City Theatre Announces 2013-2014 Season Will Include TRIBES, VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE and More

City Theatre announces the first three titles of its 2013-2014 season: Tribes by Nina Raine, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang, and Hope and Gravity by Michael Hollinger.

"City Theatre is planning a truly original, fresh, and entertaining season," says Tracy Brigden, Artistic Director of City Theatre. "Our first three titles are all compelling, vivid, new plays with a strong focus on human relationships and communication. Tribes by Nina Raine received rave reviews and extended runs in London and Off-Broadway. It incorporates spoken language, sign language, and surtitles to fully immerse the audience in the worlds of both deaf and hearing characters. It's provocative, it's lively, and we're thrilled to produce this new work by one of London's hottest playwrights. Next up is Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang, one of my all-time favorite comic writers. This hilarious comedy is a parody of Chekhovian themes. It sold out at Lincoln Center Theater, and is now running on Broadway, so we'll be one of the first regional theatres to pick it up. City Theatre audiences will remember Durang's work from 2002 when we produced Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge. Finally, we're announcing Hope and Gravity, a riveting play that tells the story of ten characters whose lives are interconnected by a series of strange occurrences. In the tradition of films like Magnolia and rom-coms like Love Actually, this jigsaw puzzle of a play unfolds in a unique and spellbinding way that leaves you on the edge of your seat until the very final moment. We will be announcing the next three titles in about a month. Frankly, the next three plays are difficult to choose because I have read so many terrific scripts this season that I would like to produce on our stages; it's hard to select only six."

City Theatre will announce the full six-play season, including three more new works and the complete performance calendar, shortly.

Season tickets are available beginning March 9, 2013. Customers who subscribe by March 31 have the chance to win a $500 Apple gift card. All subscribers save 25% or more.

Purchase three ways:
On-site: City Theatre Box Office, 1300 Bingham Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
By phone: 412.431.CITY (2489)
Mail-in order form: Available at CityTheatreCompany.org