The Civilians to Bring THE UNDERTAKING to 59E59 Theaters, Opening Tonight

59E59 Theaters will present of THE UNDERTAKING, written and directed by Steve Cosson with creative collaboration and psychopomp guidance by Jessica Mitrani.

Produced by The Civilians, THE UNDERTAKING begins performances on Thursday, January 11 for a limited engagement through Sunday, February 4. Press Opening is Wednesday, January 17 at 7:15 PM.

Following their sold-out run at the 2016 BAM Next Wave Festival, THE UNDERTAKING returns to NYC for an extended run at 59E59. Written and directed by Steve Cosson, and created in collaboration with visual artist Jessica Mitrani, THE UNDERTAKING is a playful and idiosyncratic take on the classical trip to the land of the dead. Drawing on The Civilians' multi-year exploration into questions of mortality, the play takes the idea of the recorded interview and pushes it into surprising (and personal) new places.

The cast features Dan Domingues (The Cherry Orchard at Atlantic Theater Company) and Aysan Celik (The Black Eyed at New York Theater Workshop).

The design team includes Marsha Ginsberg (set and costume design); Thomas Dunn (lighting design); Mikhail Fiksel (sound design); and Tal Yarden (projection design). The stage manager is Geoff Boronda.

The performance schedule is Tuesday - Friday at 7:15 PM; Saturday at 2:15 PM & 7:15 PM; Sunday at 2:15 PM. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Single tickets are $25 - $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or visit www.59e59.org.

Steve Cosson (playwright/director) is a director and writer and the Artistic Director of The Civilians. Recently, Pretty Filthy by Michael Friedman and Bess Wohl, The Great Immensity at The Public and Mr. Burns produced by Playwrights Horizons (Top 10 lists in the New York Times, Time Out, New Yorker, Vogue and others). Other Civilians projects: Paris Commune (Public Theater, BAM Next Wave, La Jolla Playhouse); In the Footprint (Top 10 the New York Times); This Beautiful City (Vineyard, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Humana Festival); (I am) Nobody's Lunch (Edinburgh Fringe First Award); and Gone Missing. Other Civilians productions at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Kansas City Rep, American Repertory Theater, TED Conference, HBO's Comedy Festival, MoMA, The Baltic Triennial, The Gate Theatre and Soho Theatre in London, and many others. This season, the company is the first ever theater company in residence at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Other recent credits: Dael Orlandersmith's Stoop Stories; Ethel's Documerica (BAM Next Wave); Spring Awakening (Olney Theatre); Anne Washburn's A Devil at Noon (Humana Festival); Bus Stop (Kansas City Rep). His plays are published by Dramatists Play Service, Oberon Books, and Playscripts, Inc.

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