WE'RE ONLY ALIVE FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME Added to Season at The Public

The Public Theater announced today that the New York premiere of WE'RE ONLY ALIVE FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME has been added to The Public's 2018-19 Season. Both written and performed by David Cale, with music co-written with Matthew Dean Marsh, the musical memoir is directed by Robert Falls, in a co-production with Goodman Theatre. Cale's autobiographical solo-show will begin previews in The Public's Anspacher Theater on Thursday, June 13 with a Joseph Papp Free Preview and run through Sunday, July 14, with an official press opening on Thursday, June 27.

Growing up, writer/performer David Cale escaped his parents' fraught marriage by singing in his bedroom and tending to birds in his backyard animal hospital. Lush songs, featuring a six-piece orchestra, and an intimate portrait of his mother unite in Cale's vivid musical memoir of hope, family, and transcendence. Cale returns to The Public after appearing in Deep in a Dream of You and The Total Bent.

"I'm deeply thrilled to bring my most personal, and I think, artistically ambitious show, We're Only Alive for A Short Amount of Time, home to New York City," said David Cale. "It was my dream early on in the writing and composing of the show that it would live in the Anspacher at The Public Theater, where I've had such spiritually stirring experiences, and the fact that is happening makes me profoundly happy."

WE'RE ONLY ALIVE FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME features scenic design by Kevin Depinet; costume design by Paul Marlow; lighting design by Jennifer Tipton; sound design by Mikhail Fiksel; and arrangements and music direction by Matthew Dean Marsh.

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