Richard Nelson's THE GABRIELS Pushes Opening by a Week in D.C.

The highly anticipated Washington, D.C. premiere run of the critically acclaimed new plays, The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, will now begin on January 7, 2017 rather than the previously announced date of January 3, due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Patrons with tickets to performances on January 3, 4, and 5 will be contacted by the Kennedy Center box office to reschedule.

Presented in association with The Public Theater in New York City, The three-play series, written and directed by Tony Award-winner Richard Nelson, shines an important, probing spotlight on the 2016 political season and is aptly timed to lead up to Inauguration Day 2017.

The Gabriels will be performed in repertory through January 22, 2017, with several chances for audiences to see all three plays in one day-long marathon performance. Ticket holders attending the marathon performances who wish to dine prior to or between the shows will receive a 20% discount at the Kennedy Center's KC Café and Roof Terrace Restaurant.

The plays reunite the core Acting Company from The Public Theater for each production: Meg Gibson (Karin Gabriel), Lynn Hawley (Hannah Gabriel), Roberta Maxwell (Patricia Gabriel), Maryann Plunkett (Mary Gabriel), Jay O. Sanders (George Gabriel), and Amy Warren (Joyce Gabriel).

All three plays in The Gabriels feature scenic design by Susan Hilferty and Jason Ardizzone-West, costume design by Susan Hilferty, lighting design by Jennifer Tipton, and sound design by Scott Lehrer and Will Pickens.

The Public Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham, is the only theater in New York that produces Shakespeare, the classics, musicals, contemporary and experimental pieces in equal measure. Celebrating his 10th anniversary season at The Public, Eustis has created new community-based initiatives designed to engage audiences like Public Lab, Public Studio, Public Forum, Public Works, and a remount of the Mobile Unit. The Public continues the work of its visionary founder, Joe Papp, by acting as an advocate for the theater as an essential cultural force, and leading and framing dialogue on some of the most important issues of our day. Creating theater for one of the largest and most diverse audience bases in New York City for nearly 60 years, today the Company engages audiences in a variety of venues-including its landmark downtown home at Astor Place, which houses five theaters and Joe's Pub; the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, home to free Shakespeare in the Park; and the Mobile Unit, which tours Shakespearean productions for underserved audiences throughout New York City's five boroughs. The Public's wide range of programming includes free Shakespeare in the Park, the bedrock of the Company's dedication to making theater accessible to all; Public Works, an expanding initiative that is designed to cultivate new connections and new models of engagement with artists, audiences and the community each year; and audience and artist development initiatives that range from Emerging Writers Group and to the Public Forum series. The Public is located on property owned by the City of New York and receives annual support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and in October 2012 the landmark building downtown at Astor Place was revitalized to physically manifest the Company's core mission of sparking new dialogues and increasing accessibility for artists and audiences, by dramatically opening up the building to the street and community, and transforming the lobby into a public piazza for artists, students, and audiences. The Public is currently represented on Broadway by the Tony Award-winning acclaimed American musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The Public has received 59 Tony Awards, 168 Obie Awards, 53 Drama Desk Awards, 54 Lortel Awards, 32 Outer Critics Circle Awards, 13 New York Drama Critics Awards, and five Pulitzer Prizes. www.publictheater.org.

Tickets start at $35.00. Tickets can be purchased at the Kennedy Center box office or by calling Instant Charge at (202) 467-4600. Patrons living outside the Washington metropolitan area may dial toll-free at (800) 444-1324. For all other ticket-related customer service inquiries, call the Advance Sales Box Office at (202) 416-8540.

Hungry will be performed on Tuesday evenings, January 10 and 17 at 8:00p.m. What Did You Expect? will be performed on Wednesday evenings, January 11 and 18 at 8:00p.m. Women of a Certain Age will be performed on Thursday evenings, January 12 and 19 at 8:00p.m. On Saturdays and Sundays, January 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 and 22, the full three-play cycle will be performed beginning at 1:30p.m.

For more information about the Kennedy Center visit www.kennedy-center.org.