SPIRIT CONTROL Begins Final Weeks Of Run

Manhattan Theatre Club's (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) world premiere production of Beau Willimon's SPIRIT CONTROL begins the final three weeks of its limited engagement tonight. The play opened October 26. Directed by Henry Wishcamper, SPIRIT CONTROL plays at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street). It will play its final performance, as scheduled, on Sunday, December 5.

The cast includes Mia Barron (Farragut North, The Coast of Utopia), Charles Borland (A Man For All Seasons, A Streetcar Named Desire), Aaron Michael Davies (Off-Broadway debut), Brian Hutchison (From Up Here at MTC, Looped), Maggie Lacey (The Orphans' Home Cycle, Dividing The Estate), and Jeremy Sisto ("Law & Order," "Six Feet Under").

New York critics applauded SPIRIT CONTROL. Below is a sampling:

"crackles with edge-of-seat urgency" - Joe Dziemianowicz, The Daily News

"Astonishing!" - HeLen Shaw, Time Out New York

"Jeremy Sisto gives a powerful performance." - Alexis Soloski, The Village Voice

Adam Wyatt (Sisto) has the perfect family and a perfect record as an air traffic controller. But when the pilot of a small plane suffers a heart attack, Adam must talk a terrified passenger through an emergency landing. What happens next will link him inextricably to a woman he's never met, and set the life he once knew irrevocably adrift. SPIRIT CONTROL is a chilling and mesmerizing look at how we navigate a crisis, and the demons that haunt us long after.

Both Wishcamper, the up-and-coming director who won acclaim for his production of Conor McPherson's Port Authority, and Willimon, the breakout young talent behind the play Farragut North, are making their Manhattan Theatre Club debuts with SPIRIT CONTROL.

SPIRIT CONTROL features scenic design by Robin Vest, costume design by Jenny Mannis, lighting design by Natasha Katz, sound design by Broken Chord, projection design by Aaron Rhyne and original music by Chas Willimon.

Subscriptions to MTC's 2010-2011 season are available online at www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com.

TICKETING INFORMATION FOR SPIRIT CONTROL:
Tickets for SPIRIT CONTROL are available via the New York City Center Box Office (131 West 55th Street), CityTix® (212-581-1212) and www.nycitycenter.org.
Tickets for SPIRIT CONTROL are $80.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Please note, SPIRIT CONTROL is dark on Mondays:
THROUGH SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21: Tuesday at 7 PM, Wednesday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 2 PM.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22 - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28: Tuesday at 7 PM, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 7 PM. Matinees on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2 PM.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29 - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5: Tuesday at 7 PM, Wednesday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2 PM.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer Barry Grove, MTC has become one of the country's most prominent and prestigious theatre companies. Over the past three decades, MTC productions have earned a total of 17 Tony Awards and six Pulitzer Prizes, an accomplishment unparalleled by a New York theatrical institution. MTC has a Broadway home at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street) and an Off-Broadway theatre at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street). Renowned MTC productions include Time Stands Still; The Royal Family; Ruined; The American Plan; Come Back, Little Sheba; Blackbird; Translations; Shining City; Rabbit Hole; Doubt; Proof; The Tale of the Allergist's Wife; Love! Valour! Compassion!; A Small Family Business; Sylvia; Putting It Together; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune; Crimes of the Heart; and Ain't Misbehavin'.

For more information on MTC, please visit www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com.