59E59 Theaters Sets Winter 2016 Schedule of Shows

59E59 Theaters has announced the line-up of shows for Winter 2016. All performances take place at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park & Madison Avenues). Ticket prices and performance schedules vary. For tickets, call Ticket Central at 212-279-4200 or visit www.59e59.org.

Tickets for the Winter 2016 shows go on sale on Friday, December 4 at Noon for the general public. There is a special pre-sale available for 59E59 Members only beginning Monday, November 30 at Noon. Tickets to the shows in the 5A Season are on sale now.

The Winter 2016 Line Up is:

Wednesday, January 13 - Sunday, February 7
LaBUTE NEW THEATER FESTIVAL, featuring new plays by Neil LaBute, Lexi Wolfe, Peter Grandbois & Nancy Bell, GD Kimble, JJ Strong, and John Doble
With Mark Ryan Anderson, Justin Ivan Brown, Michael Hogan, Neil Magnuson, Alicia Smith, and Jenny Smith
Produced by St Louis Actors' Studio
Ticket price: $30 ($21 for 59E59 Members)

An evening of six one-act plays that received their world premiers at past LaBute New Theater Festivals at St. Louis Actors' Studio's Gaslight Theater.

Thursday, January 14 - Sunday, February 7
WIDE AWAKE HEARTS by Brendan Gall, directed by Stefan Dzeparoski
With Clea Alsip, Maren Bush, Ben Cole, and Tony Naumovski
Produced by BirdLand Theatre
Ticket price: $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members)

From the writer/producer of NBC's hit TV show "Blindspot" comes a play about love and deception. Four nameless friends- a writer, an actress, an actor and an editor - are pulled through a wondrously strange, erotic landscape of love and infidelity while trying to make a movie about those very things.

Friday, January 15 - Sunday, February 28
I AND YOU, written by Lauren Gunderson, directed by Sean Daniels
With Reggie D. White and Kayla Ferguson
Produced by Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Ticket price: $70 ($49 for 59E59 Members)
Part of the 5A Season

Caroline hates poetry. She's also something of a loner. So just about the last thing she wanted was a complete stranger named Anthony walking through her bedroom door to work on a school project about Walt Whitman. But as the two very different teenagers uncover deep bonds, Caroline finds herself opening up in ways she never imagined possible. Their journey is an explosion of thought on art, connection, and identity that will warm your heart, with an ending that will leave you breathless. Winner of the Steinberg/ACTA New Play Award, Merrimack Rep's production was praised by the Boston Globe as "spring-loaded with the element of surprise...I AND YOU is startling enough to draw gasps!"

Thursday, February 11 - Sunday, March 6
DEAD DOG PARK by Barry Malawer, directed by Eric Tucker
With Tom O'Keefe and more cast TBA
Produced by Boz and the Bard Productions, Inc. & Bedlam
$35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members)

A tautly written, riveting drama about a white police officer accused of pushing a young African American teenage boy out a four-story window during a routine police chase. In a moment, this tragic incident forever redefines the lives of all those intimately connected to it. The critically acclaimed theater company Bedlam joins with Boz and the Bard to present this prescient play.

Thursday, February 11 - Sunday, February 28
THE GOOD GIRL by Emilie Collyer, directed by Adam Fitzgerald
With cast TBA
Produced by Joyseekers Theatre
Ticket price: $18 ($12.60 for 59E59 Members)

Anjali works her government-issued job as the madam to a sex robot. When Ven, the maintenance man, finds the robot exhibiting unusual and illegal human-like behavior, the pair strike up an uneasy partnership; she expands her robot's human-like repertoire of behaviors and he brings in the high-paying clientele. But when the clients start asking for more, and want to pay more, Anjali must decide just how far she's willing to go. Emilie Collyer's darkly comedic sci-fi play was called a "post cyber punk Gertrude Stein" by Theatre Alive at its Melbourne Fringe Festival premiere.

Thursday, March 3 - Saturday, March 26
CONNECTED by Lia Romeo, directed by Michole Biancosino
Cast: TBA
Produced by Project Y Theatre Company
Ticket price $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members)

Sexy videos that go viral! Hilarious Internet hookups! Gaming gone wild! But in a world where we constantly connect with one another through a keyboard, why do so many people still feel so alone? Playwright Lia Romeo explores the ways - good and bad - in which social media is shaping our lives in the twenty-first century.

Saturday, March 5 - Sunday, April 17
IDEATION written by Aaron Loeb, directed by Josh Costello
With Carrie Paff, Mark Anderson Phillips, Michael Ray Wisely and two additional members to be announced
Produced by San Francisco Playhouse
Ticket price: $70 ($49 for 59E59 Members)
Part of the 5A Season

In Aaron Loeb's "devilishly funny and demonically dark comedy" (San Francisco Chronicle), a group of corporate consultants work together on a mysterious and ethically ambiguous project. As the lines between right and wrong are blurred, these corporate cogs must navigate cognitive dissonances and moral dilemmas. Is everything really as it seems?

Saturday, March 12 - Sunday, March 20
L'AMANT ANONYME by Chevalier de Saint-Georges, libretto by Desfontaines after Mme. de Genlis, conducted by Elliot Figg, and directed by Philip Shneidman
Featuring production design by contemporary artist Sanford Biggers and the music ensemble New Vintage Baroque
Cast: TBD
Produced by the little OPERA theatre of ny
Ticket Price: $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members)

L'AMANT ANONYME is an original adaptation of an 18th century opera by Chevalier de Saint-Georges that incorporates the swashbuckling biography of the composer into the performance. One of the earliest composers of color, Saint-Georges rose to fame in the period before the French Revolution. The narrative of the original opera tells the story of a lover who is afraid to reveal his true identity to the object of his affections. The only complete opera of the composer to survive, this production features the full score Saint-Georges wrote for L'AMANT ANONYME for the first time in the United States. In French and English, with supertitles.

Thursday, March 24 - Sunday, April 17
WRESTLING JERUSALEM written & performed by Aaron Davidman, directed by Michael John Garces
Produced by Srolik Productions
Ticket price: $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members)

Set in America, Israel and Palestine, WRESTLING JERUSALEM follows one man's journey to understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Aaron Davidman's excavation into the contours of conflict illuminates a personal story that grapples with the complexities of identity, history and social justice. WRESTLING JERUSALEM gives voice to seventeen different characters, animating their struggles, soul searchings and barriers, shedding light and offering hope in the midst of one of the most enduring conflicts of our time. Straight from a sold-out run at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, the show is part of Mosaic Theatre's inaugural season in D.C. before coming to NYC.

Wednesday, March 30 - Saturday, April 16
HAPPILY AFTER EVER by Laura Zlatos, directed by Sherri Eden Barber
Cast: TBA
Produced by Ricochet Collective
Ticket price: $18 ($12.60 for 59E59 Members)

Newlyweds Darren and Janet want nothing more than to build the perfect life together. But when
Janet gives birth to a baby with both male and female genitalia, they find themselves in the unlikely position of having to choose a gender for their child-all while competing with the perfect couple next door and dealing with a misunderstood family dog-in this hilarious battle-of-the-sexes.

April - June 2016
BRITS OFF BROADWAY returns for another smash season! Details will be announced in early 2016.

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