Off-Broadway's Ascension Closes November 19

The Red Light District production of Ascension by Edmund De Santis, playing Off-Broadway at The Lion Theatre (Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street), will close this Sunday, November 19th.

Two extensions were made for the limited Off-Broadway engagement (5 previews and 39 performances).  The acclaimed play is directed by Marc Geller and stars Stephen Hope, Lucy McMichael, and Brandon Ruckdashel.  The set design is by Aaron Mastin, costumes by Dennis Ballard and lighting by Fran DenDanto III.  

Ascension is "about an ambitious Catholic priest's struggle to hold together the fabric of the world he has created to keep his desires at bay. He is confronted by the schizophrenic wife of a butcher, who accuses him of sexually abusing her son eight years earlier.  Then drawn into a web of evil and deceit comes a visit by the angelic young man, himself; and now their worlds unfold with a volcano of desire that is close to exploding."

De Santis is the author of many plays, including Making Peter Pope, The Language of Kisses, More Than This, and the award-winning Recensio and American Subway.  His play Tornado Rosaries is also scheduled to open in the fall in New York.

The remaining performances for the extension are: Wednesday – Saturday at 8:00 pm and Sunday, November 19th at 2:00 & 7:00 pm.  Tickets are $55.00. They are on sale at the box office & through Ticket Central: (212) 279-4200  or www.ticketcentral.com.

Visit www.myspace.com/ascensiontheplay for more information.