TV Exclusive: First Trailer for THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS, Now Playing at 59E59 Theaters

59E59 Theaters presents the world premiere of THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS, written by Tom Dulack and directed by Michael Parva. Produced by The Directors Company and part of the 59E59's inaugural 5A Season, THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS began performances on Saturday, January 17 for a limited engagement through Sunday, March 1. To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or visit www.59e59.org.

Below, BroadwayWorld brings you an exclusive look at the show's first trailer!

Tom Dulack's prescient play imagines a world where the first black African Pope is in the Vatican, and the first third party President in American history is in the White House. When suicide bombers strike Manhattan's St. Patrick's Cathedral and a train station in Miami, the US is sent in a tailspin. With America under attack and a full-scale civil war raging in Syria, the President must act. Will the Pope intervene directly in American foreign policy in Syria, or will he acquiesce?

This blistering political thriller, riddled with international intrigue, imagines the power struggles, backroom machinations, and deadly secrets that threaten to destabilize the world. First conceived in 2007, and continually updated to reflect on-going political changes, THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS shows how the trajectory of US foreign policy and diplomacy can take a dangerous turn.

The cast features Rufus Collins (The Real Thing at Huntington Theatre, Broadway's The Royal Family) as Dexter Hobhouse, Larisa Polonsky (Burning at The New Group) as Nadia Kirilenko, and Mel Johnson Jr. (Broadway's On the Twentieth Century; Film: Total Recall) as Pope Augustine. They are joined by Robert Verlaque (The Games Maker at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival) as Cardinal Medeiros, Joris Stuyck (Off Broadway's The Bilbao Effect and Guantánamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom) as Bishop Guzman, Joseph Adams (Broadway's A View from the Bridge; Murder in the First at 59E59) as Teddy Bowles, and Liza Vann (Poetic License at 59E59) as Bree Benson.

The design team includes Brittany Vasta (scenic design); Graham Kindred (lighting design); Lux Haac (costume design); and Quentin Chiappetta (original music/sound design). The production stage manager is Rose Riccardi. The stage manager is Katharine S. Fergerson.