend, Davis, books a trip to Amsterdam to sample the Red Light District's finest. When Davis brings the beautiful, but sad Christina, to cheer Matt up with her professional sexual expertise, the three fall into an irrational and irresolvable love triangle. Throughout a single night spent in a squalid hostel room, the three get high, talk literature and spin a web of deceit, about who they are, what they want and why they are there. Erotic fixation takes hold, and a deep loneliness binds the three Gen X-ers together deep enough for them to chase each other across the ocean. Drugs, disillusionment and deception may bar them from true companionship, but when you have nothing, any fantasy will do. CurtainUp.com calls RED LIGHT WINTER "hilarious and irreverent, hard and raw."

For more information, call 215-922-4462 or visit www.theatreexile.org.

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