MR. BURNS, A POST ELECTRIC PLAY Launches CapStage's 11th Season Tonight

Capital Stage will launch its 11th Season: BRAVE NEW WORLD with Anne Washburn's MR. BURNS, A POST ELECTRIC PLAY. The show will run from tonight, September 2 through October 4 with a Press Opening on Saturday, September 5, 2015 at 8pm.

MR. BURNS is a celebration of storytelling, and will be directed by Michael Stevenson (IDEATION, CLYBOURNE PARK, MAURITIUS, ERRATICA, and LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES). This production will also mark the beginning of Stevenson's tenure as Producing Artistic Director at Capital Stage.

What will endure when the cataclysm arrives, when the grid fails, society crumbles, and we're faced with the task of rebuilding? Anne Washburn's imaginative dark comedy propels us forward to a post-apocalyptic world, where a group of strangers bond by recreating the infamous "Cape Feare" episode of The Simpsons. From this fortuitous meeting, distant memories of "Marge" and "Homer" become the basis for shaping a new society as the play travels decades into the future. MR. BURNS... is both a marvelous meta-tribute to the iconic first-family of contemporary pop-culture, and a celebration of the power of generational storytelling. WINNER - 2015 Whiting Award. NOMINEE - 2014 Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play.

MR. BURNS, A POST ELECTRIC PLAY will be directed by Michael Stevenson (IDEATION, CLYBOURNE PARK, MAURITIUS, ERRATICA, and LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES) and will mark not only the first production of Capital Stage's 11th Season, but Stevenson's debut as Producing Artistic Director as well. The cast will feature Kirk Blackinton (IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY), Elizabeth Holzman (4000 MILES, TRIBES), Jouni Kirjola (CapStage debut), John P. Lamb (MAURITIUS), Tiffanie Mack (CapStage debut), Dena Martinez (CapStage debut), Katie Rubin (HUNTER GATHERERS, IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY, THE NORTH PLAN), and Amanda Salazar (CapStage debut).

The production team will include Danielle Mercado (assistant director), David Taylor (musical director), Jonathan Williams (scenic design), Steve Decker (lighting design), Ed Lee (sound design), Gail Russell (costume design), and Shannon Mahoney (choreographer).

Anne Washburn's plays include Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play, The Internationalist, A Devil At Noon, Apparition, The Communist Dracula Pageant, I Have Loved Strangers, The Ladies, The Small and a trans-adaptation of Euripides' Orestes. Her work has been produced by 13P, Actors Theater of Louisville, American Repertory Theatre, Cherry Lane Theatre, Clubbed Thumb, The Civilians, Dixon Place, Ensemble Studio Theater, The Folger, London's Gate Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, NYC's Soho Rep, DC's Studio Theater, Two River Theater Company, NYC's Vineyard and Woolly Mammoth. Awards include a Guggenheim, a NYFA Fellowship, a Time Warner Fellowship, Susan Smith Blackburn finalist, and residencies at MacDowell and Yaddo. She is an associated artist with The Civilians, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, and is an alumna of New Dramatists and 13P. Currently commissioned by MTC, Playwrights Horizons, Soho Rep, and Yale Rep.

Performances for MR. BURNS, A POST ELECTRIC PLAY will begin with three previews on Wednesday, September 2nd at 7pm, Thursday, September 3rd at 8pm, and Friday, September 4th at 8pm. The production will open Saturday, September 5th at 8pm. Performances continue through Sunday, October 4, 2015. Showtimes will be Wednesdays at 7pm, Thursdays at 8pm, Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 2pm and 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm.

General ticket prices range from $25-35. Discount tickets are available as follows: Preview tickets are $20; Student Rush tickets are half-priced, with valid student ID within 1 hour of performance; Senior tickets are $2 off regular-priced tickets (excluding Saturday evenings); Military personnel tickets are $10 off regular-priced tickets with valid ID; and Group Rates are available for parties of 12 or more. Tickets are currently available at the Capital Stage Box Office, by phone at 916-995-5464, or online at capstage.org.

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