'The City That Cried Wolf' at 59E59 Begins Dec.5

59E59 Theaters is thrilled to welcome State of Play Theatre with The City That Cried Wolf, written by Brooks Reeves and directed by Dan Barnes and Leta Tremblay, with choreography by Alberto Peart and original music composed by Brendan Barr.  The City That Cried Wolf begins performances on Wednesday, December 5 for a limited engagement through Sunday, December 30.  Press opening is Tuesday, December 11 at 8:30 PM. 

The performance schedule is Tuesday – Friday at 8:30 PM; Saturday at 2:30 PM and 8:30 PM, Sunday at 3:30 PM and 7:30 PM. Tickets are $20 ($14 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.ticketcentral.com. For more information, visit www.59e59.org.

"The City That Cried Wolf is a rollicking theater-noir starring favorite nursery rhyme characters a la Monty Python!  Little Bo Peep is a sultry singer who seeks her sheep. Jack B. Nimble is the Private Eye hot on her tail.  With sex and adrenaline pumping violence, can Jack crack Rhyme Town's stickiest murder?  Or has he fallen for the wrong dame?  With three little pigs in satin, bears in teddies, and rub-a-dub-dub three men in a tub, this not your average fairytale. Rhymetown is going to the wolves!" explain press notes.

The cast for The City That Cried Wolf features Mat Bussler, Michelle Concha, Chloe Demrovsky, Rebecca Jones, Adam La Faci, Jyll Marie Mihlek and Loren Vandegrift.

The design team includes Josh Higgason (scenic design), Jarrod Jahoda (lighting design), Chloe Demrovsky (costume design) and Mat Bussler (sound design).

Brooks Reeves (playwright), a native of Wyoming, attended Hampshire College, and has appeared as an actor at Hampshire, Smith, and Amherst Colleges and at Lost Nation Theater in Vermont.  He was a founding member of the Gateway Acting Company, affiliated with the Chester Theatre Company in the Berkshires, where he appeared in Defying Gravity and the World Premiere of Random Acts.

Dan Barnes (director) is a director and teacher residing in his native western Massachusetts.  In addition to his recent work with State of Play, Dan is a full time faculty member of The Drama Studio in Springfield as well as an Associate Artist with the Serious Play Theatre Ensemble.  He studied at The DePaul Theatre School in Chicago, Shakespeare and Company, MA, and UMass Amherst.  Directorial credits include: Spring's Awakening, The Skriker, Words, Words, Words, and currently, Comedia del Smartass.

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