Performances begin Thursday, October 16, for Lincoln Center Theater's production of SATURN RETURNS, a new play by Noah Haidle, directed by Nicholas Martin at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Opening night is Monday, November 10, 2008. The cast of four features Rosie Benton (pictured), Robert Eli, John McMartin and James Rebhorn.
The planet Saturn's orbital return to its position at the moment of a person's birth happens every thirty years. In SATURN RETURNS, playwright
Noah Haidle uses this phenomenon to take a look at one man – Gustin (played at three different stages of his life by
Robert Eli,
John McMartin and
James Rebhorn) – during these pivotal moments as he confronts the three women in his life (all played by
Rosie Benton).
SATURN RETURNS has sets by
Ralph Funicello, costumes by
Robert Morgan, lighting by
Peter Kaczorowski and original music and sound design by
Mark Bennett.
Playwright
Noah Haidle is the author of the plays PERSEPHONE, directed by
Nicholas Martin at Boston's Huntington Theater, Vigils, produced at Chicago's Goodman Theater and Washington, D.C.'s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; MR. MARMALADE, seen in New York at the Roundabout Theatre after premiering at the South Coast Rep in Costa Mesa, California; PRINCESS MARJORIE, which also premiered at the South Coast Rep; and RAG AND BONE, produced by the
Long Wharf Theatre.
Nicholas Martin, Artistic Director of the
Williamstown Theatre Festival, returns to
Lincoln Center Theater where he directed last season's production of
Paul Rudnick's THE NEW CENTURY, as well as
Frank McGuinness' OBSERVE THE SONS OF ULSTER MARCHING TOWARDS THE SOMME,
John Guare's CHAUCER IN ROME and Arthur Laurent's THE TIME OF THE CUCKOO. His Broadway credits include BUTLEY, MATCH, HEDDA GABLER AND THE REHEARSAL.
SATURN RETURNS is performed Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8pm, with matinees Wednesday and Saturdays at 2pm and Sundays at 3pm (there is no Saturday matinee on Oct. 18). Tickets are available at the
Lincoln Center Theater Box Office, at Tele-charge.com (212-239-6200) or by visiting
www.lct.org.
Photo credit: Walter McBride/RETNA Ltd.
