Welcome to another hot summer at the Summer Play Festival! This year we are putting eight new playwrights and their works in the spotlight again at New York's legendary Public Theater.
We will be opening up the Living Room once again so if you need a break between plays, at intermission, or need
to rendezvous with friends before, during, or after shows, you can relax and quench your thirst at the Living Room.
All performances for the 2009 Summer Play Festival will take place at the Anspacher and Martinson Theaters at the Public Theater.
$10 Tickets For All Shows!
Tickets on sale June 1st.
Order your tickets through the Public Theater:
By Internet: www.publictheater.org
Select show and view calendar after link, or review shows below first.
By Phone: 212-967-7555
Phone ticket sales available 10:00am-9:00pm (Mon-Sun).
The Chimes
Nick returns to his New England boarding school still haunted by choices he made 40 years ago. The past overwhelms the present as this thrilling drama flashes back to four young pranksters drawn together by their knack for Shakespeare and ripped apart by the onset of World War II.
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By Kevin Christopher Snipes
Directed by Adam Immerwahr
Departure Lounge
It's the end of vacation as four guys wait for their flight home in this testosterone-driven new musical. With time to kill they recount the hilarious antics of the week, and as secrets tumble out we learn more about the lads than they know about themselves.
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By Dougal Irvine
Directed by Christopher Gattelli
The Happy Sad
Finding love is easy. Defining love is not. New York City provides the backdrop to a contemporary comedy of sex, love, and dating in a city where there are too many options and not enough time.
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By Ken Urban
Directed by Trip Cullman
Reborning
Art and life become disturbingly interchangeable when a sculptor of baby dolls meets a woman desperate to recreate the past. This dark comedy takes an unsettling look at work, latex, and the power of creation.
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By Zayd Dohrn
Directed by Kip Fagan
The Sacrifices
At first glance the family has everything. But once they leave on a Caribbean cruise, the winds change, privilege becomes a prison, and their vacation will be anything but smooth sailing in this touching comedy drama.
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By Alena Smith
Directed by Sam Gold
Tender
A random act of violence leaves a family shattered and searching for a way to be whole again. Amid the ramifications, mystery, memory, and potential murder set the stage for this haunting and suspenseful drama.
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By Nicki Bloom
Directed by Daniella Topol
We Declare You a Terrorist
Eight hundred civilians are taken hostage during the performance of a hit Moscow musical. In the aftermath, the playwright is plagued by the story of his captor - a young woman willing to die for her cause - in an intense drama where one person's patriotism is another's act of terrorism.
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By Tim J. Lord
Directed by Niegel Smith
Whore
Sara just wants to be interesting, and an unexpected one-night stand propels her into a high stakes relationship with worldly Tim. As they are drawn into the fringes this thriller exposes a world of greed, lies, and fear which threatens to break the rules that hold them together.
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By Rick Viede
Directed by Stephen Brackett
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