59E59 Winter 2017 Season Brochure

59E59 THEATERS 2017 WINTER SEASON JANUARY–APRIL

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Since 2004, The Drama Desk Award-winning 59E59 Theaters has been providing a space for emerging and established not-for-profit theater companies to bring innovative, invigorating, never-before-seen work to New York audiences. Conveniently located in the heart of Midtown, this spectacular, modern Off Broadway destination boasts three spaces and presents live performances six days a week, 50 weeks a year.

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Theater A

JANUARY 10 - FEBRUARY 19 Wakka Wakka and Nordland Visual Theater present

MADE IN CHINA A co-production with Nordland Visual Theatre and The Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College Written by KIRJAN WAAGE and GWENDOLYN WARNOCK, with help from the

WAKKA WAKKA ENSEMBLE Directed by KIRJAN WAAGE and GWENDOLYN WARNOCK With PETER RUSSO, ANDREW

MANJUCK, HANSEL TAN, WEI-YI LIN, DOROTHY JAMES, CHARLES PANG, STEPHEN J MARK

“FUNNY AND POIGNANT...

MAGICAL AND REFRESHING” The New York Times NY Critics Pick on Baby Universe

“A DAZZLING DISPLAY OF SHOWMANSHIP” The Washington Post on Baby Universe

From the creative talents behind the highly-regarded Baby Universe: A Puppet Odyssey comes a new darkly comedic puppet musical. Inspired by true events, Made In China is a fantastical exploration of human rights, consumerism and morality as told through the unlikely love story between an odd middle-aged American woman and her Chinese ex-pat neighbor.

Made In China features 30 puppets, seven puppeteers, music inspired by both American and Chinese traditions, and animated video. $60 (59E59 MEMBERS $49) FIRST LOOK TICKETS $25 JAN 10 ONLY

PREVIEW TICKETS $35 JAN 11-15 TUE, WED & THU 7, FRI 8, SAT 2 & 8, SUN 3

Theater B

Theater C

JANUARY 12 - FEBRUARY 12

JANUARY 13 - FEBRUARY 5

The Poets’ Theatre, Inc., and Michael Seiden present

St. Louis Actors’ Studio, William Roth Founder, Artistic Director, presents

ALBATROSS

By MATTHEW SPANGLER and BENJAMIN EVETT Directed by RICK LOMBARDO

LABUTE NEW THEATER FESTIVAL

Featuring BENJAMIN EVETT

AMERICAN OUTLAWS

A tour-de-force solo piece inspired by Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,’ Albatross combines sophisticated multimedia with a performance that is “astounding” (EdFringe Review) and “dazzling” (ArtsFuse). Full of privateers, storms, battles, spirits, and (yes) penguins, this fast-paced adventure story explores themes of regret, isolation and the interconnected relationship between human beings and the natural world we inhabit. Albatross arrives in New York following a triumphant run at the Edinburgh Fringe.

"Spell Binding" WBUR Boston "Captivating" The Boston Globe $35 (59E59 MEMBER $24.50) TUE, WED, THU 7:15, FRI 8:15, SAT 2:15 & 8:15, SUN 3:15

By ADAM SEIDEL Directed by JOHN PIERSON

MARK MY WORMS

By CARY PEPPER Directed by MICHAEL HOGAN

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS

By NEIL LABUTE Directed by KEL HANEY

HOMEBODY

By GABE McKINLEY Directed by JOHN PIERSON With CLEA ALSIP,

JUSTIN IVAN BROWN, MICHAEL HOGAN, DONNA WEINSTING and ERIC WHITE An evening of 3 one act plays that received their world premiers at past LaBute New Theater Festivals at St. Louis Actors’ Studio’s Gaslight theater, plus the world premiere of Neil LaBute’s What Happens In Vegas. $35 (59E59 MEMBERS $24.50) TUE, WED & THU 7:30, FRI 8:30, SAT 2:30 & 8:30, SUN 3:30 & 7:30 NO SUNDAY EVENING SHOWS ON JANUARY 15 & FEBRUARY 5

Theater B

Theater C

FEBRUARY 16 - MARCH 12

FEBRUARY 7 - MARCH 5

The Creative Place International, in association with AND Theatre Company, presents

The Simon Studio presents

Artwork by Dahl Taylor

THE DRESSMAKER’S SECRET

By SARAH LEVINE SIMON and MIHAI GRUNFELD Directed by

JEFF McCARTHY in

ROGER HENDRICKS SIMON

KUNSTLER

Nineteen-year-old Robi craves all things western as he searches for identity in post WWII Communist Romania. His quest opens the doorway through which his parents’ generation comes to terms with their painful pasts.

