New Line Theatre's 18th Season Opens 10/1 With LOVE KILLS

New Line Theatre, "the Bad Boy of Musical  Theatre," opens its nineteenth season of provocative, adult, alternative  musical theatre with the world premiere of Kyle Jarrow's searing new rock  musical Love Kills, running October 1-24, 2009, at the Washington University South Campus
Theatre (formerly CBC High School), 6501 Clayton Road, just east of Big Bend.

In this time of frequent public shootings and escalating violence on American streets, in a time of accelerating medical advances in the study of crime and the human brain – and the discovery of actual physical defects that disable impulse control and empathy – in a time when so much violence is random, how do we make sense of it all?

With a cast of just four actors, this daring new rock musical, based on the story of real life murderers Charles  Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, takes us back to Nebraska in 1958,  and we stand witness as the world closes in on these two teenage  lovers who are charged with committing eleven murders in the course of a week.  Under pressure to confess by dawn, facts blur and loyalties shift, and they have  to ask themselves: how far will you go for someoNe You love?

Today in 2009, we may be re-fighting the great cultural and political battle between the 1950s (conservatism) and the 1960s (liberalism) for the last time, winner take all. But in 1958 that battle was raging for the first time, and Charlie was at the heart of it...

The New Line cast includes Philip Leveling as Charlie Starkweather, Taylor Pietz as Caril Ann Fugate, Zachary Allen Farmer as Sheriff Merle Karnopp, and Alison Helmer as Gertrude Karnopp. The show is directed by Scott Miller, with a  set by Frank Bradley, lighting by Kenneth Zinkl, and costumes by Darren  Hansen.

New Line Theatre is a professional company dedicated to involving the people of the St. Louis region in the exploration and creation of daring, provocative, socially and politically relevant works of musical theatre. New Line receives funding from the Regional Arts Commission, the Fox Performing Arts  Charitable Foundation, and the Missouri Arts Council. For more about New Line, go to www.newlinetheatre.com/contact.html.

Love Kills runs October 1-24, on Thursday through Saturday evenings, at 8:00 p.m., at the Washington University South Campus Theatre (formerly CBC High School), 6501 Clayton Road, just east of Big Bend. October 1 is a preview. All seating is general admission. For Thursday night  performances, tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. On Friday and Saturday nights, tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students  and seniors.

Tickets are on sale now through all Metrotix outlets,  including Macy's stores, the Fox Theatre, and select Schnucks stores, or by  calling 314-534-1111.

This show contains  adult content.

New Line now offers all currently employed educators half price tickets on any Thursday night, with work ID or other proof  of employment. Not valid in connection with other discounts or offers,
available  only at the door, and subject to availability.

New Line now offers all active duty military personnel half price tickets on any Thursday night, with ID or other proof of active duty status. Not valid in connection with other discounts or offers,
available only at the door, and subject to availability.

New Line also continues to offer the college free seats, ten seats put aside for every performance, free to anyone with a valid college student ID, one  ticket per ID. The Free Seats will be available at the theatre box office, from 7:00 p.m. to 7:55 p.m. on performance nights only.

For other information, visit New Line Theatre's full-service website at www.newlinetheatre.com. All programs are subject to change.

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