Nick Payne's CONSTELLATIONS Next Up for Pipeline-Collective

Pipeline-Collective presents the Nashville premiere of Nick Payne's award-winning play Constellations at the Belmont Little Theatre, running December 16, 17, 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m. Directed by David Ian Lee, the plays stars Jason Griffith and Karen Sternberg.

The opening night performance will be "pay-what-you-can," while tickets for all remaining performances are $10.

In his play, Payne envisions the multiverse, a world that includes every decision ever - and never - made. Roland (Griffith) is a beekeeper and Marianne (Sternberg) is a theoretical early universe cosmologist. They meet, then meet again and again, each scenario charting a different path for their relationship. Constellations takes audiences on a fascinating journey, exploring free will, love, bosons, and honey.

Ben Brantley from The New York Times wrote, "Constellations gets into your head and under your skin with an immediacy that sometimes tickles and often hurts."

Lee describes Constellations as "a bittersweet romantic comedy about string theory. Roland and Marianne fall in love and not, fall out of love and not, find one another only to be lost again, and experience all of the possible variations of a life shared in the meta-universe."

"We're excited to present Constellations as Pipeline-Collective's second production," says Sterberg, one of Pipeline-Collective's four founding members. "This furthers our mission of bringing tremendous talent and voices from outside Nashville to collaborate within our own unique and vibrant community of theatremakers. Playwright Nick Payne's star is on the ascent, and his words will stay with you long after the lights come up. And we're grateful that Jason Griffith, a dear friend of ours from New York City and an accomplished professional actor, is joining us for this special production."

For reservations or more information, go to www.pipeline-collective.com. Non-reserved seats are available on a first-come/first-served basis. For all performances, the house opens at 7:15 p.m.

Constellations premiered at London's Royal Court Theatre in January, 2012, and then transferred to the West End later that year. At 29, Nick Payne became the youngest playwright to win the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play. The play opened on Broadway in January, 2015, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson.

Constellations is presented under the auspices of the Actors' Equity Association Members' Project Code. Founding Members of Pipeline-Collective include Lauren Berst, David Ian Lee, Karen Sternberg and Cheryl White.

About the cast and crew: David Ian Lee (director) is a freelance actor and director who most recently directed IN THE CONTINUUM for Fisk University and who will next direct PETER AND THE STARCATCHER for Lipscomb University and BENEATHA'S PLACE for Verge Theater Company. David presently serves as the Associate Artist in Education for Nashville Repertory Theatre and is an Associate Artist with Nashville Story Garden. He is also an internationally produced playwright, with Current Productions of his work in Canada, South Africa, Greece, and the U.S. For more information, please visit www.davidianlee.com.

Jason Griffith is a New York-based actor and voiceover artist. His previous theatre credits include IPHIGENIA AT AULIS, BURIED CHILD, MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE COLOR OF FLESH, PVT. WARS, AS IS. TV/FILM credits include BLUE BLOODS, THRE3BOUND, EDGE OF SEVENTEEN. Jason can be heard in many films and television shows including: A WALK IN THE WOODS; MILES AHEAD; HAPPYISH; THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN; CAROL; HAIL, CAESAR!; SUPER WINGS. Jason is the former voice of Sonic the Hedgehog for all things SEGA.

Karen Sternberg was last seen in Pipeline's production of THE GUYS. Favorite NYC credits include ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (where she met David), THE MEMORY OF WATER, PLATONOV, and HEDDA GABLER. She toured in productions of AS YOU LIKE IT and THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. Other regional shows include FALLING, VIRAL, and MIDDLETOWN. She made her local debut in 2015's HENRY V with the Nashville Shakespeare Festival, and in February she'll appear in Studio Tenn's production of THE ELEPHANT MAN. She's an Associate Artist with Nashville Story Garden and loves her six-year-old son.

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