PUSHPUSH THEATER & PADUA PLAYWRIGHTS PARTNER ON INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION OF CLOWN SHOW FOR BRUNO

Atlanta Premiere Workshop production of The Bruno Project Pays Homage to the Enduring Brilliance of Polish Writer & Artist Bruno Schulz

ATLANTA, GA – February 4, 2008 – Atlanta's PushPush Theater is collaborating with Padua Playwrights in Los Angeles to present an internationally traveling theatrical production of Clown Show for Bruno. Premiering in Atlanta then traveling to audiences across the United States, Poland, Germany, the Ukraine and Israel, this remarkable play by the award-winning playwright and theatrical innovator Murray Mednick that explores the life and death of Polish-Jewish writer and artist Bruno Schulz, who was killed by a Nazi officer in 1944. The limited run in Atlanta will include a performance at PushPush Theater on February 27th followed by a special presentation and discussion at Goethe-Institut Atlanta on the 28th at 7:30. The productions will be followed by discussions with the audience, cast and director.

Murray Mednick is the founder of Padua Playwrights and has been a maverick voice in America theater since the 1960s, nurturing such voices as Sam Shepard, Tony Kushner and Maria Fornes; he brings keen understanding and insight to the story of one man's suffering with this three-character play. PushPush has a long, successful relationship with Mednick, and has premiered several of his previous works. This groundbreaking production of Clown Show for Bruno offers a funny, harrowing, and unexpected look at sex, art, money and humanity during the Holocaust.

Under the direction of Padua Hill's Artistic Director, Guy Zimmerman's, Clown Show for Bruno speaks to audiences of every age and heritage. By using elements of mask, clowning and vaudevillian wordplay, and other theatrical disciplines to underscore the lyrical poeticism of Mednick's text, Clown Show for Bruno examines the relationship between the destructive and creative aspects of human existence. This humorous and gripping portrait of one man's fortitude in the face of horror will have a particular impact on younger audiences looking for new ways to understand the Nazi genocide.

Playing the lead in Clown Show for Bruno is celebrated Commedia performer and teacher Daniel Stein. He is joined for this production by two of his star students, Kali Quinn and Bill Celentano. This production also features award-winning designers John Zelewski (music and sound design), Ann Closs-Farley (costume design) and Jeffrey Atherton (set and mask design).

For more information and to buy tickets, visit the PushPush website at http://www.pushpushtheater.com. A preview and artist biographies can be found on the Padua Playwrights website, http://www.paduaplaywrights.net.