BELOW THE BELT

BY RICHARD DRESSER

DIRECTED BY MICHAEL SLADEK

MAY 8-17, 2014*

*POST SHOW Q+A WITH PLAYWRIGHT RICHARD DRESSER ON FRIDAY MAY 9

WESBETH CENTER FOR THE ARTS, OLD BOILER ROOM

55 BETHUNE ST (CORNER OF WASHINGTON)

NEW YORK, NY 10014

STARRING Cecelia Frontero, Monroe Robertson, Andrew Van Dusen

Producers: Sarah Garvey, Alexandra Siladi, Michael Sladek

Co-Producer: Shane Jensen

Audio Design: Mark Sanders

Lighting Design: John Wilder

Choreographer: Lauren Morrow

Artwork: Mike Zimmerman

"A cross between The Office and a Beckett work" - Seattle Times

Delving into the darkly absurd corners of corporate America and middle-man-purgatory, director Michael Sladek makes his NYC stage debut with a fresh production of Below the Belt by acclaimed playwright, Richard Dresser. The work will be staged in the old boiler room of the iconic Westbeth Center for the Arts--previously home to Bell Laboratories (AT&T). Following its 1996 premiere, the Wall Street Journal touted it as the "best new American play of the season."