Rehearsals Begin for LCT's 4000 MILES

LCT3, Lincoln Center Theater's programming initiative devoted to producing the work of new artists and developing new audiences, has begun rehearsals for its world premiere of 4000 Miles, a new play by Amy Herzog, directed by Daniel Aukin. Greta Lee and Zoe Winters will join the previously announced Gabriel Ebert and Mary Louise Wilson in the third production of LCT3's 2010-2011 season. 4000 Miles will begin performances Monday, June 6, and run through Saturday, July 2 at The Duke on 42nd Street, a New 42nd Street® project (229 West 42 Street). Opening night is Monday, June 20.

After losing his best friend while they were on a cross-country bike trip, 21 year-old Leo (to be played by Gabriel Ebert) seeks solace from his feisty 91 year-old grandmother (Mary Louise Wilson) in her West Village apartment. 4000 Miles examines how these two outsiders find their way in today's world.

4000 Miles will have sets by Lauren Helpern, costumes by Kaye Voyce, lighting by Japhy Weideman and sound by Ryan Rumery.

Playwright Amy Herzog also wrote After The Revolution, which just completed a run at Playwrights Horizons. Her plays have been produced or developed at the Yale School of Drama, Ensemble Studio Theater, Arena Stage, New York Stage and Film, Provincetown Playhouse and ACT in San Francisco.

Director Daniel Aukin was artistic director of Soho Repertory Theatre where his productions included Everything Will Be Different, Suitcase (which he also directed at the La Jolla Playhouse), Molly's Dream, and (sic) (for which he won an Obie Award). He has also directed at Playwrights Horizons, the New York Theatre Workshop, The Play Company, Guthrie Theater, and Minneapolis' The Children's Theatre Company.

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) is currently building a new theater, rehearsal space and office complex on the roof of the Vivian Beaumont Theater. The 131-seat theater, to be named the Claire Tow Theater, is scheduled to open in early 2012 and will be the home of LCT3. Paige Evans is Artistic Director/LCT3.

Lincoln Center Theater, with the National Theatre of Great Britain in association with Bob Boyett, is currently presenting the National Theatre's critically acclaimed production of War Horse, based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford with Handspring Puppet Company, directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris in the Vivian Beaumont Theater and the new musical, A Minister's Wife, adapted from George Bernard Shaw's Candida, by Austin Pendleton, with music by Joshua Schmidt, lyrics by Jan Levy Tranen and conceived and directed by Michael Halberstam in the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.

All tickets to 4000 Miles are $20 and are available at the Duke on 42nd Street box office, by visiting Dukeon42.org or by calling 646-223-3010. For additional information on LCT3 please visit www.lct3.org.