Lincoln Center's Target Free Thursdays to Offer ASKING FOR IT and TITANIC TALES in March and April

Two exciting theater pieces come to Lincoln Center as part of Target Free Thursdays at the David Rubenstein Atrium this March and April: first on March 29, Asking For It, a moving and funny one-woman show by Joanna Rush to mark Women's History Month; then on April 12, Titanic Tales, a music-theater work recalling the tragic voyage in survivors own words, set to music of the period.  Both performances take place at 8:30 p.m.

Admission is FREE. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. The David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center is located at Broadway between 62nd and 63^rd Streets. For more information, including an updated calendar of performances and programs at the Atrium, visit LincolnCenter.org/Atrium. 

Thursday, March 29 at 8:30 p.m.

ASKING FOR IT   

Written and Performed by Joanna Rush

Directed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett

Produced by Jana Robbins

Asking For It follows one woman's hysterical and heartbreaking journey from "Outstanding Catholic Youth of the Year" to the stage of Radio City Music Hall to the cast of A Chorus Line.  She experiences repression and redemption, faith and femininity, and finds humor and humility on a journey to create her own life. With song and dance, and deeply-felt words, Joanna Rush portrays that woman, as well as a colorful cast of characters ranging from uptight clerics to sexy chorines, to growing boys. Hilarious, irreverent and deeply moving, Asking For It leaves audiences-male and female, of all ages-inspired and renewed, and saying, "This is my story." A trio of outstanding woman of the theater has given life to Asking For It.  The one-woman show was conceived, written by, and stars, award-winning actress and writer Joanna Rush. It is directed by acclaimed choreographer and Tony- and Drama Desk- nominated director and choreographer (for Swing!) Lynne Taylor-Corbett, and produced by Tony Award-nominee Jana Robbins. Excerpts from the show were chosen by the United Nations Council for the Empowerment of Women and The Hunger Project for performance at the International Women's Day (NYC) in 2008.  Now, in time to mark Women's History Month, this "brave work" (WBAI radio), that succeeds in "Finding the truth of one's life in a culture of lies" (BBC Radio 4) comes to Lincoln Center.  For more information visit: www.askingforitonline.com.

Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 8:30 pm
TITANIC TALES: STORIES OF COURAGE AND COWARDICE (World Premiere)

Written by Duncan McCargo and Stephanie Winters

Directed by Stephanie Braxton

Actors: Duncan McCargo and Stephanie Winters, with David Khouri and David Smilow

Musicians: Stephanie Winters, cello, Seth Farber, piano, David Shenton, violin

April 10, 2012 will mark the 100^th anniversary of the date the Titanic left Southampton, England on her tragic maiden voyage.  This original music theater piece weaves together survivors' recollections, taken from testimony given at the American and British boards of inquiry, with music of the period, including works performed by the Titanic's band on that fateful night, ("Autumn," and "Nearer My God to Thee"), to reveal stories of courage and cowardice.

Commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts for Target Free Thursdays at the David Rubenstein Atrium.

Go to LincolnCenter.org/Atrium for an updated schedule of Atrium concerts and events.