Susan Soon He Stanton's SOLSTICE PARTY to Play A.R.T./New York Theatres

Live Source Theatre Group presents the world premiere of SOLSTICE PARTY!, written by Susan Soon He Stanton and directed by Tyler Mercer. SOLSTICE PARTY! runs from November 2 - 19, 2017 in a limited engagement at the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at the A.R.T./New York Theatres, located at 502 West 53rd Street between 10th and 11th Avenues in New York City. Previews begin November 2 for a November 4 opening.

Performances are Wednesdays - Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm with additional shows on Saturday, Nov 4 at 2pm and Tuesday, Nov 7 at 8pm. Tickets are $25, and $20 for students and seniors, and can be purchased atwww.Live-Source.org or by calling 1-800-838-3006. For more info visit www.Live-Source.org, Like them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LiveSourceGroup, and follow on Twitter (twitter.com/LiveSourceGroup) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/livesourcegroup) at @livesourcegroup.

A group of friends gather to celebrate the Summer Solstice together in the deep Upstate New York woods behind an old farmhouse. What begins as a casual, fun weekend quickly devolves into something more sinister; a power-struggle and then a game of survival that is by turns bizarre and shocking. Written as a Jonestown parable for the Trump era, playwright Susan Soon He Stanton explores themes of "group-think" and betrayal that instigate our deepest primal fears.

The cast includes Satomi Blair (Kentucky at Ensemble Studio Theatre), Phoebe Dunn (Hulu's "The Looming Tower"), Hallie Hadara, Chris Ignacio, Patrick Andrew Jones, Michael Vitaly Sazonov and Stephanie Weeks (Mourning Becomes Electra with Target Margin).

The production team includes Bryce Cutler (Set Design), Mary Ellen Stebbins (Lighting Design), Adrian Bridges (Sound Design), Angela Harner (Costume Design), Kevan Loney (Projection Design), Mitch McCoy (Fight Choreography) and Jamie Rose Bukowski (Production Stage Manager).

Susan Soon He Stanton's plays include Today Is My Birthday (with Page 73 debuting Nov 28 at New Ohio Theatre), We, the Invisibles, Takarazuka!!! (Clubbed Thumb Summerworks), and Cygnus (Women's Project Lab). Most recently, she worked in London as a staff writer for the TV series "Succession" on HBO. She is a two-time Sundance Institute Theater Lab Resident Playwright, a member of Page 73's Interstate 73, and an alumna of The Public Theater's Emerging Writers Group, Soho Rep Writer-Director Lab, and The Women's Project Lab, among others. Her work has been included on the Kilroy's List in 2015-17, and she was recently awarded the inaugural Leah Ryan's Feww Award as well as a Venturous Playwrights Fellowship. She's originally from Aiea, Hawaii.

Tyler Mercer is the Executive Artistic Director and a founding member of Live Source. His work with the company includes MACBETH (Shop Theater), WE ARE LIVE (Access Theater), BOHEMIAN LIGHTS (Pregones Theatre & HERE Arts Center), THE INCREDIBLE FOX SISTERS (New Ohio Theater), and various film/video projects, including Screen Tests, Latest Trends, and Bohemian Lights: The Film. His additional film production credits include Revenge for Jolly! (Strongman / Last Pictures, dir. Chadd Harbold), Hunter (dir. Ian Samplin), and post-production for Hugo (Sikelia Productions, dir. Martin Scorsese). Tyler has worked in various capacities with The Wooster Group, director Kate Whoriskey, Ma-Yi Theater Company, and is currently on the development team at the Mark Morris Dance Group in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. He's originally from Los Angeles, California.

Live Source Theatre Group is a New York-based company of multidisciplinary artists with a unique mission to elevate the role of designers in the creation, development, and production of new theatrical works. The group uses both classic and original plays to reveal and explore contemporary themes, drawing from a blend of styles, stories, and live sources. With innovative design and technology in constant play with highly stylized performances, Live Source engages audiences through a bold new theatre aesthetic. Under the leadership of Executive Artistic Director Tyler Mercer and Artist-in-Residence Chris Dieman, the group has created increasingly ambitious and successful works. Since the company's founding in 2011, Live Source has performed in venues such as 3LD Arts & Technology Center, BRIC, New Ohio Theatre, HERE Arts Center, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Pregones Theatre, and more.

The A.R.T./New York Theatres are a project of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York), which provide state-of-the-art, accessible venues at subsidized rental rates, plus free access to top-line technical equipment, so that the city's small and emerging theatre companies can continue to experiment, grow, and produce new works. Founded in 1972, A.R.T./New York is the leading service and advocacy organization for New York City's 375+ nonprofit theatres, with a mission to assist member theatres in managing their companies effectively so that they may realize their rich artistic visions and serve their diverse audiences well. They accomplish this through a comprehensive roster of real estate, financial, educational, and community-building programs, as well as research, advocacy, and field-wide initiatives that seek to improve the long-term health and sustainability of the industry. Over the years, A.R.T./New York has received numerous honors, including an Obie Award, an Innovative Theatre Award, a New York City Mayor's Award for Arts & Culture, and a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre. For more information, visit www.art-newyork.org.

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