The Civilians Revive Canard, Canard, Goose at Joe's Pub 6/10

The Civilians (Steven Cosson, Artistic Director), the award-winning New York-based theatre company known for projects investigating real life topics, presents Let Me Ascertain You: Canard, Canard, Goose, a one-night-only cabaret performance at Joe's Pub on June 10, 2011 at 9:30 PM. The Civilians' is closing out its popular Joe's Pub cabaret series and tenth anniversary season by revisiting its very first show. In 2002, The Civilians left New York City to pursue a story about a Hollywood movie and a lost flock of carelessly imprinted geese. The result was an eclectic show about disorientation, misplaced empathy and coming home that Time Out New York called "sublimely silly and shameless." Be the first to experience this material since its smash-hit premiere in 2002 in an evening that promises to be thought-provoking (and funny), politically-charged (or cheeky), and sincere (if cynical).

Performers: Aysan Celik (Charlotte's Web, Two River Theater Company), Matthew Dellapina (The Dream of the Burning Boy, Roundabout Theatre Company), Greg McFadden (Timon of Athens, Public LAB), Jennifer R. Morris (Leaving, The Wilma Theater), Brandon Miller (A Devil at Noon, Humana Festival), Caitlin Miller (The Civilians' Tales from My Parents' Divorce), Maria Elena Ramirez (Broadway: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson)

Let Me Ascertain You: Canard, Canard, Goose, June 10, 2011 at 9:30 PM
Joe's Pub at The Public Theater at 425 Lafayette St.

TICKETS
Online at joespub.com,
Phone 212-967-7555,
In Person At The Public Theater Box Office (1 PM to 6 PM), or at the Joe's Pub Box Office from (6 PM to 10 PM) both located at 425 Lafayette Street, NYC

For table reservations please call 212-539-8778. Purchase of tickets does NOT guarantee a table reservation; you must call to reserve seats. Seating, as well as standing-room, is available only on a first-come, first-served basis for all shows without a dinner reservation. Two drink or $12 food minimum per person is standard.

Founded in 2001 by Steven Cosson, The Civilians has created twelve original works that have been produced Off Broadway and in over 40 cities nationally and internationally, at theaters such as The Public Theater, Center Theatre Group, La Jolla Playhouse, A.R.T., HBO's US Comedy Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival, London's Soho Theatre, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Fringe First Award, 2006). The company's recent work, In the Footprint, was included in year-end "Best of 2010" lists in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Time Out New York. This Beautiful City enjoyed a critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway run at the Vineyard Theater in 2009 receiving Lucille Lortel, Drama League and Drama Desk nominations. Gone Missing ran for seven months at Off-Broadway's Barrow Street Theater and was cited by The New York Times as one of the "10 Best Plays of 2007." The Civilians received an Obie in 2004 in recognition of its accomplishments in its first two seasons of work.

In addition to Let Me Ascertain You, The Civilians is deeply involved in its new works, The Great Immensity, a play with music using a fictional narrative to talk about the environment and the future of our planet, which will have its world premiere at Kansas City Repertory Theatre in the 2011-12 season, and Pretty Filthy a new musical examination of the adult entertainment industry. The Civilians' Tales from My Parents' Divorce will be at Williamstown Theatre Festival in August.

For more information, visit www.thecivilians.org.

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