ALL IS CALM Announces Casting For Off-Broadway Premiere; Ben Johnson, Riley McNutt, and More

Laura Little Theatricals and Theater Latté Da announce casting for the Off-Broadway premiere of the new musical All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914. Written and directed by Peter Rothstein (Founding Artistic Director, Theater Latté Da), with vocal arrangements by Erick Lichte (Artistic Director, Chor Leoni) and Timothy C. Takach (St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Boston Pops) and music direction by Lichte, ALL IS CALM begins previews at the Sheen Center For Thought & Culture (18 Bleecker Street), Loreto Theater, on November 9, 2018 with opening night set for November 18, playing a limited run through December 30, 2018. Tickets are available by visiting www.alliscalm.org.

The cast of ALL IS CALM will feature Sasha Andreev (Theater Latté Da's Ragtime), David Darrow (Guthrie Theater's The Royal Family), Benjamin Dutcher (Theater Latté Da's Ragtime), Ben Johnson (All Is Calm), Mike McGowan (The Book of Mormon), Tom McNichols (Cantus), Riley McNutt (All Is Calm), Rodolfo Nieto (Lyric Arts' Guys and Dolls), James Ramlet (Theater Latté Da's Sweeney Todd), and Evan Tyler Wilson (Theater Latté Da's Sweeney Todd).

The Western Front, Christmas, 1914. Out of the violence a silence, then a song. A German soldier steps into No Man's Land singing "Stille Nacht." Thus begins an extraordinary night of camaraderie, music, peace. A remarkable true story, told in the words and songs of the men who lived it, ALL IS CALM is brought to life by a cast of 10 actor/singers and blends iconic WWI patriotic tunes, trench songs, medieval ballads and Christmas carols from England, Wales, France, Belgium and Germany with texts written by more than 30 World War I figures.

Peter Rothstein, the show's creator, conducted research for two years to develop ALL IS CALM. "I wanted to tell the story in their own words, I created the drama by stringing together letters, war documents, autobiographies, World War I poetry, gravestone inscriptions, even an old radio broadcast," said Rothstein. "For decades, the truce was considered a romantic fable, fiction, and I wanted to give legitimate voice to this remarkable moment that had somehow been denied its rightful place in history. I cannot express how gratifying it has been to share the story of these heroic men, in their own words, across the country and around the globe."

ALL IS CALM features costume design by Trevor Bowen, lighting design by Marcus Dilliard, and sound design by Nicholas Tranby.

Since ALL IS CALM had its world premiere in a live broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio in 2007, the show has enjoyed global success with broadcasts on five continents through American Public Media and the European Broadcasting Union. The program has won awards including the Gold World Medal at the 2010 New York Festivals and the 2010 Gabriel Award, which honors works of excellence in broadcasting that serve audiences through the positive, creative treatment of concerns to humankind.

ALL IS CALM has toured the United States for ten seasons, reaching more than 50 cities playing prestigious venues such as The Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), Cal Performances (Berkeley, CA) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York). The work has also been licensed and performed by theater companies and choruses across the US and Canada.

Through November 18, tickets to ALL IS CALM are $51. Beginning November 21, tickets range from $71-$91. They are available at www.alliscalm.org, by phone at 212-925-2812, or in-person at The Sheen Center box office Mon. - Fri. 12PM to 5PM.