By JEFFREY SWEET Directed by MEAGEN FAY With NAMBI E. KELLEY

$25 (59E59 MEMBERS $17.50) Broadway star Jeff McCarthy brings William Kunstler—a self-described “radical lawyer” and civil rights activist— back to life in Jeffrey Sweet’s fascinating play, which revisits Kunstler’s timely message of Constitutional civil rights under rule of law in an exciting theatrical event. $35 (59E59 MEMBER $24.50) TUE, WED, THU 7:15, FRI 8:15, SAT 2:15 & 8:15, SUN 3:15 & 7:15 NO SUNDAY EVENING SHOWS ON FEBRUARY 26 & MARCH 12

TUE, WED & THU 7:30, FRI 8:30, SAT 2:30 & 8:30, SUN 3:30

Theater C

Theater B

MARCH 9 - APRIL 1

MARCH 15 - APRIL 9

The Custom Made Theatre Co., Inc. presents

Bated Breath Theatre Company presents

SAM & DEDE, OR MY DINNER WITH ANDRE THE GIANT

BENEATH THE GAVEL

By GINO DIIORIO Directed by LEAH S. ABRAMS With BRENDAN AVERETT and DAVE SIKULA

Wrestling fans remember Andre the Giant as a great showman, athlete, and a man with a heart big enough to match his outsized body. Filmgoers remember him as the very large sidekick in the iconic The Princess Bride.

Playwright Gino DiIorio thinks of him, first and foremost, as the kid Samuel Beckett befriended. Dilorio fashions a tale about an unlikely duo — a comic absurdity that plays out in Beckett– inspired rhythm.

“Dilorio’s dialogue sparkles with Beckett-style remarks while these two ‘giants’ of the literary and wrestling worlds converse... intelligent, witty, and bright.”

TalkingBroadway $25 (59E59 MEMBERS $17.50) TUE, WED & THU 7:30, FRI 8:30, SAT 2:30 & 8:30, SUN 3:30

Devised by BATED BREATH THEATRE COMPANY and written by MARA LIEBERMAN Directed by MARA LIEBERMAN With GABRIEL APREA, MISSY

BURMEISTER, REBECCCA ELLIS, MOIRA O'SULLIVAN, JULIA VERÓN, DEBRA WALSH Beneath the Gavel drops the audience into the epicenter of the white-hot art market to explore the rise of branded art in the collision of High Art and High Finance. Based on stories from auction world insiders, this immersive, physical theater piece gives the audience an unforgettable inside look at the only market—besides the stock market—to show up on the front pages of every major newspaper.

Beneath the Gavel first premiered in March 2016 in partnership with The New Britain Museum of American Art. “If you’ve ever imagined what it might be like to play with the big guys at an auction house like Sotheby’s or Christie’s this is your golden invitation…

Grab your paddle, collect as much fake moola as you can and enjoy the theatrical endeavor that is the creative whirlwind Beneath the Gavel."

Bonnie Goldberg, The Middletown Press $35 (59E59 MEMBERS $24.50) TUE, WED & THU 7:15, FRI 8:15, SAT 2:15 & 8:15, SUN 3:15

Theater A

MARCH 7 - APRIL 16 Delaware Theatre Company presents

WHITE GUY ON THE BUS

By BRUCE GRAHAM Directed by BUD MARTIN With JESSICA BEDFORD,

DANIELLE LENEE, SUSAN McKEY and JONATHAN SILVER

“A FRANK STARE-DOWN OF RACIAL PERCEPTIONS… AN UNSETTLING STUDY IN CULTURAL DISAFFECTION”

From Bruce Graham, the playwright behind 59E59 Theaters’ sold out shows Any Given Monday and The Outgoing Tide, comes what the The New York Times Chicago Tribune calls “a play with guts,” that is a provocative, unflinching examination of race in America today. $70 (59E59 MEMBERS $49) Week after week, a wealthy business FIRST LOOK TICKETS $25 man rides the same bus as a single mother putting herself through school AVAILABLE MARCH 7 ONLY and struggling to raise a son on her PREVIEW TICKETS $35 own. As they get to know one another, MARCH 8-12 their pasts unfold and tensions rise, igniting an incendiary exploration of TUE, WED & THU 7, FRI 8, race that is both fiery and disturbing. SAT 2 & 8, SUN 3 & 7

“ALWAYS A CLASS "A" PRODUCTION ON HAND FOR VIEWING” Paul K.

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