Defibrillator to Stage New York Premiere of Tony Winner Terry Johnson's INSIGNIFICANCE

Defibrillator has announced that the New York premiere of Insignificance, by Tony Award winner Terry Johnson, will open this February at the five-star hotel Langham Place, New York, Fifth Avenue. The play, which takes place in a hotel room in 1953, will be staged entirely within a hotel room on the 5th floor of Langham Place, New York. It follows Defibrillator's successful partnership with the Langham, London on productions of Tennessee Williams' The Hotel Plays and The Armour by Ben Ellis. The site-specific production is directed by Defibrillator's Artistic Director James Hillier, and will begin previews on February 19, 2016 with an opening night currently scheduled for February 24, 2016. Insignificance will play a strictly limited engagement through March 20, 2016. Tickets are on sale now and available via www.universe.com/insignificancetheplay.

On a summer night in 1953, four American icons - a senator, a film actress, a star athlete and the world's most renowned physicist - gather in a hotel room to discuss and debate power, sex and politics. From the atom bomb to America's favorite pastime, Insignificance explores the nature of fame and living in a Post-War America through the lens of Joseph McCarthy, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio, and Albert Einstein in what The Guardian called one of the "landmark plays of the 80s."

Defibrillator will once again partner with Langham Hospitality Group, this time in New York, presenting Insignificance in the unique and intimate setting of the five-star hotel Langham Place, New York, located in the heart of New York on Fifth Avenue. Audiences will check in at the box office in the lobby and then be whisked off to the 5th floor and into a spacious hotel room, circa 1953 - complete with dedicated adjacent bar.

Insignificance first opened in 1982 at the Royal Court, London to overwhelming positive response, going on to win the Plays & Players Award Best Play, the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright as well as a best actor Olivier for Ian McDiarmid's performance as "Einstein". The film version of the play, directed by Nicolas Roeg, was the official British Entry at Cannes Film Festival in 1985.

Insignificance will star Max Baker (Broadway's Jerusalem), Anthony Comis (Shafrika, The White Girl), Susannah Hoffman (Baby Doll), and Michael Pemberton (Broadway's The Farnsworth Invention) Amy Cook is the Production Designer.

Tickets for Insignificance are now on sale and are available by visiting www.universe.com/insignificancetheplay. Tickets range from $45 to $125.

The playing schedule for Insignificance is as follows:

For February 19 through February 28: Tuesday at 7:30pm, Wednesday at 7:30pm, Thursday at 7:30pm, Friday at 7:30pm, Saturday at 7:30pm, Sunday at 3pm.

Beginning February 29: Tuesday at 7:30pm, Wednesday at 7:30pm, Thursday at 7:30pm, Friday at 7:30pm, Saturday at 3pm and 7:30pm, and Sunday at 3pm.