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WHAT’S NEW WITH THE RESIDENCY FIVE PL AYWRIGHTS MARTHA CLARKE’s ANNIE BAKER was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play The Flick. She developed her new play, The Last of the Little Hours, at the Sundance Institute’s 2014 Theatre Lab this summer. The world premiere of KATORI HALL’s Our Lady of Kibeho opens at Signature this November. Her new play Blood Quilt will be produced at Washington, D.C.’s Arena Stage in 2015. Chéri, which premiered at Signature last season, is currently on an international tour and will be seen this fall at the Kennedy Center and in Argentina, where it will feature Academy Award-winning actress Norma Aleandro. WILL ENO’s new play The Realistic Joneses recently concluded a Broadway run featuring Michael C. Hall, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts, and Marisa Tomei. Steppenwolf Theatre’s production of KENNETH LONERGAN’s 1996 play This Is Our Youth opened on Broadway this September featuring Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin, and Tavi Gevinson. BRANDEN JACOBSJENKINS’s This May, the Goodman Theatre in Chicago will be producing REGINA TAYLOR’s stop. reset., which premiered at Signature last season. War will premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre this November. Vineyard Theatre will produce his play Gloria; Or Ambition next spring. WELCOME TO THE NEW GROUP Executive Director Adam Bernstein and Artistic Director Scott Elliott of The New Group. When The Pershing Square Signature Center opened in 2012, Signature envisioned it one day providing a home to some of New York’s most dynamic and impactful theatre companies. Today, Signature is thrilled to welcome The New Group to the Center, where it will celebrate its 20th Anniversary Season with three exciting new productions. An award-winning, artist-driven institution, The New Group has a distinguished record of producing contemporary, emotionally immediate works. This season, the company will offer David Rabe’s 1971 drama Sticks and Bones, Joel Drake Johnson’s Rasheeda Speaking, and the world premiere of Jesse Eisenberg’s The Spoils. Signature looks forward to having this important company around the Center. 4