Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company to Stage American Buffalo This Winter
Dec 11, 2015

Artistic Director Kenny Leon and True Colors Theatre Company are proud to announce its production of the award winning drama AMERICAN BUFFALO by David Mamet.

Directed by former Milwaukee Repertory Theatre Artistic Director John Dillon, the play will star actors Neal Ghant, G. Valmont Thomas, and Garrett Gray in the play that put David Mamet on the map as a major American playwright when it appeared on Broadway in 1977, three small time criminals' work together to pull off one big time heist. Winner of the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play. Running February 9 through March 6, 2016 at Fulton County's Southwest Arts Center's Performance Theater.

Set in an urban junk shop, three small-time crooks make plans to rob a man of his coin collection, including what they believe to be an extremely valuable "Buffalo nickel." However, as the night goes on, motivations change, loyalties squirm and shift and paranoia rises to generate heart-pounding drama. Contains Adult Language. Recommended Ages 15+.

AMERICAN BUFFALO will be in preview performances February 9 - 11, 2016 at 8 PM. Opening night is February 12, 2016 and the show is running through February 22, 2015. Performances during the run are Wednesday - Saturday at 8 PM and Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 PM. All performances will be presented at Fulton County's Southwest Arts Center's Performance Theater at 915 New Hope Rd, Atlanta, GA 30331.

Tickets and Season Subscriptions are available by contacting Ticket Alternative at 1.877.725.8849 or www.ticketalternative.com or through the True Colors website at www.truecolorstheatre.org.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

DAVID MAMET is the author of the plays: Race, Keep Your Pantheon, School, November, Romance, Boston Marriage, Faustus, Oleanna, Glengarry Glen Ross (1984 Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics Circle Award), AMERICAN BUFFALO, The Old Neighborhood, A Life in the Theatre, Speed-the-Plow, Edmond, Lakeboat, The Water Engine, The Woods, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Reunion and The Cryptogram (1995 Obie Award). His translations and adaptations include: Faustus and Red River by Pierre Laville; and The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekov. His films include: The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Verdict, The Untouchables, House of Games (writer/director), Oleanna (writer/director),Homicide (writer/director), The Spanish Prisoner (writer/director), Heist (writer/director), Spartan (writer/director) and Redbelt (writer/director). Mr. Mamet is also the author of: Warm and Cold, a book for children with drawings by Donald Sultan, and two other children's books, Passover and The Duck and the Goat; Writing in Restaurants, Some Freaks, and Make-Believe Town, three volumes of essays; The Hero Pony and The China Man, a book of poems; Three Children's Plays, On Directing Film, The Cabin, and the novels The Village, The Old Religion and Wilson. His most recent books include the acting books, True & False and Three Uses of the Knife. Glengarry Glen Ross was awarded the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play in 2005.