GHETTO BABYLON to Open at 59E59 Theaters, 8/1

The performance schedule is Tuesday - Thursday at 7:30 PM; Friday & Saturday at 8:30 PM; and Sunday at 3:30 PM. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Tickets are $18 ($12.60 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.59e59.org.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) will present GHETTO BABYLON, written by Michael Mejias and directed by Gregory Simmons. Produced by Dramatic Question Theatre and Andrew Frank, GHETTO BABYLON begins performances on Tuesday, August 1 for a limited engagement through Sunday, August 18.

1982 - South Bronx, USA. When Charlie Rosa receives a letter, his life becomes about big secrets, little lies, and humongous pressure. Luckily, he has one hell of an imaginary friend. A coming of age story about a summer of baseball, bullies, boarding school, and...girls. It's hard being fourteen.

The cast features Malik Ali (Boardwalk Empire), Sean Carvajal (award-wining short film Crush on HBO), Talia Marrero (Off Broadway debut), Alejandro Rodriguez (Romeo in Romeo & Juliet with The Acting Company), Rodney Roldan (Nurse Jackie), and Andrew Schoomaker (Writers Retreat at the 2013 Strawberry Theatre Festival, Best Actor Award).