FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 20 th , 2013
Performances from March 17 th thru March 31st
PARK SLOPE, Brooklyn, NY – The Gallery Players proudly presents MASTER CLASS by Terrence McNally. MASTER CLASS runs from Saturday evening, March 17 th through Sunday, March 31 st . Tom Rowan directs and Connor Davis is the producer.
Filling the starring role of the Diva, Maria Callas, is Carolyn Mignini who has extensive movie and TV credits as well as many Broadway and Off-Broadway appearances including Fiddler On The Roof, Tintypes, The Fantasticks and Sister
Mary Ignatius Explains It All/The Actor’s Nightmare.
MASTER CLASS, winner both the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play and the Tony Award for Best Play in 1996, is a mesmerizing meditation on Maria Callas’ life and the nature of her art. Commanding, competitive, glamorous and drop-dead funny, Callas is alternately dismayed and impressed by the three students exposed to her withering scrutiny. What starts as a master class becomes a platform for her to relive her own recollections about the glories and failures of her life and career.
We learn of her time with Aristotle Onassis; an abortion she was forced to have; her first elderly husband; her early days as an ugly duckling; the hatred of her rivals and the unforgiving press that savaged her. In this rich, vivid, totally theatrical piece we learn that Callas, so fierce and uncompromising in her art, was much less sure and successful in her private life.
The cast includes Carolyn Mignini* as Maria Callas; Jonas Cohen* as Manny;
Stephanie Joiner* as Sophie; Brandon Snook* as Tony; Samantha Guevrekian as
Sharon and Artem Kreimer as the stagehand. Set Designer: Kathryn Leiber.
Costume Designer: Tony Johnson. Lighting Designer: Peter Gormeault. Sound
Designer: Jacob Subotnick. Props Designer: Sara Slagle. Production Stage Manager:
Katy Lynn Patterson.
MASTER CLASS opens Saturday evening, March 17 th and runs 12 performances through Sunday march 31 st . Performances take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8Pm; matinees are Saturday at 2PM and Sunday at 3PM. Master Class is an
Actors Equity Association showcase.

Tickets are $18 for adults, $14 for seniors and children 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased 24/7 online at www.galleryplayers.com
or by calling Ovationtix at 212-
352-3101 (phone hours 9-9 weekdays, 10-6 weekends).
The Gallery Players is located at 199, 14 th Street, between 4 th and 5 th Aves, in Park
Slope, Brooklyn. Take the F or G train to Fourth Avenue or the R train to 9 th Street.
By car: BQE to Hamilton Avenue to 14 th Street.
A New York institution since 1967, The Gallery Players has served actors and audiences alike for more than four decades by showcasing both established and burgeoning new talent and offering a home base for theater professionals. Its eclectic programming of intimate revivals and ambitious new work has earned it the reputation of “New York’s best kept secret.” Among its famous alumni are founding member Harvey Fierstein, Broadway regular, Deidre Goodwin, New York theater personality Seth Rudetsky and many others.
*Members of Actors’Equity Association.