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January 8, 2019“The Babylon Line” Opens January 25 At Schenectady Civic Players
The third play of Schenectady Civic Players’ 91st Season, The Babylon Line, by Richard Greenberg and directed by Chris Foster, opens Friday, January 25, and plays through Sunday, February 3, 2019 at its 12 South Church Street Playhouse in Schenectady’s historic Stockade district.
An electrifying new play by Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg, The Babylon Line opened at NYC’s Lincoln Center Theater on December 5, 2016.
It’s 1967. Aaron Port, a 38-year-old writer from Greenwich Village commutes to Levittown, Long Island, to teach an adult-education creative writing class. In this straight-laced community he finds anything but the cookie-cutter lives he expected. As his students discover the power storytelling has to transform their lives, one special student reawakens him to his own artistic impulses. This class may bring them something that neither quite expects.
NYTheater.com called it “original, brash, and bursting with theatrical energy. The charming characters and the author’s occasional pokes at tradition make this play a very good gift.” “… a quiet, funny script … a remarkable ride.” (Entertainment Week)
The seven-person cast features Knathan McKenzie-Roy (as Aaron Port), Cori Irwin (as Joan), Cristine Loffredo (as Frieda), Melissa Putterman-Hoffmann (as Anna), Debra Bercier (as Midge), Joe Bruton (as Jack), and Ryan Gillotti (as Marc).
The Babylon Line runs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (January 25, 26, 27) and 30 through February 3, 2019. Friday and Saturday curtains are at 8 pm. Wednesday and Thursday curtains are at 7:30 pm., and Sundays are matinees only at 2:30 pm.
Tickets are $20. Order on-line at www.civicplayers.org Or call (518) 382-2081.
