ERIC ARGYLE, JERICHO, TWO POINT OH & More Round Out 59E59 Theaters' Fall Season

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is proud to announce the line-up of shows for the Fall 2013 Season. All performances take place at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Ticket prices and performance schedules vary. For tickets, call Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or online at www.59e59.org.

Tickets for the Fall 2013 shows go on sale August 30th, with the exception of THE LIFE AND SORT OF DEATH OF ERIC ARGYLE, I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW (THE WHEELCHAIR ON MY FACE), and ALL THAT FALL, which are on sale now.

59E59 Theaters anticipates additional productions will be joining the fall season, which will be announced at a later date.

Wednesday, September 4 - Sunday, September 29
THE LIFE AND SORT OF DEATH OF ERIC ARGYLE, written by Ross Dungan and directed by Dan Herd
With Siobhan Cullen, Rachel Gleeson, Manus Halligan, Davey Kelleher, Emmet Kirwin,
Dave McEntegart, Erica Murray, and Karen Sheridan
Produced by 15th Oak
Tickets: $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members)
Part of 1st Irish at 59E59 Theaters
Eric Argyle is having a bad Sunday. It's late. He's still in his pajamas. People are staring at him. And he died at 11.42 AM, two days ago, an issue to which people aren't all that receptive. This "tight piece of storytelling" (The Scotsman) is equal parts comedy and tragedy, about life, death and regret.

Tuesday, September 10 - Sunday, September 29
I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW (THE WHEELCHAIR ON MY FACE), written by Sonya Kelly and directed by Gina Moxley
With Sonya Kelly
Produced by Fishamble: The New Play Company
Part of 1st Irish at 59E59 Theaters
Tickets: $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members)
'Little Miss Sunshine' meets 'My Left Foot,' this comedy about childhood myopia was called 'delightfully whacky' by the Irish Times.

Thursday, October 3 - Sunday, October 20
TWO POINT OH, written by Jeffrey Jackson, directed by Michael Unger
With Jack Noseworthy, Karron Graves, James Ludwig, Antoinette Lavecchia, and Michael Sean McGuinness
Produced by The Active Theater
Tickets: $18 ($12.60 for 59E59 Members)
Elliot Leeds is dead-or is he? A pioneering software mogul, Elliot makes headlines one last time when his private jet plunges into the Pacific. Three months later, Melanie, his grief-paralyzed widow, discovers Elliot's greatest creation: a virtual-reality simulation of himself that he masterminded before his demise. Programmed with the most advanced Artificial Intelligence, thousands of hours of his recorded thoughts and speech, and a digital re-creation of his face and body,"Elliot 2.0" is a talking, thinking, virtual soul. The question is... is he alive?

Friday, October 4 - Sunday, November 3
JERICHO, written by Jack Canfora, directed by Evan Bergman
With cast of six to be announced
Produced by The Directors Company
Tickets: $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members)
In 2005, a Jewish 9/11 survivor and a Palestinian 9/11 widow find themselves embroiled in one family's personal and political dramas. With surprising humor and wit, JERICHO reminds us that all struggles are ultimately personal.

Tuesday, October 22 - Sunday, November 17
THE ENGLISH BRIDE, written by Lucile Lichtblau, directed by Carl Wallnau
With Amy Griffin, Michael Gabriel Goodfriend, and Ezra Barnes
Produced by Centenary Stage Company
Tickets: $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members)
The mystery wasn't what happened. They mystery was why. In this roller coaster of suspense, a Mossad agent unravels the story surrounding Englishwoman Eileen Finney and the Arab man with whom she has fallen in love, in a play inspired by a real-life failed bombing attempt of an El Al flight out of London in 1986. THE ENGLISH BRIDE was the winner of the 2011 Susan Glaspell Award.

Tuesday, November 5 - Sunday, December 8
ALL THAT FALL A Radio Play, written by Samuel Beckett, directed by Trevor Nunn
With Eileen Atkins and Michael Gambon leading a cast of nine, which also includes Ruairi Conaghan, Catherine Cusack, and Frank Grimes from the original London production, with further casting to be announced.
Produced by Richard Darbourne Limited, Jermyn Street Theatre in association with Gene David Kirk
Tickets: $70 ($49 for 59E59 Members)
Following its critically acclaimed, sell-out run in the London West End, don't miss your chance to catch two legends of the stage perform Samuel Beckett's extraordinary radio play ALL THAT FALL. First broadcast on the BBC in 1957, ALL THAT FALL is Beckett's deeply personal, scorchingly funny and grippingly dramatic tale of one woman's comic and moving journey to meet her husband at the train station. Eileen Atkins and Michael Gambon, two of Britain's finest living actors, star in this highly praised staging, directed by Trevor Nunn, in an exclusive, limited run of just 39 performances.

Thursday, November 7 - Sunday, December 15, 2013
WITNESSED BY THE WORLD, written by Ronnie Cohen and Jane Beale, directed by Karen Lynn Carpenter
With Tovah Feldshuh and four additional cast members to be announced
Produced by Douglas Denoff, The Culture Project and WBTW Productions, LLC
Tickets: Price TBD
A research-journalist digs into the Mafia's role during the Kennedy years with disastrous results.

Tuesday, November 19 - Sunday, December 1
TOWARDS THE MOON, written and composed by Andrew McGregor, directed by Paul Andrew Perez, with musical direction by Steve Loftus and choreography by Abby Bernbaum
With Lindsay Avellino, Elizabeth Pryce Davies, Liam Nelligan, Ricky Romano, Elena Ruigomez, and Lindsay Wund
Tickets: $20 ($14 for 59E59 Members)
Frustrated with life in the small town of Greenock, Bobby is faced with a life-altering event to leave all he knows behind in the pursuit of success and fame. This tale of lost and found friendships tracks the dilemmas and struggles of anyone who ever dared to dream.

Tuesday, December 10 - Sunday, December 29
MAYHEM AND MAJESTY, created by Jackie Dempsey and Steve O'Hearn with Squonk
Produced by Squonk
Tickets: $50 ($35 for 59E59 Members)
In MAYHEM AND MAJESTY, the sonic hooligans of Squonk pose the question, "What does music look like?"

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