Marvel, Birney, Etc. to Settle 'Dark Matters' Off-Broadway

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater will continue its 12th season with the New York Premiere of Dark Matters, a new play by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Based on a Totally True Story), directed by Trip Cullman (Dog Sees God).

Performances begin on Friday, November 10, 2006. Opening night is Monday, November 20, 2006. The show will run through Friday, December 22, 2006.

"In a house at the end of a cornfield, something almost beyond belief is happening to the Cleary family. A woman disappears, then returns talking of otherworldly beings. Is she lying? Or are even darker forces at work, threatening to destroy a family already on the brink of falling apart?," state press materials.

The cast includes: Reed Birney (Texas Homos, Volunteer Man), Justin Chatwin (NY stage debut, War of the Worlds and the upcoming The Invisible), Michael Cullen (Cobb, Bug) and Elizabeth Marvel (Seascape, Hedda Gabler).

The creative team is comprised of Wilson Chin (sets), Matt Richards (lights), Michael Friedman and Shane Rettig (sound and music) and Katherine Roth (costumes). Steve Henry is Production Stage Manager.
 
 Dark Matters will have the following performance schedule: Wednesday ­ Saturday at 8pm, and Sunday at 3pm. Tickets are $40.00 and are available through SmartTix (212-868-4444) or www.smarttix.com. Rattlestick Playwrights Theater is located at 224 Waverly Place (off Seventh Avenue South ­ between West 11th & Perry Streets).

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