The Civilians' LET ME ASCERTAIN YOU Set for Joe's Pub Tonight

The Civilians (Steve Cosson, Artistic Director), the award-winning New York-based theater company, presents Let Me Ascertain You: War on Christmas tonight, December 8, 2015, at Joe's Pub. Curated by current Civilians R&D Group members Suzanne Agins and Benjamin Kamine with the support of the Civilians Field Research Team, Let Me Ascertain You: War On Christmas is a one- night-only performance, giving voice to diverse cultural and religious minorities in America focusing on their experiences with the commercialization of Christmas. The evening will feature original songs written by established and emerging musical theater talents, created from the company's interviews with real people.

Composers: The evening will feature songs by Michael Friedman (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), Andrea Grody, Erato Kremmyda, Grace McLean, Julia Meinwald, Kamala Sankaram, Tidtaya Sinutoke and Brandon Walker.

Let Me Ascertain You is The Civilians' ongoing cabaret and podcast series. Live performances are recorded and released online as a free podcast on iTunes and Soundcloud.

Let Me Ascertain You: War On Christmas, December 8, 2015 at 10:00 PM Joe's Pub at The Public Theater at 425 Lafayette St.

TICKETS
Online at joespub.com,
Phone 212-967-7555 (10AM - 7PM M-SA, 12PM - 6PM SU) In Person At the Public Theater Box Office (opens daily at 2PM)

Joe's Pub seating is communal, which means you may have other guests at your table. Please note there is a $12 food minimum or two drink minimum per person.

As a courtesy to the artists, we recommend arriving no later than thirty minutes before show time. Reservations are now made when tickets are purchased. It is no longer necessary to call Joe's Pub for reservations. Seating for each show begins when doors open for that performance.

Led by Artistic Director Steve Cosson, The Civilians supports the creation of new theater from creative investigations into the most vital questions of the present. Recent credits include Pretty Filthy, Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, and The Great Immensity. Last season, the company was the first ever theater company in residence at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Since its founding in 2001, the OBIE award-winning company has been produced at The Public Theater, Vineyard Theatre, BAM Next Wave Festival, Barrow Street Theater, Playwrights Horizons; and nationally at Center Theatre Group, A.R.T., La Jolla Playhouse, HBO's US Comedy Festival, the TED Conference, and Actors Theatre of Louisville, among others. Visit www.thecivilians.org for more information.

Upcoming projects include Another Word for Beauty, by Jose Rivera, at Chicago's Goodman Theatre and Rimbaud in New York, written and directed by Steve Cosson, at Brooklyn's BAM. Another Word for Beauty was co-commissioned by the Civilians and Goodman Theatre and will run from January 16 - February 21, 2016. Rimbaud in New York will run from March 1 - 6, 2016.