I Will Come Like a Thief Sneaks Off-Bway 5/13-6/4

78th Street Theatre Lab and Morning Line Productions will present the world premiere of I Will Come Like a Thief, with previews beginning May 13th for a May 15th opening at the 78th Street Theatre Lab (236 West 78th Street). The show will end its run on June 4th.

I Will Come Like a Thief is the co-creation of Morning Line Productions collaborators Trish Harnetiaux and Jude Domski. - the writer/director team of Inside a Bigger Box and Straight On Til Morning, which both received their world premieres at the 78th Street Theatre Lab.

The play "investigates what happens when people are abruptly confronted with disaster and are forced to make decisions about their own survival. Eight radically different individuals learn their city is on the brink of destruction, and in that finite, precious and defining time between warning and disaster, each decides how to respond. Visually compelling and often humorous I Will Come Like a Thief probes human nature on a day that begins like any other…and then changes in an instant."

I Will Come Like a Thief's acting ensemble features Arthur Acuna, Henry Afro-Bradley, JJ Auczkiewicz, Carey Cromelin, Loris Diran, Michael Colby Jones, and Corey Tazmania Stieb. The design team features Justin Partier (lighting), Lex Liang (costume), Simon Taufique (sound), and Sarah Pearline (set).

78th Street Theatre Lab was established in 1978 to provide artists with a supportive workplace to create and develop unique, thought-provoking theatre. Under Artistic Director Eric Nightengale and General Manager Ruth Nightengale, previous works of the 78th Street Theatre Lab include The Chinese Arts of Placement, Inside a Bigger Box, Thin Walls, and the acclaimed Dawn Powell festival Permanent Visitor. 78th Street Theatre Lab opened its 2005-2006 season with Catherine Filloux's Lemkin's House and Jeffrey Sweet's Bluff.

Scheduled May 11 through June 4, performances will run Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8pm, with an added performance on Sunday, June 4 at 8pm. Tickets are $18 and can be reserved by calling SmartTix at 212-868-4444 or online at www.smarttix.com. For additional