59E59 Theaters's Winter 2015 Season to Feature Works by James Ortiz, Joel Jeske & More

59E59 Theaters has announced the line-up of shows for the 2015 Winter Season. All performances take place at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Ticket prices and performance schedules vary. For tickets, call Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or online at www.59e59.org.

Tickets for the Winter 2015 season go on sale to 59E59 Members on Monday, December 1 and to the general public on Friday, December 5.

Tickets for THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS and LONESOME TRAVELER, which are part of the 5A Season, are on sale now.

January 13 - February 22
THE WOODSMAN created by James Ortiz, directed by James Ortiz and Claire Karpen
With James Ben Bass, Will Gallacher, Alex Gould, Amanda A. Lederer, Lauren Nordvig, James Ortiz, Eliza Simpson, Meghan St. Thomas and Sophia Zukoski
Produced by Strangemen & Co. in association with Robb Nanus and Rachel Sussman
Tickets: $30 ($21 for 59E59 Members)

After a hit sold-out run last year, Strange Men & Co. return with their striking origin story of The Tin Man from the forgotten writings of L. Frank Baum. When a lonely woodsman falls for the slave of a powerful witch, will their love be enough to protect them from her wrath? Both joyous and heartbreaking, THE WOODSMAN enchants with puppetry and live music.

January 16 - February 8
EVERYBODY GETS CAKE!, created by Joel Jeske, Danny Gardner, Brent McBeth, directed by Mark Lonergan
With Joel Jeske, Danny Gardner, and Brent McBeth
Produced by Parallel Exit
Tickets: $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members)

Parallel Exit returns to 59E59, following its Drama Desk-nominated triumphs. Step into the deliciously warped minds of comedians Joel Jeske, Danny Gardner, and Brent McBeth as they present a dizzying array of the outrageously unexpected. And...there's cake!

January 20 - March 1
THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS written by Tom Dulack, directed by Michael Parva
With cast to be announced
Produced by The Directors Company
Part of the inaugural 5A Season
Tickets: $70 ($49 for 59E59 Members)
On Sale Now!

Riddled with international intrigue, Tom Dulack's prescient play (first conceived in 2007) imagines a world where the first black African Pope is in the Vatican, and the first third party President in American history is in the White House. With America under threat and a full-scale civil war raging in Syria, the President must act. Will the Pope intervene directly in American foreign policy in Syria, or will he acquiesce?

February 12 - March 1
THE SUBTLE BODY written by Megan Campisi, Chinese translation by Grant Zhong, directed by Michael Leibenluft
With cast to be announced
Produced by Gold No Trade
Tickets: $18 ($12.60 for 59E59 Members)

China, 1702: Dr. Floyer struggles to understand the workings of the human heart. His wife Charlotte has just found the secret to her own. Following a sold-out run in Shanghai, this new bilingual Mandarin/English comedy examines Chinese medicine, mistranslation, and the inner workings of the human heart.

February 28 - March 29
LONG STORY SHORT adapted from David Schulner's play An Infinite Ache by Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda, directed by Kent Nicholson
With cast to be announced
Produced by Prospect Theater Company
Tickets: $50 ($35 for 59E59 Members)

An Infinite Ache gets a musical adaptation by Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda, creators of the Off Broadway hit musical Striking 12 and founders of the indie rock band GrooveLily. Long Story Short covers a romance and 50-year marriage in 95 minutes and 17 songs. This funny, frazzled couple-one Jewish, one Asian-American-careens from first date to old age, illuminating along their journey the challenges and joys of any long-term relationship.

March 5 - March 22
C.O.A.L. (Confessions of a Liar) written by David Brian Colbert, directed by Craig Baldwin
With cast to be announced
Produced by Mary J. Davis and MBL Productions
Tickets: $18 ($12.60 for 59E59 Members)

There are lies we tell ourselves, and lies we tell others, lying just to make it through the day. What if there was a world where truth exists only to tell you...lies? A charming and witty liar, Coal, revisits his life in a small West Virginia town, introducing the dicey and colorful characters of his past, while attempting to come to terms with the lies he told to change his truth.

March 10 - April 14
LONESOME TRAVELER, created and directed by James O'Neil
With cast to be announced
Produced by Off-Broadway Across America and Rubicon Theater (Ventura, California)
Part of the inaugural 5A Season
Tickets: $70 ($49 for 59E59 Members)
On sale now!

LONESOME TRAVELER celebrates the legacy of folk as the soundtrack of social change and moral revolution. Employing nine singer/musicians dramatizing some of the key moments in the history of the American folk revival, LONESOME TRAVELER features classic songs such as "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," "This Land Is Your Land," "Puff the Magic Dragon," and "Maggie's Farm." Weaving together a tapestry of the venues and historic circumstances that put folk at the core of the great changes that swept American society from 1958 through to the early 1970s, LONESOME TRAVELER celebrates the legacy of folk as the soundtrack of social change and moral revolution.

March 26 - April 12
MUSIC HALL, written by Jean-Luc Lagarce, directed by Zeljko Djukic
With cast to be announced
Produced by TUTA Theatre Chicago
Tickets: $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members)

MUSIC HALL, a US premiere by French writer Jean-Luc Lagarce, tells the funny and deeply moving story of three fading performers, who act, sing, and dance every night. Lagarce explores the vulnerability of the life of a stage artist, and what it takes to endure it year after year.

April 3 - April 25
UNDERLAND written by Alexandra Collier, directed by Mia Rovegno
With cast to be announced
Produced by terraNOVA Collective
Tickets: $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members)

In a dusty town in the dead center of Australia, two teenage schoolgirls dream of escape while digging a hole to China. But not paying attention in geography class can take you in a different direction, and when a Tokyo businessman crawls out of the earth, the girls get a glimpse of an exotic world way beyond the town's borders. This funny, mythic and magical play, which was developed at the Sydney Theatre Company and nominated for the 2014 Weissberger Award at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, explores the isolation and terror the Australian landscape provokes in its colonial inhabitants.

Coming Spring 2015
April - June 2015
BRITS OFF BROADWAY

Brits Off Broadway returns for its 11th smash year! Details coming soon.