59E59 Theaters will host the New York premiere of ASYMMETRIC, written by Mac Rogers and directed by Jordana Williams. Produced by Ground UP Productions in association with Gideon Productions, ASYMMETRIC begins performances on Friday, November 14 for a limited engagement through Saturday, December 6. Press opening is Wednesday, November 19 at 7:30 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Thursday at 7:30 PM; Friday at 8:30PM; Saturday at 8:30 PM; and Sunday at 3:30 PM. Please note: there is an added performance on Saturday, November 29 at 2:30 PM and there is no performance on Thursday, November 27 (Thanksgiving). Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Tickets are $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.59e59.org.
Josh Ruskin had it all: a spymaster with a broad network of contacts, a remarkable gift for interrogation and a marriage to fellow super spy Sunny Black. He was even given his own boutique wing of the CIA called The Fifth Floor.
That was then.
After his pet project morphed into an overarching drone program, Josh found salvation at the bottom of a bottle, losing both the CIA and Sunny. But when a mole in The Fifth Floor begins selling classified intelligence to the enemy, the CIA needs Josh to ferret them out. There's only one problem...he used to be married to her.
Dynamic downtown duo
Mac Rogers and
Jordana Williams reteam for this edge-of-your-seat espionage thriller.
The cast features
Rob Maitner (Frankenstein Upstairs, Urinetown),
Kate Middleton (The Late Christopher Bean for TACT), Seth Shelden (Blast Radius), and
Sean Williams (Advance Man).
The design team includes
Travis McHale (set and lighting),
Amanda Jenks (costumes), and
Jeanne Travis (sound). The production stage manager is Devan Hibbard.
Mac Rogers (playwright) is an award-winning playwright based in Brooklyn, New York. His plays include Sovereign (New York Times and Backstage Critic's Pick), Blast Radius (New York Times Critic's Pick), Advance Man (Backstage Critic's Pick and winner of the New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Premiere Production), Frankenstein Upstairs (
New York Magazine Approval Matrix), Ligature Marks (CityBeat Critic's Pick), Asymmetric (produced by Philadelphia's acclaimed New City Stage Company), Viral (winner of Outstanding Play at FringeNYC 2009 and Best Off-Off Broadway Play from the New York Independent Theater Bloggers), Universal Robots (nominated for four New York Innovative Theatre awards and winner of Best Off-Off Broadway Play from the New York Independent Theater Bloggers), Hail Satan (Outstanding Playwriting Winner at FringeNYC 2007), and Fleet Week: The Musical (co-written with Sean and
Jordana Williams; winner of Outstanding Musical at FringeNYC 2005).
Jordana Williams (director) has directed numerous plays by
Mac Rogers, including Ligature Marks, Frankenstein Upstairs (NYIT Award Nomination,Outstanding Premiere Production), Sovereign (NY Times and Time Out NY Critic's Picks), Blast Radius (NY Times Critic's Pick), Advance Man (NYIT Award- Outstanding Premiere Production), Viral (FringeNYC Award, Outstanding Production of a Play), and three seasons with the Vampire Cowboys' Saturday Night Saloon. Other recent directing credits include Kill Shakespeare (HERE and NY Comic Con), The Blueprint Project (Gideon), and The Particulars (The Bridge Theatre Company). She has also directed for Flux Theatre Ensemble, Boomerang Theatre Company, Ground UP Productions, kef Productions, The Brick Theater, and The 24-Hour Plays. She is a founding member of Gideon and a 2012
nytheatre.com Person of the Year.
