NEW YORK -- The eagerly anticipated production of Linda Faigao-Hall's "The Female Heart" officially opened last Saturday, February 26th at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre. The play, which features Obie Award winner Ching Valdes-Aran, former Miss Saigon Rona Figueroa, Victor Lirio, Tim Davis and Sean Sutherland, is presented by Diverse City Theater in association with Ensemble Studio Theatre. Noted Off Broadway director Jamie Richards directed this poignant piece about the desperate choices two siblings make to escape life in the infamous garbage dump community of the Philippine's Smokey Mountain in the early 1990s.

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Opening night attendees cheered the cast and crew at its post-performance party at the Theatre Row Lounge sponsored by Bombay Sapphire and Martha Clara Vineyards.

"The Female Heart" will run until March 13th 2005 at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre (410 West 42nd Street). Tickets can be purchased through Ticket Central online at www.ticketcentral.com or by calling 212-279-4200. Tickets $15.

Victor Lirio, Rona Figueroa, Director Jamie Richards, Producer Liz Casasola and Sean Sutherland
at the opening of Linda Faigao-Hall's "The Female Heart" at Theatre Row.
(photo credit: Audrey Reuben, courtesy of Playbill.com)

Victor Lirio and NEA-honored playwright Linda Faigao Hall

The production team of "The Female Heart"
Liz Casasola, Producer; Karen Hergesheimer, Production Stage Manager; Victor Lirio; Kristine Reyes, Asst. Director;
Lisa Warmus, Asst. Stage Manager; and Natasha Marco, Producer/Company Manager

Press contact:
Judy Katz Public Relations
212-489-5595
jkpr4@aol.com

For Diverse City Theater:
Liz Casasola
212-309-9018
liz@diversecitytheater.org