Cape Rep Theatre to Present Cape Cod Premiere of MY NAME IS ASHER LEV

Cape Rep Theatre is proud to present the Cape Cod premier of MY NAME IS ASHER LEV by Aaron Posner, adapted from the novel by Chaim Potok, May 5th through June 5th: Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7 pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm; there are no performances on May 8, 11 or 18. Tickets are $28. Pay-What-You-Can-Night is the first Friday, May 6th. Group rates & Student Rush tickets also available. Call the box office for details. Cape Rep Indoor Theater. North Side Route 6A E. Brewster. 508.896.1888 or www.caperep.org.

Cape Rep opens it's 2016 season with the Cape Cod premiere of MY NAME IS ASHER LEV, by Aaron Posner, adapted from the acclaimed novel by Chaim Potok. This gripping drama tells the story of a young man in post-war Brooklyn whose budding artistic genius threatens to destroy his relationship with his strict orthodox faith and his deeply religious parents. Adapted from the best selling novel by Chaim Potok (author of The Chosen) and winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Off Broadway play MY NAME IS ASHER LEV asks how can you choose between art and faith when your soul cries out for both?

Associate Artistic Director, Maura Hanlon, directs. Set Designer Ryan McGettigan reunites with Hanlon after many successful collaborations, most recently with last season's Failure: A Love Story, and are joined by Lighting Designer William Sammons.

The company features an impressive line up of actors including Marty Brent, last seen in Cape Rep's Next to Normal, as Asher, Amanda Collins, from Cape Rep's world premiere production of Good Bye, Mary Rose, as The Women and Neil McGarry as The Men, last seen in Steel Pier.

Cape Rep's 2016 season opens with MY NAME IS ASHER LEV by Aaron Posner, adapted from the novel by Chaim Potok running May 5 through June 5 followed by the Tom Stoppard comedy Rough Crossing, June 23 through July 23. The Tony Award winning Hairspray The Broadway Musical plays from August 3 through September 3. The Woman in Black will haunt the stage from September 15 through October 16 and the season will close with Cape Cod premier of the Tony winning hit, Peter and the Starcatcher, playing from November 3 through December 4. Our Outdoor Theater Children's Show is A Year with Frog and Toad based on the books by Arnold Lobel which runs Tuesdays & Wednesdays, June 28 through August 31 along with Mary Wilson's popular Pitter Patter Puppets on Thursdays from July 7 through August 25.

Cape Cod Repertory Theatre Company, Inc. is a 501c3 organization, founded in 1986 as a company dedicated to creativity and professionalism. On seven acres of land in Nickerson State Park in Brewster, Massachusetts, Cape Rep Theatre is the steward of the beautiful land and historic buildings that are home to the company's three theaters, including the only outdoor theater on Cape Cod.