Before Previews Begin, BFF Extends One Week at DR2 Theatre

Though previews don't begin until February 17, strong advance sales have prompted WET Women's Expressive Theater, Inc. to announce a one-week extension of the world premiere of Anna Ziegler's BFF at the DR2 Theatre. Originally scheduled to close March 17, performances will now run through March 24. Opening night is slated for February 24, under the direction of Josh Hecht Christine Jorgensen Reveals.

BFF tells the story of a woman who is consumed by guilt over her mistreatment of her childhood "best friend forever." When she meets the man of her dreams, she suddenly finds herself more deeply haunted by her adolescent past than before. Can she find a way to reconcile with her past, in order to live in the present and find true happiness?

The production stars Laura Heisler Broadway's upcoming Coram Boy, The Mistakes Madeline Made, The Given, People Be Heard, Sasha Eden A Very Common Procedure, Scab, and Jeremy Webb The Baltimore Waltz at Signature, Tabletop. The design team includes sets by Robin Vest, lighting by Clifton Taylor, costumes by Sara Jean Tosetti, sound and original music by David Stephen Baker and projections by Kevin R. Frech.

Anna Ziegler was recently one of two writers selected to be a writer-in-residence at the Old Vic New Voices program in London. Ziegler was a Dramatist's Guild Fellow for 2004-2005, a member of the 2005 Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab and has been published in Ten-Minute Plays for 2 Actors: The Best of 2004 and New American Short Plays 2005. BFF was developed in the Sundance Theatre Lab in July 2005 and was a finalist for the 2005 Weissberger Award and for the 2006 O'Neill Playwright's Conference.

WET has been chosen by owner/producer Daryl Roth as the first "theater in residence" at DR2. Best known for its acclaimed productions of St. Scarlet by Julia Jordan, recently nominated for her second Susan Smith Blackburn Award and Big Times directed by Leigh Silverman, and its star-studded events Waitress, written and directed by the late Adrienne Shelly, WET has developed a following among twenty- and thirty-something women.