Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Caroline, or Change; A Raisin in the Sun; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) will play the title role in this production directed by CSC Artistic Director John Doyle (The Color Purple) and choreographed by Bill T. Jones (Fela!)

59E59 THEATERS

Since 2004, The Drama Desk Award-winning 59E59 Theaters has been dedicated to bringing the best new work from around the country and across the world to premiere in New York.  Conveniently located in the heart of Midtown, just east of Central Park, this Off Broadway destination is a spectacular, modern theater complex boasting three spaces and presenting live performances six days a week, 50 weeks a year.

SPARRING PARTNER
By NEIL LABUTE
Directed by J.J. KANDEL
The long time flirtation between two co-workers comes to a head over the course of a lunchtime game of “Hollywood Names.” Will their “affair of the mind” blossom into something more or is it about to take an even darker and more dangerous turn?

IBIS
By ERIC LANE
Directed by TERRY BERLINER
Ty has been haunted by the disappearance of his father ever since Victor abandoned his family twenty years ago. But when he hires a no-nonsense female detective to solve the mystery and track Victor down, the answers she uncovers add up in ways that even Ty could never have predicted.

THE PLOT
By CLAIRE ZAJDEL
Directed by JAMES REES
Frankie and Tyler’s mother has purchased a plot at the local cemetery, and today her children have been summoned to approve their mother’s final resting place. As they wait for her to arrive, Frankie and Tyler’s growing realization of their own mortality triggers an avalanche of emotions.