Jonathan Berry to Direct Roundabout's SUICIDE, INCORPORATED; Opening Set for 11/2

Roundabout Theatre Company will present a Roundabout Underground production of Suicide, Incorporated, a new play by Andrew Hinderaker and directed by Jonathan Berry. Jason Moore has withdrawn as director of Suicide, Incorporated as a result of his filming schedule for the new musical comedy film Pitch Perfect.

Jonathan Berry directed the world premiere of Andrew Hinderaker's Suicide, Incorporated at the Gift Theatre in Chicago, as well as a staged reading for Steppenwolf's First Look Festival of New Work.

Suicide, Incorporated will begin preview performances on Friday, October 14th, 2011 and will open officially on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011. This is a limited engagement through Friday, December 23rd, 2011. All tickets for Roundabout Underground productions are $20.

The cast and creative team will be announced shortly.

The right words can be hard to find, especially when they're your last. Andrew Hinderaker's provocative and darkly funny new play takes us to an unorthodox writing service that specializes in crafting the perfect suicide note, where a subversive new employee is suspected of the unthinkable. Could he actually be trying to keep his client alive? Jonathan Berry directs this New York premiere about the business of rewriting your ending.

Suicide, Incorporated kicks off the fifth season of Roundabout Underground, an initiative launched in 2007 to introduce and cultivate artists in Roundabout's 62-seat Black Box Theatre, at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street, NYC, NY, 10036). Prior productions include the acclaimed world premieres of Speech & Debate (2007), The Language of Trees (2008), Ordinary Days (2009), Tigers Be Still (2010) and The Dream of the Burning Boy (2011).

Roundabout Underground is an initiative to showcase new plays that will either allow an experienced director to go back to his/her creative roots or give a debut production to an emerging writer or director. Robyn Goodman (Artistic Consultant to the Roundabout), who has significant artistic development experience, produces the initiative that continues to be a creative breeding ground for nurturing new talent.

The 62-seat Black Box Theatre, below the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, allows Roundabout to take artistic risks that are better suited for a more intimate space.

Tickets will be available to the general public on Monday, August 22nd, 2011 by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212)719-1300 , online at www.roundaboutunderground.org or at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre box office (111 West 46 Street). The ticket price is $20.00 for all seats. All tickets for Suicide, Incorporated will be issued as General Admission passes for first-come, first-served seating on the show date.

Suicide, Incorporated will play Tuesday through Sunday evenings at 7:00PM with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 1:30PM.

American Airlines is the official airline of Roundabout Theatre Company. Roundabout productions are made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the New York State Council on the Arts, celebrating 50 years of building strong, creative communities in New York State's 62 counties; and the City of New York Theater Subdistrict Council, LDC and the City of New York.

Roundabout Theatre Company's 2010-2011 season features Anything Goes starring Sutton Foster & Joel Grey, directed & choreographed by Kathleen Marshall; Stone, Meehan & Yeston's Death Takes a Holiday, directed by Doug Hughes.

Roundabout Theatre Company's 2011-2012 season features Bob Fosse's Dancin', directed by Graciela Daniele; Terence Rattigan's Man And Boy, starring Frank Langella, directed by Maria Aitken; Stephen Karam's Sons of the Prophet, directed by Peter DuBois; John Osbornes' Look Back in Anger, directed by Sam Gold.